Dr. Elena Vargas, a 29-year-old neuroscientist, carries the same rare genetic mutation that stole her mothers mind at forty-five. She has perhaps sixteen years left before her own memories dissolve. When she discovers a promising compound that could halt Alzheimers progression, fate intertwines her path with Daniel Reyes, a 33-year-old immigration attorney fighting to keep families together in an era of mass deportations. Daniels own father was torn from him as a child. Together, they navigate the wreckage of a world that takes everything: funding cuts, genetic betrayal, the cruelty of borders both neural and national. But in each other, they find the courage to fight back.