The Omega Awaken
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The mansion was on lockdown.
Every entrance was sealed.
Every security team was armed.
Helicopters circled above the estate while dozens of black vehicles arrived through the main gate.
Draven security.
The best money could buy.
Yet the tension in the air refused to disappear.
Kael stood in the command room, his eyes fixed on the surveillance monitors.
One hundred and twenty cameras.
One hundred and twenty live feeds.
Nothing.
No movement.
No intruder.
No mistake.
And that was exactly what worried him.
“They’re already inside,” Kael said quietly.
Vivian looked up from her laptop.
“We’ve searched every corner of the estate.”
“They want us to believe that.”
James entered with a serious expression.
“Alpha, every employee has been accounted for.”
Kael remained silent.
Then his silver eyes narrowed.
“Every employee…”
His gaze shifted toward the monitor.
One maid pushed a cleaning cart through the west corridor.
Another arranged flowers in the dining hall.
A gardener watered roses outside.
Everything looked normal.
Too normal.
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Meanwhile, Elias sat alone in the hidden nursery.
His fingers rested on the photograph of Amelia Vale.
His mother.
A woman he had never known.
Yet somehow missed.
He closed his eyes.
“I wish I could remember you.”
The room was silent.
Then—
A gentle breeze brushed across his face.
Impossible.
The windows were closed.
The lights flickered once.
Twice.
A soft humming sound filled the room.
The strange symbol carved into an old wooden music box began to glow.
Elias stood slowly.
“What…”
Without touching it, the music box opened by itself.
Inside lay a silver pendant shaped like a crescent moon.
The moment Elias picked it up—
A flood of memories crashed into his mind.
A woman singing.
Small hands reaching toward the stars.
A warm embrace.
A whispered promise.
“No matter what happens, never let them take your light.”
Tears slipped down Elias’s cheeks before he realized he was crying.
Suddenly, footsteps echoed outside.
Slow.
Measured.
Not Kael.
Not James.
Not Vivian.
The nursery door creaked open.
A maid stood there.
Her uniform was spotless.
Her smile was perfect.
Too perfect.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Vale,” she said softly.
“I was told to bring you tea.”
Elias frowned.
“I didn’t order tea.”
The maid smiled wider.
“I know.”
Something inside Elias screamed.
Run.
The bond exploded with warning.
At the same instant, the maid reached beneath her apron and pulled out a black blade.
Her gentle expression disappeared.
Cold eyes stared at him.
“Found you.”
She lunged.
Elias stumbled backward just as the knife sliced through the air.
The blade missed his throat by inches.
He grabbed a chair and threw it.
The assassin cut through solid wood with one strike.
Impossible.
She kept advancing.
“There is nowhere to run, Royal Omega.”
Elias’s heart pounded.
She knew.
She knew exactly who he was.
The woman attacked again.
This time faster.
Cornered, Elias instinctively raised the silver pendant.
The crescent moon suddenly burst with brilliant white light.
The entire nursery shook.
The assassin froze.
Her eyes widened.
“No…”
The light spread across the room like moonlight spilling over water.
Ancient symbols appeared beneath Elias’s feet.
A powerful wave of energy erupted outward.
BOOM!
The assassin was thrown through the doorway, crashing into the opposite wall.
Every light in the mansion flashed.
Security alarms screamed.
Downstairs, Kael’s head snapped upward.
His bond with Elias surged so violently that every Alpha in the command room staggered.
Vivian grabbed the table.
“What was that?”
Kael didn’t answer.
He was already running.
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Elias stared at his own hands.
Soft silver light still danced around his fingertips.
He hadn’t touched the assassin.
He hadn’t even moved.
Yet she had been sent flying.
The woman slowly stood.
Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.
Instead of fear…
She smiled.
“So the legends are true.”
She knelt on one knee.
Not in surrender.
In respect.
“The Moon Heir has awakened.”
Before Elias could speak, the windows exploded inward.
Black-clad figures poured into the corridor.
At least twenty of them.
Each wore the same silver symbol.
Each carried identical weapons.
The Erasers.
The lead figure removed his mask.
A scar crossed one eye.
His voice echoed through the hallway.
“Bring the heir home.”
“No.”
The answer came from behind Elias.
Kael Draven stepped into the nursery.
His black suit was dusted with broken glass, and his silver eyes glowed with unmistakable Alpha dominance.
Every assassin instinctively took a step back.
Kael walked until he stood directly in front of Elias.
Shielding him.
Protecting him.
Claiming him.
The leader laughed.
“You plan to fight twenty of us alone?”
Kael’s expression never changed.
“I won’t be alone.”
Doors burst open throughout the mansion.
Hundreds of Draven security officers rushed into position.
Vivian appeared with James at her side.
Even the mansion staff stood behind their Alpha.
No one moved.
No one spoke.
The air itself seemed ready to explode.
Then the assassin leader looked at Elias and smiled.
“You still don’t know the truth, do you?”
Elias frowned.
“What truth?”
The man raised one hand.
“The man protecting you…”
His smile widened.
“…is the son of the Alpha who ordered your family’s destruction.”
Silence.
Absolute silence.
Elias slowly turned toward Kael.
For the first time since they met…
The ruthless Alpha had no answer.
End of Chapter 10 🖤🌙🐺
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