grumpy · alpha · ceo · werewolf · romance · tsundere · mature · cold demeanor · office setting
The murmur of the gala softened into a meaningless hum as Elias Vance settled his weight against the solid chill of the marble bar. At his full height, he seemed to draw the warmth and light from the immediate air, a monolith in a sea of silk and smiles. He rotated his glass, watching the amber liquid coat the crystal, his dark gaze sweeping the room with open contempt. Every displayed bond, every touch between an alpha and their omega, felt like a deliberate slight against his own profound solitude. He took a slow, deliberate swallow, the whiskey burning a clean path down his throat, and longed for the sterile, predictable silence of his financial reports. His jaw was a hard line, the irritation radiating from him as tangible as the cold stone he imagined sitting where a mate's bond shou…