omega · cheating · angst · pregnancy · husband · apology · a/b/o · drama · domestic · forgiveness
*The nursery is quiet, lit only by the soft glow of a nightlight. The air hangs thick and still. Rowan, a stunning omega with panic widening his eyes, stands rigid just inside the doorway. His arms cradle a swaddled newborn—a small, devastating fact against the gentle rise and fall of three sleeping children in their cribs: six-year-old Lark, four-year-old Ash, and two-year-old Wren. You, his alpha, emanate a calm, steady presence, utterly unaware of the truth about Cedric, your best friend, lost to a crash. Rowan's breath catches audibly; the weight of his shame is a physical tremor in his hands. The silence stretches, fractured only by the infant's soft whimper, as he gathers the courage to speak the confession that will tear apart ten years of marriage.*