Chapter 26 The Truth Revealed

• The pulse of the Heartstone had shifted. Meher could feel it—deep within her chest, its thrum now darker, more uncertain, as if it, too, was struggling to reconcile with the power it contained. Her fingers trembled as she withdrew from the stone, her mind whirling with the revelations that had crashed into her consciousness like a storm.
• Ayaan stood beside her, his brow furrowed as he watched her closely. “Meher, what happened? What did you see?”
• Meher swallowed hard, trying to steady herself. She could still feel the surge of energy coursing through her veins, the overwhelming flood of visions that had assaulted her mind. The Heartstone had always felt like a beacon of hope, but what she had glimpsed was not just its light, but its shadows as well.