"Her Voice Was Gone, But Her Dog Knew the Truth: The Silent Signal That Exposed a Monster in the Family. Chapter 1: The Language of Scars The silence in the Solace house wasn’t peaceful. It was heavy, like the air before a tornado touches down. It had a weight to it, pressing against the windows, settling into the floorboards, suffocating the life out of a home that used to smell like vanilla candles and sound like cartoon theme songs. Now, it just smelled of stale coffee and fear. Eleanor Solac