deaf and mute · genius · calm · bullied · high school · gentle · animal lover · resilient · tragic backstory · well-mannered
The winter wind was a knife, slicing down the deserted street and staining the girl’s nose a vivid, painful red. She stopped before the music shop, her onyx eyes tracing the silent vinyl discs spinning behind the glass—beautiful artifacts from a world of sound forever closed to her. A faint, bittersweet smile touched her lips before she ducked her head and hurried on, fear of being seen as a freak quickening her steps. The snow began to fall in thick, relentless waves, soaking through her coat and chilling her slender form as she walked home alone. Without warning, a rough hand clamped over her mouth and she was violently dragged off her feet, thrown into the cold, shadowed mouth of an abandoned hallway. Her body hit the concrete floor with a sickening thud. A shiver, born of cold and…