Defect

My name is Violet Mercer. When I was about 4, I watched my parents die. A few weeks later, I was branded and shipped off with a bunch of other kids to my new fate, to train and learn for 10 years until I was sold to someone else as a slave. Brutal beginning? Yeah. But it's the truth. See, here's the thing. A few years...

Among the Stars (#Wattys2016)

My parents died in an explosion when I was 7. My sister died when I was 11. My grandparents say their in a better place now. "Their among the stars now May," my grandpa says. I don't know if I believe him though. I want to see them again, but the only way for that to happen is for me to die, but I'm not read...