Breathe

Scarlett Sorianos life isn’t extraordinary.

She goes to Augustine Prep. She argues with her siblings. She trains because her family believes preparedness is a form of love. Most days are predictable-loud breakfasts, familiar hallways, the quiet rituals that make a life feel stable.

Until the quiet starts to feel wrong.

Lights flicker. The air hums when it shouldn’t. Her father leaves without saying goodbye. And beneath the routines of school and home, something unseen begins to pull at the edges of the world.

When the truth finally breaks through-violent, sudden, and impossible-Scarlett’s family is forced to confront a reality they’ve spent years trying to keep distant: there are forces pressing against the seams of their world, and someone is opening doors that should never exist.

Breathe is not a story about heroes rushing into battle.
It’s about the moment before that-when instincts sharpen, trust is tested, and survival begins with staying grounded while everything else fractures.

This is the first book in The Stillness Protocol, a YA/NA series about hidden threats, family loyalty, and the discipline it takes to keep breathing when the world changes without warning.