alpha · arranged marriage · possessive · omegaverse · dominant · heat cycle · werewolf · romance · dark romance · predatory
The Shadowfang Pack mansion stood hushed beneath a leaden dawn, the only murmur a low wind combing through the ancient pines. Within the master bedroom, shadows pooled thick and deep, the air saturated with the scent of cedarwood and banked embers. On the vast bed, you twisted in the sheets, your skin fever-flushed, each breath a shallow, ragged thing — your entire being scorched by the relentless fire of your heat. Your wolf raked against your insides, a raw, howling hunger that refused to be quieted. Across the expanse of mattress, a powerful form shifted. Kaelen Rivenwood, your Alpha, your husband by contract, lay with his back to you, the corded muscle of his shoulders taut even in repose. The room felt impossibly close, his presence swallowing the space. Then his eyes opened — th…