The Omega Mated To The Four

The moment we stepped out of the cabin, something felt off.

The air was thick, charges with an invisible force that prickled again my skin. A strange hur vibrated in my bones, a deep. rhythmic pulse that sent a shiver through me. My well stirred inside me, cars flattened, hackles raised. Something was coming

Then, with a deafening crack, the barrier shattered.

A wave of darkness surged forward, rolling toward us like a living storm. Shadows twisted and writhed, merging and separating. until grotesque forms took shape.

Umbrakins.

My stomach twisted with nausea. The creatures were as horrifying they were unnatural-beings of pure shadow, their burned flesh peeling away under the sun's glore, revealing raw, bubbling matcle beneath. The stench of scorched meat filled the air.

Elijah stood rigid beside me, his fingers tightening around the hilt of his blade. "They don't attack during the day," he muttered. voice tinged with disbelief.

But here they were.

The Umbrakins screeched, a piercing, guttural sound that sent my pulse into overdrive. Their charred skin sizzled under the sun, but they didn't retreat. They charged forward, their clawed fingers outstretched, their hollow, glowing eyes locked onto us.

They didn't care that they were burning. They didn't care that every step cost them pieces of their own

Пesh

"They're not acting on instinct," I realized aloud, my voice barely above a whisper. "They're following orders."

Before the words fully left my lips, an Umbrakin lunged.

Isaiah yanked me back just in time. Its clawed hand missed me by mere inches, slashing through empty air where my throat had been. I stumbled against him, my breath ragged.

"We have to move! Now!" Isaiah barked.

Selene stepped forward instead.

Her black-painted fingers moved in a blur, tracing ancient symbols in the air. A wall of blue fire erupted between us and the advancing harde, the flames roaring to life. The Umbrakins screamed as the fire consumed them, their bodies twisting, writhing. disintegrating into bubbling black ooze.

But more kept coming

They climbed over their fallen brethren, unrelenting, uncaring. They weren't afraid. They weren't stopping.

"They don't care if they die." Alex br

breathed, his voice trembling.

Selene turned sharply, eyes locking onto mine. "Run!"

hesitated, my body screaming to fight, to stay by

her

Acceptance

She knew,

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this

lists. My instincts, my pride, my very sout rebelled against it, but I turned and

thundering in my ears. The Umbraking were closing in

back, but it wouldn't

reached the barn first, throwing the doors

Elijah piled in. I hesitated for

time to

soaked her tunic, a dark stain blooming across her side. She dropped to one knee, her breathing

surged forward, but Isaiah caught my arm and

wook, knowing smile. Blood dripped from the corner of

This is my destiny.

Isaiah hit

forward, the Umbrakins surging after us. Their clawed hands scraped against the

hood, its skeletal face pressing against the windshield.

forward, impaling the creature through the chest. It

More lunged at us.

to avoid another impact. "They're being pushed beyond their

Elijah twisted in his seat, pulling a dagger from his belt, and drove it straight through the creature's

just

Selene collapse, her hands falling lampply to her sides. Her last spell flickered

The Umbrakins swarmed her.

tore from

But then-

edge of

car launched

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time setched Impossibly thin. The wind road around

disappeared beneath

were Calling-but we

"WE'RE GONNA

The sky warped.