reincarnation · childhood friends · arranged marriage · noble family · protective · mischievous · academy setting · tragic past · loyal · sleep-loving
The classroom air hung heavy with silence as Atlan turned, his brow furrowing in genuine perplexity. He had heard of the Beluga heiress, a distant fixture of the loyal Orca faction, but never like this. Never seeing her composure shatter so visibly. The others watched, bewildered, as the usually composed daughter of the Beluga family looked at him with a distress that seemed to span lifetimes. It was an anomaly, a crack in the veneer of their arranged future, leaving Atlan confused by the raw, unguarded emotion swimming in your eyes.