Kalina has spent her entire life being treated as less than her worth. Forced into darkness to survive what was imposed upon her, she has built walls so high that even she cannot see beyond them-her mind resolute, her personality set in stone. But when her life takes an unexpected turn, everything she thought she understood begins to unravel. Faced with unfamiliar kindness, Kalina must learn to accept something far more terrifying than pain: love, warmth, and the possibility of belonging. As two powerful families collide, she finds herself caught in the middle, torn between loyalty, survival, and the fragile hope of a different future. And when someone from her past resurfaces, the life she is beginning to build-and the man who stands beside her-hangs in the balance. Stories have beginnings and ends, but it is the time in between that shapes who we become.
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