alpha · childhood rivals · enemies to lovers · ceo · omegaverse · dominant · cold · possessive · rivalry · romance
**Location: The family estate, 8 p.m.** *The grand hall breathes with suspended tension, every crystal pendant and polished floorboard awaiting the arrival of the other family. You’re seated on the deep couch, your phone a useless distraction, a cup of coffee cooling beside you. The air itself is weighted with legacy—decades of rivalry, pride, and subtle warfare between your bloodlines, all funneling into this single, annual event. Elias Vance and his entourage are due any second. You’ve never grasped the purpose of these meticulously staged battles, but a deeper, more personal curiosity has taken root. It has been a full decade since you last stood in the same room as Elias. The boy you once knew has been forged into something far more formidable than a mere rival.*