The Edge of Silence by Lady Gracious George

Seventeen-year-old Jamie has spent her life playing the role expected of her—brilliant student, popular, with a future mapped out. But inside, she feels disconnected, lost in the noise of expectations and pretending to be someone she's not. The weight of it all pushes her to withdraw from her friends, her family, and the world she no longer feels part of.

Wandering the city streets, she encounters strangers who challenge everything she thought she knew—an artist with a haunting past, a runaway searching for belonging, and a musician who speaks through his melodies rather than words. Through these encounters, Jamie begins to question what it truly means.