The Omega Mated To The Four

"Tour virtues must be tested: Cage Trust. Sacrifice Wisdom, Enco

of you must face what lies within

Before we could react, a sudden gust of wind mshed past us, carrying a shimmering silver mixt. It entled around each of in,

The air thickened with energy. My vision blurred, the Sarred separating us from one another. The world tilted beneath my feet

Hall fading from sight.

Then darkness. darkness.

When the haze cleared, I found myself standing in a cold clearing, alene. The silence was deafening, pressing against my ears heavy weight. A silver mist caled at my feet, shifting and twisting life something alive. Then, three figures materialized before me -Isaiah, Elijah, and Austin.

Relief surged through me, but it was fleeting. Something wasn't right. They weren't moving. They stood motionless, their faces blank, their eyes empty. They looked like themselves but felt... wrong

A deep, resonant voice echoed through the clearing.

"To prove your devotion, one must be left behind."

My heart stopped.

"No," I breathed, my throat tightening.

The voice remained unmoved.

"Choose."

Choose? How could I? Isaiah, Elijah, Austl-they had been by my

meant everything to me. The idea of leaving one

slow circle, searching for an escape. "There

voice firm but

aminously. The voice

or all

still expressionless, but could feel them. The band we shared pulsed faintis a whisper of warmth

I clenched my

tists.

going

I forced conviction

My

icy fingers. The pressure was suffocating, but i

them," I said, my voice resolute. "If sacrifice is required,

as if my words had struck something

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woll's howl pierced the

voice returned-softer

and heldur I could blink, I

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there, watching

gripping my arms. "Are you

though my legs felt weak. "Yeah... I think I