NatalyaFolks
Ten years ago, four-year-old Elliot Anderson vanished without a trace.
Despite years of searching, every lead went cold. As time passed, hope faded, grief settled in, and the Anderson family was forced to move forward without the youngest of their nine boys. When their parents passed away, the oldest brother, Mason, stepped up to keep the family together.
Then, ten years later...
Elliot is found.
At fourteen, he's quiet, painfully thin, and carries little more than a worn blanket and a backpack full of notebooks-the only way he chooses to communicate. The little brother everyone remembers is gone, replaced by a stranger carrying years of scars that no one can see.
While most of his brothers are determined to help him heal, not everyone is ready to welcome him home.
Especially Xander.
As Elliot learns what it means to belong again, the Anderson brothers discover that healing isn't about erasing the past-it's about choosing each other anyway.
Sometimes, coming home is only the beginning.