The Omega Mated To The Four

The Alpha Bond 133

The battlefield was eerily quiet. The smell of burnt wood, blood, and death clung to the air, suffocating in its intensity. I stood in the middle of what remained of our pack, my fur covered in black blood. Some of it belonged to the Umbrakins, some of it-I wasn't

sure.

I turned, my gaze sweeping over the carnage. The fires Austin had put out had left behind nothing but blackened structures, smoke rising into the night sky like mourning spirits.

I shifted back, my body aching from the effort, I looked around, my heart heavy as

I took in the damage. We had won. But at what cost? Austin reached beside me and here me his shirt to wear.

Eira approached me, her expression grim.

"I've never seen so many of them attack at once," she said. Her usual fierce demeanor was subdued, her dark eyes filled with something Stormi had never seen before-fear. "It wasn't just a raid. This was an extermination attempt."

I swallowed hard, dread curling in my stomach.

"How many survivors?" I asked.

A swirl of shadows appeared beside me, and Isaiah stepped out, his face set in stone. He hesitated before answering, as if the words themselves pained him.

"Almost everyone is gone."

My breath caught in my throat.

Isaiah continued, his voice quieter, as though speaking the truth out loud it."

made it worse. "The Alpha and Luna... they didn't make

I barely registered the sharp inhale of Alex behind me, or the way Austin clenched

his fists at the news.

I was still processing.

The Alpha and Luna. Dead. Elijah's parents were dead.

They hadn't always been kind to me, but they had been the only stability I had known in my childhood.

Gone.

I turned sharply to Isaiah, my heart hammering. "Elijah?"

Isaiah ddn't answer right away. Panic gripped my chest.

is he?"

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didn't wait

Elijah's scent-charcoal and pine, something

Isaiah follow, his shadows swirling

at the same time near what remained of the

what used to be the

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my legs shaky from exhaustion. Isaiah, ever the silent protector, took off his shirt and handed it to her. I took it without a word, slipping it on as I stepped closer to

amidst the rubble,

hunched, his hands clenched into

He wasn't

of his form unnerved me more than any

called softly, stepping

He didn't react.

I hesitated.

This wasn't like him.

opened my mouth to speak again,

hairs on the

I whirled around.

the edge of the destruction, its body flickering like it

who it was. The Shadow

Umbrakins, that had orchestrated

slithering through

shifted. My muscles coiled, ready to lunge,

Weaver

mock amusement. "And when my children release me, I will

“Not if

chuckled,

twisted, eyes glowing like burning coals. "You, I will save for last. So you can see what

I lunged.

called upon

Shadow Weaver was

air before

silence it left behind was deafening. I stood there, fists clenched, chest heaving.

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just war. This

Elijah, expecting him to have reacted in

just happened.