Her Silence was a Verdict

Alara Veil, once a silenced teenager, returns years later as a law student determined to uncover the truth behind her sister Lysandra’s mysterious death. The world called it suicide. But Alara knows it was silence — forced, calculated, and deadly. As she steps into the courtroom for the first time, Alara finds herself facing Damien Vex — a man with charm, power, and secrets buried deep in the justice system. With her best friend turned traitor, an encrypted case file, and her sister’s voice buried under years of lies, Alara must prove what no one wants to hear: that silence, too, can kill. Her Silence Was a Verdict is a courtroom thriller about truth, trauma, and the fight to turn a whisper into a war cry.