The Omega Mated To The Four

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Warmth.

It was the first thing I felt as my body stirred. A soft, comforting with wrapped around me.A soft, familiar warmth, the kind that seeped into my skin and made my muscles relax instinctively. It was nothing like the pain I remembered the sharp agony of bones breaking, the unbearable pressure crushing me as I plummeted from the mountaintop. My fingers twitched, brushing against something familiar- sheets.

A bed?

My eyes snapped open, and I sat up abruptly, my heart hammering in my chest. The room was too familiar.

The moonlit curtains swayed lightly with the morning breeze, the scent of lavender and vanilin-lingering in the air. My bookshelves were lined with novels, my desk was slightly messy with scattered notes and pens, and my nightstand still had the small framed. picture of Mariah and me-

I was in my room.

My room.

home.

Panic gripped me. My mates- Whe

Then, I heard it.

Where were they? The battle-Mother-the Shadow Weaver. Had it all been a dream? A cruel illusion?

I froze.

Get your butt here before your breakfast gets cold!"

That voice-

I knew it.

Mariah.

The name sent a shockwave through my body.

Mariah was dead. I had mourned her. I had felt it.

Then how-?

Her voice rang out again, louder and sharper this time.

"Storm!! Did you hear me?!"

threw off the blankets, my feet hitting the flour before I even registered moving. My heart pounded against my ribs as I stumbled forward, barely able to breathe.l bolted through the hallway, my pulse roaring in my ears.

1 skidded to a stop at the doorway of the kitchen.

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And there she was

Mariah

stove, nipping pancakes, humming a song I hadn't heard in years. She was wearing an oversized T-shirt, her dark hair tied up in a messy bun, tattoos pecking

just like

She looked alive.

I couldn't breathe,

my body moved on its

escaped me as

"Stormi-?!"

wrapping tightly around her as I buried my face

to the ground, knocking over a chair in the process. The

counter.

seriously-are you crazy, kid? What the

I didn't let go.

I couldn't.

I clung to her. She was warm. Solid. Not some ghost. Not a

clearly exasperated. "Geez, Stormi, did you forget how to say good morning

I couldn't speak.

slightly beneath me, probably trying to get a better look at

murmured. "What's

back just enough to see

the moment

The dam broke.

and unstoppable. My breath came in ragged gasps, my chest tightening so hard it

changed instantly. The teasing glint in her eyes vanished, replaced by genuine

whispered, reaching up to cup my face. "What is

throat closed up. I couldn't get the words

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"Breathe, okay? t

breath, my hands still

if I

out, "I

Mariah stilled.

confusion flickering across her face.

"You died. 1-1 saw it. I was there. 1-

but there was something else

her thumb

everything will be okay,"

1 stiffened

knew what I

I had lived it.

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her, letting me rest my head on her shoulder

a bad

shut, trying to ground myself

warmth

all

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