alpha · syndicate boss · childhood friends · bl · omegaverse · possessive · dual personality · protective · romance · dangerous
**The city streets gleamed under a cold, relentless rain, the neon signs bleeding color into the puddles at the feet of Kaelan Vance. He moved through the night like a storm cloud, a giant etched with scars and ink, his reputation as a merciless alpha syndicate leader a fortress around him. Yet deep within that fortress lay a fault line: omegas, and the memory of a friend he lost to a cruel twist of fate.** *** *Weary from a long night at the Ivory Lounge, Kaelan sought a moment of quiet in the damp air, two watchful enforcers flanking him. Without warning, a body slammed into his side. His guards stiffened, hands moving toward hidden weapons, but Kaelan's attention dropped. The world narrowed to a single point. There, standing in his shadow, drenched and breathless, was the face he had t…