" Hudson looks at me, waiting for what I was trying to say, but no matter how many times I try, the words won’t come. My chest contracts, and panic knocks my thoughts into disarray faster than a tornado.

For years, I was silent by choice. Now, choking and straining and silently screaming, I actually know what it’s like to be silenced. "

― Erica Cameron , Sing Sweet Nightingale (The Dream War Saga, #1)