The Omega Mated To The Four

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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 pron

I let out a slow, exhausted sigh. "WASTAFE

"Still trying to figure it out?"

Or just another layer of deception meant to throw us off?

it mean?" I muttered under my breath, my voice barely above a whisper.

head snapping up to see Isaiah and

the parchment in front of me. Austin, on the other hand, looked smug as

all morning, haven't you?" Austin pulled out a chair and sat next

"It doesn't make sense." I admitted, rubbing my

I'm looking at a puzzle with half the

sat across from me, his gaze serious. "It's ment to be vague. If it

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the Keystone by now."

me feel any better. "I thought maybe

for me, leaning back slightly

resting his chin on his hand. "Maybe its not supposed to be literal. Could be

an exhausted sigh. "Then we're even more

willpower could force the riddle to

wooden table. "Alright. Let's go through it again.

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a dry

grinned. "Just trying to lighten

him, his brows furrowing. "It could mean an actual willow

named

what I was thinking, but there are a lot of old trees out

next part-'In a cavern's shadow

cave?" I asked, exasperated. "There are thousands of caves in

"The Children of the Eclipse,

connection."

that thought. It made sense, but it still wasn't specific enough to

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

something only visible under the full moon?" I guessed, my

the water's surface.

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

the parchment. My frustration mounted with

getting

missing something," I muttered. "There has to be a pattern we aren't

back in his chair, arms crossed behind his head. "Or maybe

sharp look. "We don't have the

his hands. "Itey, I'm just saying what if the riddle is meant

the real answer isn't

his

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