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Chapter 15 - Chapter Fifteen

As Elara wandered under the stone section, a senseless energy beat through her veins. She glanced back at her partners — Toren, Caelan, and Lirael — each one a pillar of coarseness close to her. They had all been tried in the Valley of Resonations, but here, in the point of convergence of the Powder-hid Mountains, they would confront their all around basic starter yet.

The way forward was weak, lit solely by sensitive, blue jewels embedded in the walls. Their light cast an ethereal sparkle, edifying the many-sided carvings of old pictures and figures along the stone walls. It was like the very shakes were alive, mumbling of past presences, of the understanding and power that lay mystery inside these walls.

Caelan walked closer, his hand brushing against one of the significant stone lined walls. "Feels like we're walking around the point of convergence of allure itself."

Lirael motioned, her look plan as she saw the photographs. "This spot begins before Ashwood, perhaps the authentic Crown. These walls have seen lifetimes of leaned toward snippets of data."

As they moved further, the air grew thick and new, critical with doubt. Toren's eyes shot around, his hand laying on his cutting edge hold. "Something feels… different here. Generally like it's watching us."

At his words, the ground under them shivered scarcely, and they quit, glancing around watchfully. The slight glimmer of the pearls beat magnificently, like observing the hindrance.

An immense, reverberating voice filled the chamber. "Who thinks for even one second to search for the Heartstone?"

Elara raised her head, her voice obvious and enthusiastic. "I'm Elara, Sovereign of Ashwood. I come to ensure the Heartstone, to defend my region from the dimness that upsets it."

The voice reverberated with a basically old data. "The Heartstone isn't a gift to be barged in with. Its power demands strength, adaptability, and perfection clearly."

Elara wandered forward, her look obvious. "I'm willing to show my worth. Anything that the Heartstone demands, I will confront it."

Likewise, a blinding light filled the chamber, and in a second, they were each withdrawn, moved into detached spaces inside their own characters. Elara found herself alone, the conspicuous powers of her mates gone, ousted by an unending field of darkness and quietness.

As the dinkiness separated, a figure emerged — a fantasy of her father, standing tall and sublime, correspondingly as she recalled that him. In any case, his face was scratched with burden, his eyes entering and stacked up with judgment.

"Elara," he talked, his voice fragile yet firm. "How you've picked is one of amazing pay. Might it in the long run be said that you are prepared for the cost?"

She swallowed, her heart critical as memories of late battles spouted out over her mind. The exemplifications of the fallen, the calls of her family, the blood and sweat that discernable her excursion.

"I'm," she replied, her voice shaking unimportant. "I will address any expense to defend those I love."

Her father's without face, a glimmer of pride oozing through. "Whether it derives losing yourself?"

Elara conceded. She had utilized the Crown's power with prepared, right now she knew the shadows it could project over her heart. In any case, she hailed, her certification firm. "Expecting that is the stuff, yes."

The figure of her father hailed going prior to blurring into the obscurity. The calm returned, and an ensuing figure appeared — her own appearance, cold and immovable, wearing a turned interpretation of the Crown.

The doppelganger scoffed, its voice stacked up with a feeble, insulting tone. "Do you recognize you're not similar to people who went already? They for the most part figured they could utilize the power without giving up. They were off course."

Elara held her ground, unfaltering. "I'm not them. I know the Crown's dangers, and I will not permit it to control me."

Her appearance's disposition reshaped into a terrible smile. "We'll see."

With that, the darkness lifted, and Elara wound up back in the chamber. Her mates returned, each one looking unclearly shaken, yet courageous.

Lirael pushed toward her first, her eyes sensitive yet stacked up with quiet strength. "The Heartstone has seen us. It has attempted us."

By then, at that point, a fragile gleam spilled over from the reason in mix of the room, edifying a splendid stage. Settling upon it was a glasslike pearl, gleaming with an inside fire — the Heartstone. It exuded a power in no way, shape or form like anything Elara had at whatever point felt, both stunning and amazing.

She related, her fingers floating basically over its surface, feeling the energy mumbling under her touch. With a steady breath, she sorted out it, orchestrating herself as its power overwhelmed through her.

In a second, dreams spilled out over her mind — memories of past rulers who had utilized the Heartstone, battles combat, pay made, wins hard-won. She felt their assurance, their irritating, and their notions, and an energy of monstrous obligation settled upon her shoulders.

Right when she finally conveyed it, her body shivered, yet she held firm, drawing on the psychological affirmation of individuals who had gone before her. Going to her amigos, she saw their appearances of regard and help.

"The Heartstone is our own," she said, her voice strong. "We ought to return to Ashwood. The Baffling One won't keep things under control, and with this power, we have a valuable chance to end this contention."

Toren hailed, his eyes land with re-energized reason. "Then, at that point, might we sooner or later completion this."

As they began their cycle back through the mountains, Elara could feel the Heartstone's presence inside her, an anchor of power and resolve. Besides, yet the way forward was sketchy, curiously, trust shimmered like a sign in the shadowiness.

With the Heartstone in her grasp, and her persisting through associates close to her, Elara felt prepared to confront whatever lay ahead. The Secret One's shadow might be feeble, but her light would glimmer substantially more incredible. Together, they would protect Ashwood, and recuperate the future that was actually theirs.