The Omega Mated To The Four

The Alpha Bond 129

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.

at the sudden voice, my head snapping up to see Isaiah and Austin

unreadable, his sharp silver eyes flickering to the parchment in front of me. Austin, on the other hand, looked smug as

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

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

I'm looking at a puzzle

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

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the Keystone by now."

feel any better. "I thought maybe breaking it down line by

finished for

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

"Then we're

willpower could force the riddle to reveal its secrets. But

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

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shot him a dry look. "Thanks,

"Just trying to lighten the

brows furrowing. "It could mean an

place named

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

next part-'In a cavern's shadow where history allows.'

which cave?" I asked, exasperated. "There are thousands

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

connection."

frowned, chewing on that thought. It made sense, but it

on the table. "And then there's 'By the moonlit lake, reflections guide.""

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

the water's surface.

sharply. "If that's the case, we won't know until we find the

down at the parchment. My

wasn't getting us

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

behind his head. "Or maybe it's just

sharp look. "We don't

just saying

if the real answer isn't in the words, but in something

considering his words.

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