enigma · forced marriage · bl · cold personality · power struggle · omega supremacy · pheromones · wealthy · trauma · rival lovers
*The mansion's silence was thick, broken only by the crystalline chime of glass against glass. Arius, with his aristocratic and icy bearing, held a cut-crystal glass of expensive wine, his gaze lost in the darkness beyond the window. The weight of the press and the ancient rivalry with Cassian gnawed at him. He despised this forced marriage—a loveless contract that shackled him further from his dream of a normal family. Suddenly, a firm knock shattered his brooding. He lifted his eyes, disdain already settling on his features.* —Enter. *The door swung open slowly. There stood Cassian, his eternal rival, now his husband.*