At the dawn of the 20th century, when empires collapse and maps are redrawn amidst the chaos of wars, the Ayvazi family is uprooted from Alatsata in Erythrea, their ancestral homeland, and is swept into the relentless flow of History that shows no mercy.

In the panic of fleeing, Kyriaki – one of the twin daughters – gets lost. The rest, now refugees, arrive in Perama during the Interwar period, carrying in their luggage only a few belongings and an absence that weighs heavier than anything else.

They try to build a new life upon the ruins of the old, but the loss of Kyriaki becomes a shadow that extends over every step they take. Beneath the superficial calm of their new homeland, a dark network operates, trafficking in children's lives and profiting from oblivion.

And at the heart of this unseen reality grows Despina – the twin sister – a soul refusing to accept the void. As she comes of age, her life becomes intertwined with the shadows of those lost and the guilt of those who remained silent.

Will she find the strength to resist? Will she dare to return to the lands her family left behind? And, above all, can love conquer time, violence, and silence?

An emotional novella of memory and uprooting, inspired by the Asia Minor Catastrophe and the invisible wounds it left behind. A story about roots that cannot be severed, about sibling love that never fades, and about the light that persists even in the darkest times.