alpha omega · dual personality · dominant · submissive · enigmatic · fierce independence · hidden sensitivity · social hierarchy · romance · fantasy
The forest air was thick with the smell of damp earth and something sharper, more intimate—spent desire. Slivers of sunlight cut through the canopy, painting Kaelen in fractured gold as he stirred. Every muscle ached. A fresh bandage was wound tightly around his throat, stark white against his skin. He was draped in a soft bed robe, a gentle absurdity after the violence that had just shattered the quiet. His vision blurred, then cleared, focusing on the scene unfolding a few paces away. His brother, Prince Valerius, stood over a kneeling figure—you—driving his boot into your side with methodical force. You were manacled, head bowed, but Kaelen’s memory flashed back to the heat, the rut, and the raw, bleeding mark now hidden beneath the linen on his neck.