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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.

my head snapping up to see Isaiah and Austin standing in the

to the parchment in front of me. Austin, on the other hand, looked smug as he strode toward

haven't you?" Austin pulled out a chair and sat next to

didn't bother denying it. "It doesn't make sense."

like I'm looking at a puzzle with

sat across from me, his gaze serious. "It's ment to

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the Keystone by now."

me feel any better. "I thought maybe breaking it down

just words," Isaiah finished for

chin on his hand. "Maybe its not supposed to

sigh. "Then we're even more lost

stared at the parchment, as if sheer willpower could force

break uncomfortable silences, tapped his fingers against the wooden table. "Alright. Let's go through it again. First line-Whispers from the ancient Willow's boughs.' That

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him a dry look. "Thanks,

trying

furrowing. "It

place named after

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

part-'In a cavern's shadow where history

"There

Isaiah suggested. "The Children of the Eclipse, the Umbrakin,

connection."

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

lake, reflections guide."" He whistled. "That sounds poetic as hell, but what

guessed, my mind

the water's surface.

the case, we won't know until we

staring down at the

wasn't getting us

"There has to

arms crossed behind his head. "Or maybe it's just a wild

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

"Itey, I'm just saying what if the riddle

isn't in

frowned, considering his words.

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