Echoes Beneath the Rain Tent
Lightning still danced across the dark monsoon sky when the six hearts beneath the tent found their vow echoing in the thunder’s rumble. Meher, Zoya, and Inaya stood shoulder-to-shoulder, each clutching her talisman—the sapphire bracelet, the obsidian pendant, the encrypted drive—while Aarav, Vivaan, and Reyansh closed in, forming a protective circle. Rain misted their faces, but nothing felt colder than Rajni Bua’s machinations.