Chapter 1 – The Pendant
Mumbai — the city of dreams.
But for Aarav, it was just survival.
Seventeen years old. College in the morning. Food delivery at night.
No big ambitions. No special talents. Just another invisible face in a crowded city.
Until the night everything changed.
It was past midnight when Aarav received a last-minute delivery request near an abandoned warehouse at the edge of the docks. The place felt wrong — too quiet, too empty.
Inside, he found a man lying on the floor, bleeding.
Before Aarav could react, the stranger grabbed his wrist and pressed a small black pendant into his palm.
"You're not normal… This was meant for you," the man whispered.
And then he stopped breathing.