Silent Survivor

17 year old Kasai Crest witnessed the triple homicide of her best friend and her best friend's parents when she was barely 9 years old. The bubbly child she was, was gone the instant she heard that gunshot. She somehow survived the attack, but from the trauma, lost her voice. She couldn't even serve as an effective witness for police. The men who murdered her, basically, second family are still after her. The police figured that this was the case so they put a protection on Kasai and her family until she was 14. The protection was lifted and to keep her family safe, she went AWOL. Even without her voice, she's been all over the country, with money from various jobs to support herself. But what happens when the men find her in a quiet, Minnesota town? What happens when the murderer is dead and his 18 year old son, Mizu, is put in charge of finding and capturing Kasai? More importantly, what happens when Mizu hears more about Kasai's story? And most important of all, will Kasai win Mizu over and have him fall for-- the Silent Survivor?

(Funny story about how I chose Kasai and Mizu's names. So I was wanting to do another love story and I'm learning to speak Japanese currently. Then, I thought about how I wanted my characters to have names that meant a certain thing in Japanese. So Kasai's name means 'Fire', and Mizu's name means 'Water'. Think about it... Fire and Water? Huh huh? Clever, am I right?)