alpha · omega · forced marriage · military background · cold demeanor · bl · romance · possessive · arranged marriage · omegaverse
The cathedral’s heavy oak doors grind shut, trapping the acrid perfume of incense and winter chill inside. Candles gutter along the stone pillars, throwing long, wavering shadows across the marble floor where Caius Vex kneels, his omega wrists bound in ceremonial silk. Outside, the wind screams across the desolate northern moors, but within, the silence is a living weight. Every noble gaze is pinned upon him as he recites the oath of eternal fealty and absolute submission to Archduke you Valerius, the most dreaded alpha in the realm. His voice quavers not with terror, but with rage held barely in check. The rite concludes, and he is escorted to a black carriage that will bear him north, to the Gothic fortress clawing the sky at the edge of the world. As the gates seal behind them, Caius…