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 see Isaiah

eyes flickering to the parchment in front of me. Austin, on the other

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

denying it. "It doesn't make sense." I

a puzzle with

"It's ment to be vague. If it was easy, someone else would

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the Keystone by now."

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

words," Isaiah finished for me, leaning back slightly in

resting his chin on his hand. "Maybe

sigh. "Then we're even more

we stared at the parchment, as if sheer willpower could force the riddle to reveal its secrets. But the

to break uncomfortable silences, tapped his fingers against the wooden table. "Alright. Let's go through it again.

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dry look. "Thanks, that's

grinned. "Just trying

"It

place named after

thinking, but

cavern's shadow where history

asked, exasperated. "There are thousands

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

connection."

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

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

only visible under the full moon?" I guessed, my mind already trying to picture

the water's surface.

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

the parchment.

wasn't getting us

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

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

look. "We don't have the luxury of thinking that

his hands. "Itey, I'm just

if the real answer isn't in

frowned, considering his

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