Iris

THE YOUNG girl was trapped inside the glass-walled room. When her body began to tremor. She wrapped her arms around herself as she spun around looking for an exit, but there wasn’t any that her unique blue eyes could find.

“M-mom?” Her voice was shaking. “Mom, I’m s-scared. Can you please come and get me out of here?” she pleaded and cried. Her chin and lips trembled, but no one seemed to hear her pleas.

With wobbly knees, she slowly and cautiously walked toward the glass wall, wiped the mist with her slim fingers to see what was outside. What she saw behind that glass made her gasp. Her...