Synopsis

The weight of the world settled on his shoulders, a familiar ache born of circumstance. He’d always carried it, this burden, but now it threatened to crush him. The present danger – the fire, the devastation – was merely a catalyst, a stark reminder of echoes from a past he’d desperately tried to bury. Across town, Phoebe and Rizwan navigated the cutthroat world of academic ambition. An important research grant hung in the balance, a prize that promised validation and propelled careers. Their