Some children scream. Maya Sanders didn't.At just seven years old, Maya is returned to a home filled with shadows-and when the system checks the boxes, she says nothing. Not because she's okay. Because she knows silence is safer.When Maya is placed with Janine Thompkins, a foster mother who sees beyond behavior, a quiet war begins-not just for custody, but for truth. As Janine uncovers what Maya cannot say, she faces a system designed to measure compliance, not pain.A devastating, lyrical novel about the cost of being unheard-and the quiet revolution it takes to be free.*Some stories don't scream. They stay.* K.L. Shadow is a literary fiction author known for haunting, emotionally charged novels that explore silence, justice, and legacy. Through suspenseful storytelling and unflinching prose, Shadow confronts the dark spaces between truth and power-where some inherit wealth, and others inherit silence.K.L. writes under the Saint & Shadow Press™ imprint, where every book dares to ask: what is the cost of complicity?

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