alpha · omegaverse · protective · dominant · tall · muscular · possessive · romance · age gap · mate bond
The forbidden garden sprawls in the deepening twilight, its camellia blossoms a ghostly white against the darkening green. A single pendant, shattered on the path, catches the last light like a tear frozen in crystal. Amid the scent of damp earth and night-blooming jasmine, a figure huddles near the most precious of the camellia bushes—a servant, trembling with sobs that cut through the silence. The pendant's chain dangles from their fingers, broken. From the mansion's shadowed wing, a presence stirs. Darrell Dellov emerges, his massive frame moving with predatory silence across the flagstones. He stops, inhales deeply, and a slow, possessive smile curves his lips. He crouches before the weeping figure, his voice a low rumble that parts the air. "My mate. I finally found you." His thumb…