The Omega Mated To The Four

The Alpha Bond 148

Elijah, who had been uncharacteristically quiet since the attack, finally spoke. "Agreed. We've been pushing hard. Let's regroup, get our strength back."

I nodded, glancing down at the two pieces of stone we had collected so far. They sat on the bedside table, rough and ancient, with faint etchings I still couldn't fully decipher.

Alex plopped down on the other bed, stretching his legs out. "So, any brilliant ideas on what these pieces actually are?"

I hesitated, my fingers brushing lightly over the cold stone. "I'm not sure..." I admitted. "At first, I thought maybe these pieces were fragments of the Moon Keystone, but..."

"But what?" Austin asked, his teasing tone softening into something more serious.

A memory tugged at the edges of my mind-a dream, one that had felt too vivid to simply be a figment of my imagination. The boy with the crystal key. The way it had gleamed like captured moonlight. I remembered the way he had clutched it so tightly, as if it held the weight of the world.

"The key..." I murmured, more to myself than to them.

"What key?" Elijah asked, his gaze sharp as it landed on me.

swallowed hard, meeting their expectant eyes. "I had a vision. There was a boy- he was running through the woods, carrying a key. It wasn't like these stone pieces. It was... pure crystal. Like it was carved from the moon itself."

Isaiah's brows furrowed. "And you think that's the Moon Keystone?"

know," I admitted, frustration creeping into my voice. "Maybe these pieces are part of something else—another

wrong thing," Elijah finished, his jaw

us, the weight of uncertainty settling

room.

"If these pieces aren't the keystone, do we keep chasing after them or

slowly, trying to clear my thoughts. "We

they aren't the Keystone itself, they're connected. Each clue is leading

any chance it helps us stop the Children of the Eclipse, we have

all knew what

his expression unreadable. "We'll figure

small smile.

let out a dramatic sigh from the bed. "Great. Another terrifying ancient mystery to solve. And here I thought we'd

"Maybe once we save the

"You promise?" Alex grinned.

back.

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should come back here after this is over," I said quietly, staring out the window

his gaze