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After their marriage, Tessa and Hardin try to build a peaceful life together with their two children - their seven-year-old daughter Emery and their five-year-old son Auden - believing their love has finally survived the darkness of their past. More than anything, they want a safe and stable future for their family, a life untouched by the pain they once endured.
But the past refuses to stay buried.
A dangerous presence from their history returns, quietly manipulating their lives and tearing apart the fragile trust they fought so hard to rebuild. Old wounds reopen, fear takes control, and their relationship begins to collapse under the weight of trauma that never truly healed.
Overwhelmed by pain and convinced she is protecting the people she loves most, Tessa makes a heartbreaking decision. She brings Emery and Auden somewhere safe - and then disappears, leaving her family and everything she once held onto behind.
Alone and consumed by depression, she slowly begins to lose herself to the darkness.
Meanwhile, Hardin is left with guilt, anger, and desperation as he searches for the woman he loves and the mother of his children before it is too late. When he finally finds her on the edge of death, they are forced to confront their past, their pain, and the truth about what love truly demands.
Their journey back to each other is fragile and uncertain, while unseen forces continue trying to destroy what remains of their family.
This is a story about trauma, survival, forgiveness, and the painful choice to live - and love - again.