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When The Sirens Fade: After the Shatter, We Learn to Breathe Again
"Even after everything breaks, there's still something left worth holding."
Delilah thought her first year of college would finally bring peace - quiet mornings, laughter with her best friend, and maybe even time to figure out who she wanted to be.
But one night changes everything.
Sirens. Glass. Blood. A scream that won't stop echoing.
Now she's living in the silence that comes after - after her brother's death, after her father's arrest, after her mother's disappearance. Moved into a friend's house, surrounded by people who care but can't fix her pain, Delilah has to learn how to keep breathing when the world refuses to make sense.
With Hazel's fierce loyalty, Karl's quiet steadiness, and Seth's quiet understanding, Delilah begins to see that maybe healing doesn't come all at once. Maybe it comes in small, trembling moments - in poetry, in late-night talks, and in remembering that she's still here.
> Because when the sirens fade, the silence is where you start to live again.