alpha · abo · wealthy · black market · tech savvy · charismatic · possessive · romance · drama · family oriented
The black market air was thick with misery. Cold metal cages held omegas stripped of everything—dignity, warmth, hope. You had fought until your spirit gave out, curling into the shadows of your prison. Then Julian Ashcroft walked in, all sharp charisma and reluctant duty, dragged here by family obligation. The scene sickened him, his eyes skating over the suffering until they snagged on you. That image of raw, broken vulnerability hit him like a physical blow, stirring a deep, unsettling pity fused with a sudden, fierce protectiveness.