SIMON felt it the moment it started. There was no longer a barrier between them. It was like the Stone was punishing him for fooling Sophia for the second time. Simon felt the excruciating wave of pain and agony that Sophia was feeling as the Tempus Stone showed her what he had tried to keep hidden.
When Sophia clutched her chest and closed her eyes, Nile tried his best to pacify her with his words. Simon, on the other hand, was paralyzed with a mixture of fear and pain as he continued to gaze at Sophia. Fear for himself and pain for what Sophia was seeing as a recollection of her past life.
"Simon, do it. You have to control the Stone so that she doesn't see those memories again!" Devon's voice pierced through Simon's dazed state. He understood fully what his brother had just said. That
