Part 7: A Voice I Never Had“When Silence Turned Toward Me”Claire hadn’t spoken in three days.Not because she couldn’t.Because every time she did, her voice echoed back from the mirrors — not as her own… but as someone else's.Lower.Colder.Knowing.Nina had started sleeping in the nursery with Elara, guarding her against what neither of them could name.But Claire wasn’t afraid for Elara anymore.She was afraid of herself.---That morning, she found the old sewing machine turned on — though no one had touched it for years.The needle moved rhythmically.Threading something unseen.It stitched words into fabric that wasn’t even there.Claire knelt, heart