A blessing. A burden. A storm that refuses to pass. Ratego is the boy everyone trusted—until the day his world split open and the shadows chose his name. Accused, isolated, and pushed to the edge, he must hold onto a promise spoken by a dying grandfather. Now he walks a tightrope between ruin and revelation—betrayed by friends, hunted by whispers, and forced to stand alone in a world that would rather judge than listen. But storms have secrets. And some storms are not sent to end you— they are sent to unveil you. In the eye of the storm, where pain strips every disguise, Ratego will discover that truth does not whisper. It arrives like thunder.