Inner Realm ki roshni dheere-dheere fade ho rahi thi.
Kiran ki aankhein khuli…
aur wo wapas apne room me tha.
Pasina uski forehead se beh raha tha, par haath pe glowing mark ab pehle se zyada stable tha. Jaise power ab uska part ban chuki ho.
"Training sirf sapne me nahi hoti,"
Elyon ki awaaz uske dimaag me goonji.
"Tumhari pehli mission real world me hai."
Shaam ko Aanya ka message aaya:
"Kiran, tu theek hai na? Aaj school me bohot ajeeb tha."
Kiran ne reply nahi kiya.
Raat hote hi mark glow karne laga—ek direction dikha raha tha.
Ek purani, band padi factory.
Jab Kiran wahan pahuncha, hawa me ek thandi si heaviness thi. Andar se halki si shadow-energy leak ho rahi thi.
"Veiled Order," Kiran ne dheere se kaha.
Andar jaate hi usse ehsaas hua—
ye koi trap nahi tha.
Ye test tha.
Ek shadow-creature ubhra, pehle se zyada strong, zyada real.
Kiran ne pehli baar soch samajh ke apni power use ki.
Blade summon hui.
Movement smooth tha.
Dar kam tha.
Creature defeat ho gaya…
par jaate-jaate ek sentence chhod gaya:
👉 "You are late, Dream-Bounder."
Kiran freeze ho gaya.
"Late… for what?"