Prologue: The Shape of Love

Inheritance of Light is a story about love that begins where most stories end - after birth.
When her ex partner's daughter was just two weeks old, she stepped into her life. No one prepared her for how fierce, complicated, and beautiful that kind of love could be. She wasn't the one who carried the child, but she became the one who stayed - through long nights, first steps, and all the quiet in-betweens.
This is a story about becoming a mother in an unexpected way. About learning that family isn't made by blood, but by presence. It's about the tenderness of loving a child who wasn't yours at first, and the courage it takes to believe that love alone can be enough.