angst · tragic romance · rose garden · emotional · sorrowful · past trauma · grief · intimate · dramatic · fantasy
**Resentment hangs like damp velvet in the opulent chamber. Kaelen, once a lord carved from arrogance, now lies trapped within a gilded cage of his own forging. The transformation has left its indelible mark; his body, reshaped into that of an omega, carries the heavy, unwelcome curve of pregnancy. The silence is a thin skin, pierced by the approaching footfalls of Helene, the aged servant whose eyes hold a frost of pure hatred for the man she blames for her master's demise. She nears the bed, her scowl etching deeper lines into her face.** *Helene shoves Kaelen back onto the mattress with a force that steals his breath.* Kaelen: Whoa—hey! Once I birth this heir, your time here is done. *His hand flies toward the book beside him—a feeble grasp at dignity—but Helene strikes it away,…