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.

jumped at the sudden voice, my head snapping up to

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

chair and sat next to

"It doesn't make sense." I

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

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

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the Keystone by now."

me feel any better. "I thought maybe breaking it down line by line would help,

just words," Isaiah finished for me, leaning

"Maybe its not supposed to be literal. Could

exhausted sigh. "Then we're even more lost

tense silence fell between us as we stared at the parchment, as if sheer willpower could force the riddle to reveal its secrets. But the ink remained unchanged, the

his fingers against the wooden table. "Alright. Let's go through it again. First line-Whispers from the ancient Willow's boughs.' That could an...

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shot him a dry look.

trying to lighten

"It could

named after

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

a cavern's shadow where history allows.' A

cave?" I asked, exasperated. "There are

of the Eclipse, the Umbrakin, the first

connection."

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

moonlit lake, reflections guide."" He whistled. "That sounds poetic

I guessed, my mind already

the water's surface.

the case, we

at the parchment. My frustration

getting us

something," I muttered. "There has to be a

in his chair, arms crossed behind his head. "Or maybe it's just a

him a sharp look. "We don't have the

up his hands. "Itey, I'm just saying what if

us? What if the real answer isn't

frowned, considering his words. "Like

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