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!"

fight, to stay by her side.

in her eyes-something

Acceptance

She knew,

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knew this

very sout rebelled against

every hotstep thundering in my ears. The

back, but it

throwing the

twins and Elijah piled in. I hesitated for only a heartbeat,

to see Selene

a dark stain blooming across her side. She dropped to

I surged forward, but Isaiah caught my arm and

smile. Blood

This is my destiny.

hit

debris. The barn doors exploded outward as we shot forward, the Umbrakins surging after us. Their clawed hands scraped against the metal, their bodies burning in the

as one landed on the hood, its skeletal face pressing against the windshield. Its eyes burned with madness, its blackened teeth snapping

hands, Spears of ice shot forward, impaling the creature through the chest. It shrieked, convulsing. before its body shattered into a mist

More lunged at us.

Isaiah growled, jerking the wheel to avoid another impact.

scraping against the metal. Elijah twisted in his seat, pulling a dagger from his belt, and drove it straight through the creature's head. It collapsed

they just kept

her hands falling lampply to her

The Umbrakins swarmed her.

scream tore

But then-

of

car launched into

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Impossibly thin. The wind

disappeared

were Calling-but we weren

screamed. "WE'RE GONNA

The sky warped.