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.

I asked through gritted

school safely," Austin said from the backseat,

eyes and ignored them, determined,

frayed. The jeep pulled into a spot nearby, and the boys hopped out, their presence immediately drawing attention from the

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what

to the rack, I could feel everyone's eyes on me. The

spreading like wildfire

"Isn't that Stormi?"

their mate, isn't

"Why her?"

down, locking my bike before heading inside. The murmurs followed me into the building, but

them. I was here because Mariah-made me come, and I was determined to get through the day without

mind.

day was math, and unfortunately, I shared it with both Elijah and Isaiah. I could feel their eyes on me as soon as I walked in, but I didn't

their way.

room, I pulled out my notebook and stared at the blank page, willing myself to focus. But

Elijah's voice came from behind

I didn't turn around.

a pen?" Isaiah asked from across

him too, gripping my

students didn't help. I could

one more

last.

is she acting

think she'll reject

"She's so lucky."

only

By the time lunch rolled around, my nerves were shot. I

attention.

of students

someone said, their

look

into the nearest bathroom,

sank onto the closed lid of the

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Why me?

a voice inside me