That case marked a before and after for Aiden Ross.

They called it “The Voice from the Future.” A crime shrouded in mystery, with only one witness: a small child—alone, trembling, orphaned of everything but fear.
Since that night, not a single word left her lips. She had shut herself off from the world… except with him.

With Aiden—the officer who found her amidst shadows and blood—it was different. What he saw in her eyes wasn’t terror, but a flicker of light.
As days passed and the evidence faded, Aiden realized the only hope of solving the crime rested in the silent memories of that little girl. But more than that, he knew deep within that his purpose was no longer just to seek the truth, but to protect this fragile life as if it were his own.

When talks began of placing her with a foster family, Aiden stayed up night after night, thinking.
And then he knew: he couldn’t let her go.

He applied for adoption—not out of duty, nor pity, but because of a bond that defied logic, one deeper than blood.
From that moment on, the girl began to smile again. And every time he visited, she ran into his arms with the same joy with which he greeted her:
“Morning, lil sunshine.”