All the Roads Lead Back to Winter

Prologue

Winter has always been misunderstood. To some, it is only a

season of endings—of bare trees, long nights, and silence that

presses too heavily against the heart. To others, it is a pause, a

waiting room for spring's return, something endured rather than

embraced. But for Jonathan and Pam, winter became something

else entirely. It became the season that stripped away excuses,

quieted the noise, and laid bare the truth they had spent years

avoiding.