The Omega Mated To The Four

The Alpha Bond 93

Chapter Ninety Three

The library was eerily silent, the scent of old parchment and candle wax thick in the air. Rows upon rows of towering bookshelves loomed around me, the dim glow of enchanted lanterns casting flickering shadows across the ancient stone walls.

I sat at one of the long wooden tables, a single piece of parchment spread before me. The riddle.

I had written it down, but no matter how many times I read the words, I couldn't grasp its full meaning.

Whispers from the ancient Willow's boughs,

In a cavern's shadow where history allows.

By the moonlit lake, reflections guide,

Symbols hidden in ripples, where secrets abide,

Guardians of the night, statues stand tall,

Midnight echoes in the pack's sacred hall.

Within the ancient forest, the howls reveal, A path to follow, a destiny to unseal.

At the mountaintop ruins where stars align,

Celestial convergence, a gateway to find.

Decipher these riddles, a cosmic quest,

To the Moonlit Nexus, where the Keystone rests.

I tapped my fingers against the wooden table, frustration creeping up my spine. The words made sense on their own, but strung together like this, they were maddening.

Was it a set of instructions? A prophecy? Or just another layer of deception meant to throw us off?

I let out a slow, exhausted sigh. "What does it mean?" I muttered under my breath, my voice barely above a whisper.

"Still trying to figure it out?"

I jumped at the sudden voice, my head snapping up to see Isaiah and Austin standing in the doorway.

Isaiah's expression was unreadable, his sharp silver eyes flickering to the parchment in front of me. Austin, on the other hand, looked smug as he strode toward the table.

"You've been at this all morning, haven't you?" Austin pulled out a chair and sat next to me, glancing at the riddle with mild curiosity.

I didn't bother denying it. "It doesn't make sense," I admitted, rubbing my temple,

"I feel like I'm looking at a puzzle with half the pieces missing.

Isaiah walked over and ant

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the Keystone by now."

That didn't make me feel any better. "I thought maybe breaking it down line by line would help, but..."

finished for me, leaning

his chin on his hand. "Maybe is not

out an exhausted sigh. "Then

sheer willpower could force the riddle to reveal its secrets. But the ink remained unchanged, the words just

silences, tapped his fingers against the wooden table. "Alright. Let's go through it again.

a dry look. "Thanks,

grinned. "Just trying to lighten the

his brows furrowing. "It

place named after

slowly. "That's what I was thinking, but there are a lot of old trees

cavern's shadow where history

cave?" I asked, exasperated. "There are

Children of the Eclipse, the Umbrakin, the first wolves-there has to be a

frowned, chewing on that thought. It made sense, but it still wasn't specific

then there's 'By the moonlit lake, reflections guide."" He whistled. "That sounds poetic as hell, but what does

mind already trying to

sharply. "If that's the case, we won't know

staring down at the parchment.

getting

something." I muttered. "There has to be

in his chair, arms crossed behind his

"We don't have the luxury

held up his hands. "Hey, I'm just saying-what if the riddle is

isn't in the

frowned, considering his words.

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Austin

shrugged. "f

Maybe We're supposed

between the lines."

Isaiah's

expression remained unreadable. "Or

maybe

it's a

A way to

we're worthy

of the

Keystone."

That

thought

sent a

chill

down my spine.

If this

was a test,

then

failing it

1

rubbed my hands

and exhaled.