Chapter 7
Chapter 7: The Heartbeat Beneath
Elara wakes with the stone's pulse still inside her. She hides it from the others, but during training she collapses. Lyra's magic manifests as healing. Kael reveals Thorne's anchors are linked to Elara's hybrid nature. Silas finds a way to use the pulse to track Thorne—but it's a trap. The chapter ends with Elara realizing Thorne has been inside her mind all along.
The heartbeat didn’t stop.
Elara lay in her bed, staring at the ceiling, and felt it thumping beneath her ribs. Not her own heart—something else. Something cold and deep and patient. The stone’s pulse. It had crawled inside her when she touched it, and now it lived there, a second rhythm beneath her skin.
She pressed her palm to her chest. The beat was faint, but steady. Like a drum in a distant cave.
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