The Omega Mated To The Four

Chapter 11

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Chapter Eleven

A week of avoiding the world wasn't enough to settle the emotional whirlwind inside me, but it was all I could afford. Apparently, Mariah thought so too.

"You need to go back to school," she said one morning as I sat at the kitchen table, a half-eaten slice of toast in front of me. Ever since I shifted and the Alpha found our my lineage we have been getting food deliveries and for the first time we have been having enough to eat.

I didn't look up. "I'm fine staying here."

"You're not," she countered, her tone gentle but firm. "Hiding away n't going to change anything, Stormi. Your life doesn't stop because things got complicated. You're stronger than this."

I swallowed the lump in my throat. Her words were meant to comfort me, but they only reminded me of the chaos waiting for me

outside the safety of our cabin.

"Mariah-"

"No," she interrupted, crossing her arms. "You've had time to process. Now you need to face it. If nothing else, you need to keep up with your studies. You're going to school today, and that's final."

I sighed, knowing there was no point in arguing. Mariah had made up her mind. So after breakfast I began getting ready for a dreadful day at school.

I pedaled my bike down the familiar dirt road, the morning air crisp against my skin. My stomach churned with nerves, and I kept my eyes fixed on the path ahead, trying to steel myself for whatever awaited me at school.

The hum of an engine behind me broke my focus, and a moment later, a sleek black jeep pulled up beside me. My heart sank.

I didn't need to look to know who it was.

"Need a ride?” Elijah's voice called from the driver's seat, his tone casual, almost teasing.

I turned my head slightly, and sure enough, there he was, leaning one arm against the open window. Isaiah sat in the passenger seat, his expression unreadable, while the twins, Austin and Alex, occupied the back.

"No," I said flatly, facing forward again.

"Come on," Isaiah added. "We're all going to the same place."

"Leave me alone," I snapped, pedaling faster.

Elijah chuckled, and I could feel his eyes on me even as I focused on the road. "Suit yourself."

To my annoyance, the jeep didn't drive off. Instead, it stayed beside me, the boys matching my pace.

doing?" I asked through gritted

get to school safely,"

eyes and ignored them, determined, not to let them get under my

the school parking lot, my nerves were frayed. The jeep pulled into a

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what

rack, I could feel everyone's eyes

immediately, spreading like wildfire

"Isn't that Stormi?"

mate, isn't

"Why her?"

locking my bike before heading inside. The murmurs followed me

come, and I was determined to get through the

mind.

it with both Elijah and Isaiah. I could feel their eyes

their way.

I pulled out my notebook and stared at the blank page, willing myself to focus. But it was impossible with their presence looming over me. So I decided to

from behind me,

I didn't turn around.

Isaiah asked from across the

too, gripping

from the other students didn't help. I could hear snippets of

one more frustrating

last.

is she

you think

"She's so lucky."

If only they

myself to get through the period. By the time lunch rolled around, my nerves were shot. I barely made it through the morning classes without snapping, and I

attention.

Groups of students huddled together,

someone said, their

doesn't even look special," another

anymore. Ducking into the nearest bathroom, I locked

and sank onto the closed

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Why me?

inside me