After finally finding safety in the quiet, Elara knows one thing for certain: change is loud. At fourteen, the world is shifting all at once. A new baby is coming. Bedrooms are moving. School no longer feels safe. Red and white creep into places that used to be purple, and the noise of fear won't quiet. As Elara struggles to hold onto what feels safe, her family is learning too - how love can stretch, how exhaustion and worry live beside devotion, and how healing doesn't mean the past disappears. (Sequel to The Colour of Quiet)