Chapter 298 Heartstone's Secret

The following day, the air in the forest grew dense with mystery, and an eerie silence hung over the group as they moved deeper into the ancient woods. The trees, their twisted limbs reaching like fingers, seemed to close in around them, their shadows stretching long across the moss-covered ground. Ariella could feel it—the Heartstone’s energy thrumming through her, stronger now, almost alive in its insistence. The group moved cautiously, aware of the unseen dangers lurking around every corner. The forest was unlike anything they had encountered, a place where the very air seemed to carry whispers of a long-forgotten past.