简介：John Wood abandoned the remnants of a fractured society, retreating to the wilderness to reconnect with his ancestral roots after the global virus pandemic devastated the world. In his modest cabin, he seeks only solitude, striving to live in harmony with nature. Descended from a lineage of foresters, he once served in the military, but his conscience was forever altered by witnessing civilian casualties under martial law. A haunting trauma lingers—his wife was executed in cold blood as retribution for his defiance and the alleged heroic deeds he undertook to save hundreds from death. Now, a fugitive named Maria Johnson escapes a pandemic research facility, having been subjected to experiments in search of a cure for the relentless virus. With the antidote embedded in her bloodstream, she becomes a target for mercenaries and profiteers who know of her secret. When she stumbles upon John's hidden cabin, an instinctive protective urge compels him to shelter her. Though he urges her to recover swiftly and depart, an unspoken bond forms as she reveals the truth about the cure he once sought to destroy.