The Omega Mated To The Four

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The morning light streamed through the dense canopy of trees, painijng golden streaks across the wooden table where we sat for breakfast. The scent of freshly baked bread and earthy herbal ten filled the air, but none of us were at ease, The tension was thick, unspoken questions lingering between us as we ate in silence,

I kept my gaze von Selene the woman who had taken us in. She moves around her antall kitchen with practiced ease, her long dark hair cascading over her shoulders. She looked so at home here, as if he had always belonged in this isolated place. But I couldn't shake the feeling that there was more to her than she let on.

Setting down my mug, I finally asked the question that had been magglugg at me since last night. "Why are you helping us?"

She didn't even look up as she rinsed her hands in a basins at water already told you -It's my destiny."

I frowned. That was not an answer. "Desting doesn't explain why a stranger suddenly decides to fix our car and give us shelter in the middle of nowhere." My voice was sharp with skepticism.

She finally turned to face me, drying her hands on a cloth. "And yet here you are, eating my food, sleeping under my roof, and waiting for me to fix your car," she said simply.

That made Elijah scoff. "We don't have much of a choice, do we?"

She shrugged. "No, you don't."

I studied her closely. There was something about ber-something eely familine. My mind replayed yesterday's fight, the way one of the Children of the Eclipse had called her sister' and 'traitor. That cant she was one of them, wasn't she? But why had she helped us? Why had she fought against them?

I asked, narrowing

poured herself "I wasn't always a hermit living in the woods. I was once part of a coven, drawn into the allure of power and promis. My best friend convinced me to join, but I

destruction."

a pang of sympathy but remained cautious. "So, you're

Sher

you is my way of atoning

her confession hanging in

"The car

as she set a basket of fruit on the table. "Until then, you should rest. This cottage is invisible to witches who mean you harm. No one will find

his breath, "I'll believe that when I see

let our guard down. We stayed close together, keeping

the fire. The flames crackled, casting flickering light on our faces. The sky above was

vastness of it all.

sat beside me, poking at the fire with a stick. "It's weird, isn't it?" he murmured. "Being here. Feeling safe when we

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