"She wasn't broken. She was anxious." Zoe used to be the girl who laughed loudest, ran fastest, and never met a worry she couldn't outrun.Then secondary school arrived. And with it came a voice, quiet at first, then deafening, that told her everything was dangerous, everyone was watching, and nothing would ever feel safe again.The Storm Within follows twelve-year-old Zoe as anxiety takes hold. The sleepless nights, the shrinking world, the exhausting performance of pretending to be fine. But it also follows the people around her. Her best friend who refuses to give up, her mum who lies awake wondering what she missed, and the teacher who finally sees through the mask.This is a story about what anxiety really looks like from the inside. And about what happens when someone is brave enough to say, ‘I see you. I'm here. You're not alone.”