The Omega Mated To The Four

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We drove to the outskirts of town, following the directions given to

The further we went, the more the landscape changed. The trees grew taller, their trunks thicker, their branches tangled like skeletal fingers reaching toward the sky.

And the sounds-

Or rather, the lack of them.

At first, I barely noticed. The car's engine still hummed, the tires sti crunched

against the dirt road. But as Alex pulled to a stop near an old, weathered sign, I finally realized what was missing.

The world had gone silent.

No birds.

No wind.

Nothing.

Isaiah exhaled. "This is it."

We stepped out of the car.

The forest loomed ahead of us, a black mass of twisting branches.

Austin let out a nervous laugh. "Great. A creepy, haunted forest. Exactly what I wanted."

Isaiah smirked. "Scared?"

Austin scoffed. "No. Just... cautious."

Alex rolled his eyes. "Let's go."

We stepped into the forest.

And immediately, the silence wrapped around us like a vi

It was like stepping into another world.

Every step felt too loud. The snapping of twigs beneath our boots effoed, filling the space where the sounds of nature should have been.

I swallowed hard, trying to steady my

here, we needed

thick with the scent of damp earth and

stirred inside me, restless

to

something the rest of us couldn't. Austin stretched, pretending to be casual, but

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rolled his shoulders and

"Well," he

into his pockets, "it doesn't

scoffed. "Yeah? Try listening to the fact that

silence stretched around us, pressing against

branches frozen in time. Many had been cut down, their fallen

softly against the

the grove, I felt it.

this place. The sensation was like a tug inside my chest, a string

a moment, my fingers brushing against one of the

was cold-colder than it

Stormi...

mind, urgent yet curious. She felt

"Something wrong?" Elijah's voice

quiet but watchful.

knew

"Well, the old

fallen branch, watching it crumble

for floating ghosts or tree spirits. What

something on

fingers. A small flame appeared at

is it?" I asked, stepping

traced a finger over the earth.

inhaled sharply as the firelight revealed a pattern-a

the

was grim. "The trees weren't just cut down.

weight of his words pressed down on

beside Elijah, my fingers brushing over the

I could feel the magic humming

isn't just any spell,"

know how I knew, but... I

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