Stray Omega by Lizzy Bequin

CHAPTER 5: EMBLA
They had been trekking for some time now, and the sun was getting high in
the sky. Its warm rays glowed green through the young leaves overhead.
Embla’s obedience had won her a few more morsels of savory meat, doled
out by Leros at regular intervals, as well as plenty of clean water to wash it
down. If it had been entirely up to the friendly young alpha, Embla suspected
that she would have gotten as much food as she wanted. But the leader, Ark,
always commanded Leros to stop feeding her after two or three pieces so her
hunger was never fully sated. Oh well, at least they let her drink her fill of the
water.
Meanwhile, Orwen kept a tight hold on her leash, glowering at her darkly.
So far, the vigilant alpha had provided no chances for the omega to escape.
But she needed to act soon. Embla knew this wilderness well, and she
realized they were getting close to the forest’s edge. Beyond that lay an open
prairie where escape would be much more difficult. Impossible, even.
And she knew where the alphas were taking her.
The place of high towers.
The Central Ruins.
Embla would have known that even if she had been blindfolded. There was a
strange energy that emanated from that place, like the light of an invisible