Bound By Silence

A psychological and spiritual horror novel.

Cyrus has spent his life learning how to disappear.

At home, love is conditional and violence is routine. At school, he exists on the margins, watched more than known. When a presence begins to follow him-cold, silent, and unsettling-Cyrus assumes it's just another symptom of the life he's endured.

He's wrong.

The spirit does not haunt him. It chooses him.

What begins as fleeting glimpses and whispered warnings slowly becomes something far more intimate. The spirit offers protection, relief, and understanding in ways no human ever has-but every comfort comes with a cost. As Cyrus's world collapses under escalating abuse and fear, the bond between boy and spirit deepens, blurring the line between salvation and possession.

His body changes. His mind sharpens. His humanity begins to thin.

Caught between a classmate who still believes he can be saved and a presence that insists he doesn't need saving at all, Cyrus must decide what he's willing to surrender to survive-and what he's willing to become when survival is no longer enough.

Dark, intimate, and deeply unsettling, this is a story about trauma, consent, and transformation-about the seduction of being seen, the horror of being claimed, and the terrifying comfort of letting go.