Two lives hanging in the balance. One unexpected connection that could change everything.
Two women fighting for time. One man haunted by loss. One connection powerful enough to change the ending.
Annie and Jazmine have faced death together since childhood. Cancer bound them first. Friendship made them family. Years inside a punishing research program gave them more time than anyone expected, but survival came at a cost. Now Annie wants out. She wants laughter, risk, love, and freedom, even if her days are numbered. Jazmine hears only surrender. After a lifetime spent battling beside her best friend, she refuses to let Annie stop fighting. Yet as Annie reaches for a life beyond hospital walls, Jazmine must face the question she fears most: What is survival worth when living has slipped away? Derrick knows the weight of a life frozen in one moment. Since Antanasia's murder, grief has hollowed him out. He returns to his family as a stranger, present in body, lost in memory, pushing away anyone who gets too close. Then Jazmine meets Derrick. Their bond is instant, unwanted, and impossible to ignore. She is desperate to save Annie. He is determined to feel nothing. But as grief, loyalty, and buried secrets pull them together, Jazmine and Derrick must choose between the pain they know and the hope they fear. Before time runs out, they will have to decide what hurts more: holding on, letting go, or risking their hearts one last time.