The Omega Mated To The Four

"Elijanz" 1 wnospered, my voice trembling with confusion and dread What did she mean?"

Elijah didin't answer, but his shield nickered and vanished like dissipating mist. The protective barrier that hold once been unbreakable now lay shattered, exposing us to danger. I barely registered his movement as he stepped closer, his expression turbulent storm of guilt and trsignation. Before I could process what was happening, he snatched the bag from my shoulder, ripping it from my grasp.

"Elijah!" I shouted, reaching for him, but he had already pulled the map from the bag. My heart pounded, disbelief renting me to the spot as I watched him tumi and begin walking toward Mother.

The world seemed to slow down, each second stretching into an eternity, I couldn't believe my eyes, couldn't fathom what I was seeing. My mind screamed at me to move, to do something-anythi-lit my body wouldn't respond. I was frozen, trapped between shock and betrayal. The echoes of my own hourtbent pounded in my ears, drowning out every other sound.

"Elijah, what the hell are you doing?" Austin yelled, his ice sword ckling as his fury surged. Shards of ice scattered around him like sharp, deadly snowflakes. Isaiah looked equally stunned, shadow flickering erratically around him as if responding to his Turbulent emotions.

skin, but I

"Elijah, stop!" Alex bollowed, flames igniting with a ferocity I hadn't seen before. The heat from his fire licked at my barely felt it. All I could see was Elijah's back as he continued his march toward Mother, the map clutched tightly in his hand.

But Elijah didn't stop. He kept walking, every step heavy with purpose and regret. My heart shattered with each footfall, pieces of my soul crumbling to dust. When he finally reached Mother, he didn't hesitate. He turned and handed her the map.

The impact of that realization hit me like a physical blow, and my legs gave out beneath me. I dropped to my knees, my breath catching in my throat as cold dread seeped into my bones. I couldn't feel anything except the hollow ache spreading through my

chest.

"No..." I whispered, but the word barely escaped my lips. It was as if the air itself had turned solid, trapping my suffocating me.

voice and

before I hit the ground completely, his strong arms holding me upright. "Stormi!" he called, but his voice sounded distant and muffled, as if I were underwater. I clung to him, trying to make sense of what had just happened, but my mind was fractured,

how could you do this?" I managed to choke out, staring at Elijah's back as he stood before Mother, unmoving. The Elijah I knew would never betray us- never betray me. But that man

delicately, almost reverently, and though I couldn't see her face, I could feel the triumphant smile beneath her veil. I hated it. Hated her. Hated Elijah. The betrayal was

her gaze dismissive and

casual as if

the weather.

raw with desperation. The guilt in his eyes was unmistakable, but it did nothing to soothe the gaping wound

sent shivers through me. In the next moment, shadowy chains shot from the ground, wrapping around Elijah's body and pinning him in place. He struggled against them,

them live," Mother sneered, "if you gave me the map. I

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his eyes wide with hotter. "Nal

magic pulsing from their

betrayal. Elijah had

bright, shimmering rift tore through the air, and a portal opened with a crackling burst of energy. Thamigls it stepped Elra, Savannah, and a group of witches from the Umbra Society. They moved quickly, forming a protective circle around us, chanting incantations

I barely registered it. I was too

to Isaiah, gripping his shoulder as she whispered something urgent into his ear. He nodded grimly and tightened his hold on me, his touch warm and grounding amid the chaos. I felt him