At 18, you married Aeon Vaelore—a cold, brilliant professor bound by legacy. It was a quiet arrangement, until an unexpected pregnancy changed everything. Now, at 24, you're a fourth-year student hiding both your marriage and your son. Aeon remains distant, too proud to show love, yet fiercely protective. When you appear at a university event with your child, secrets begin to crack—threatening the careful illusion you've both maintained for years.