The Omega Mated To The Four

The Alpha Bond 126

The moon hung heavy in the sky, casting silver beams through my window, but sleep refused to come. My mind churned with everything Elra had said earlier. A traitor among us. A final test tomorrow. And after that? The real war would begin,

1 exhaled, rubbing my temples. Sky, my wolf, stirred inside me, restless.

"You're not going to sleep, are you?” she asked.

"No," I admitted.

A deep growl of approval echoed through my mind. "Then go. You know what you need to do."

I didn't need any more convincing. Quietly, I slipped out of bed and pulled on a cloak, moving toward the door. My heart pounded, but I wasn't scared. I was determined.

The witch we captured-the high witch of the Children of the Eclipse-had known where to find us. That meant she had answers. Answers I needed.

I moved through the castle with practiced silence, staying close to the walls, and avoiding the patrols. The halls were dark, only lit by flickering sconces. Every shadow seemed deeper than usual, making my skin prickle.

Then, as I passed through a dìm corridor, a hand shot out and yanked me into the darkness.

I barely had time to react before I was pulled into a room, the door shutting behind

me.

I turned, eyes flashing, ready to fight-

"Where exactly do you think you're going?" Isaiah's voice was low, teasing, but

his expression was anything but playful.

My pulse slowed slightly. Isaiah.

I folded my arms. "None of your business."

He smirked. "Stormi, you and I both know that's not true."

His dark eyes searched mine, reading me too easily. He sighed. "You were going

to see the witch, weren't you?"

I didn't answer.

He let out a soft curse. "Dammit, Stormi."

"I need to talk to her, Isaiah. I need to know how she found us."

His jaw clenched. "And what if it's a trap?"

deal

exhaled sharply. "Yeah? And what if she tries to get in

"I won't let her."

control, but some

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door. "You're wasting time. Cone with me

something under his breath before following. "I swear, one day, you're going to get

I ignored him.

slipping through the corridors

dungeon, I motioned for

the cover of darkness, we watched as Mother entered the room where the witch was being held. Her signature veil cascaded over her form like a living shadow, obscuring her features. Her

she instructed. "She is more dangerous

unreadable beneath the veil. "And have the destroyed wing repaired by morning.

and l'exchanged a

her words didn't

waited until she left, her presence lingering like an echo even after she was gone. Then, without hesitation, we slipped

by flickering torches. The walls were lined with

center of the room, bound in chains, hanging upside down, was the witch. The

slithered through the air like poison, making

my voice cold. "Something

into a wicked smile. “Oh, just remembering how much I

My

beside me, his hand resting on the hilt of

widened. Then she opened her

Mariah's voice came

don't kill me. I have to apologize to my daughter. I have to make things

of nausea

was her voice. Her exact

a shaky

trying to get

I was in

was dead. I knew that. But hearing her voice

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laughed again,

stretched, my vision sharpened. The world around me blurred as 1 transformed, my form towering, silver fur glowing

then, without thinking, I growled in warning at her my claws digging into the concrete floor

as a spear of pure lunar energy

stop!" Isaiah's voice was urgent, desperate. But

horrible image of Mariah appeared in my mind her clothes were torn and bloodied, her chest grotesquely ripped open as though her heart had been torn from her

light shot forward, piercing straight through the witch's