The Omega Mated To The Four

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The Omega: Mated To The Four

Chapter Hundred

The car ride was mostly quiet, save for the occasional sigh or the rustling of pages as Alex flipped through the book we had retrieved from the library.

Isaiah drove, gripping the wheel with ease, while I sat in the passenger seat. The wind rushed through the slightly cracked window, carrying the scent of damp earth

and pine.

Austin sat in the middle, a permanent scowl on his face. "Remind me again why I have to sit here?"

Alex smirked. "Because you're the youngest,"

Austin rolled his eyes. "By minutes."

Elijah, who had been silent for most of the journey, finally spoke. "Stop

complaining." His voice was gruff, but hearing him say anything at all was a relief.

It hadn't even been a full day since he found out his parents didn't make it.

Now, not only was he forced to face the devastation of losing his family, but he was also thrust into the role of Alpha.

I kept sneaking glances at him through the rearview mirror. He looked lost, his mind miles away.

wanted to say something. Do something. But what could pain.

possibly say? There were no words that could take away that kind of

So I sat there, watching him silently, hoping that when the time came, he would let me be there for him.

Alex's voice finally broke the silence.

"Who even hides a map behind a book of fairy tales?" He was flipping through the book we had taken from the library, his brows furrowed in frustration.

I shrugged. "I guess it's the last place someone would think to look."

Austin leaned forward, peering over his twin's shoulder. "Maybe the book wasn't just based on real things?"

Alex snorted. "Yeah, sure. And next, you're gonna tell me the boogeyman is real." Isaiah smirked. "With everything we've seen, would that really be surprising?" That shut Alex up.

if all

blouth

few pages back

to read, but the markings were

Whispering Willows were deep in a dense part of the forest, a place

alone was

there was what Austin had said back

there. It's... too

like that.

leaves, distant animal sounds. But the way that man had said

shiver ran

voice pulled me

think the riddle actually

before

we were going to find it before the Shadow Weaver did, we had to believe that this map led

hope we're not following a children's bedtime story to

Arrival at the Town

before we finally reached the

small, the kind of place where everyone knew everyone. The buildings were old, but well-maintained, their wooden structure standing against the test of

there was something...

place it, but the entire town had this lingering heaviness. Maybe it was the knowledge that the attacks were spreading, that people

was the fact that

pulled into a gas station at the edge of

his seatbelt. "We need information. Austin, go do what

"And

into answering

www

and even Isaiah

something under his breath before

2

mini-mart, I decided to stretch

and the scent of pine mixed

stocked with the usual-snacks, drinks, and random travel supplies. The place smelled of coffee and

a bag of chips and a soda, making my way toward the counter where Austin was already talking

the counter was older, his graying

His eyes held suspicion.

him. Packs had been getting attacked, and we

I'd be wary of us