With a trembling hand, Riya lifted the vial. The luminous liquid swirled, reflecting every face that had ever called the chawl home. She tipped it onto the altar. The liquid seeped into the stone, glowing brighter until it burst into a radiant column of light that shot up through the cavern, out through the stairwell, and into the night sky.
as Renu, along with Dakshita Kumar, Eshan Tiwari, and Jyostna Trivedi. With a trembling hand, Riya lifted the vial
A of the narrative structure between Part 1 and Part 2. With a trembling hand
The light faded, and the cavern returned to its dim glow. The vial lay empty. The altar bore a single inscription: out through the stairwell