Anhara Elise Ferraren learned early how to stay quiet. How to hide bruises behind long sleeves and fake smiles. A BS Psychology student in San Rafael Archangel University, she carried the weight of her home life in silence-never loud, never messy, always composed. Because when love hurts you, you don't scream. You endure. Then came Sebastian Chedrix Tejano-a BS biology student with a past cloaked in grief and expectations. He wasn't supposed to see her pain. But he did. And once he did, he refused to unsee it. Bruised Into Stillness is a story of unspoken trauma, slow-burning comfort, and unexpected love. In a world where silence is both a weapon and a shield, this book reminds us that healing begins the moment someone chooses to stay-even when the words won't.