"BEFORE THE QUIET"

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Before the rules. Before the house. Before the silence learned how to listen. Hannah Kline is not looking for a fresh start. She’s looking for a place quiet enough to disappear. Grief has hollowed her out, leaving behind sleepless nights, unanswered voicemails, and the persistent sense that something is watching her from just beyond the edge of her vision. Jobs don’t last. Friendships fray. The city feels loud, invasive, and alive in ways she can no longer tolerate. What Hannah wants isn’t happiness—it’s silence. So when she finds an ad for a live-in nanny position offering generous pay and a quiet household, she doesn’t ask questions. She barely hesitates. There is only one condition: no phone, no visitors, no exceptions. Before the Quiet is a psychological horror prequel to The Quiet House: No Exceptions, exploring the cracks that form long before the rules are enforced. It’s a story about grief, isolation, and the dangerous comfort of silence—about the moments when escape starts to look exactly like surrender. Nothing is wrong. That’s what makes it worse.