Fading Into Light

<p>Kartik left the system he believed quietly—too soon too bruised and too betrayed. College life was never the plan but it became his escape.</p><p>Taken in by the Rao family Kartik finds more than shelter—he finds a lifetime of love laughter and belonging. On campus friendships with Tvesa and Aadhya begin to thaw the silence he carries. But can joy coexist with the weight of a buried past? His journey isn’t about forgetting—it’s about choosing how to live with what remains.</p><p>Who is the real enemy still walking free? What secrets lie within the relic his father left behind? And when love finally reaches him will Kartik let it stay?</p>