In a cave above her village, Elara discovers that the child she has brought into the world is not the child she imagined. He is small, frightened and entirely dependent on her.
Her story begins with an ordinary gesture made extraordinary: she takes her child home. Behind a barred door, motherhood becomes a matter of warmth, food, concealment and trust.
Elara’s strength does not begin with certainty. It begins with answering a need she does not yet understand.