In a war-torn evening, ten-year-old Vendan watched his parents’ bitter fight at his grandmother’s home. His mother, weary of neglect, resolved to leave, but his father’s threats forced her to escape alone into the night. The next morning, Vendan journeyed with his sister to her home, searching for clues of her fate—shattered glass, bicycle tracks, or a body. Soldiers, smoke, and whispers offered no answers. At her house, silence greeted them. In that emptiness, Vendan knew the haunting search had only begun.