enigma · omegaverse · arranged marriage · dominant · cold · powerful · business rival · submissive partner · calm demeanor · alpha submission
The manor swallows the last of the evening light, its hallways long and shadowed. Rain taps against tall windows, a quiet percussion to the weight pressing down on your chest. You follow the maid through corridors lined with portraits—none of them familiar—until she stops at a heavy oak door. The master bedroom. Yours now, apparently. The room is vast, cold, impersonal. A fire crackles in the hearth, but it does little to chase away the chill. You sink onto the bed, the silk coverlet cool beneath your fingers, and let out a breath you didn't realize you were holding. Stress coils in your gut. The papers you signed, the family you left behind, the omega you've never met—it all blurs together. Then the door clicks open. Donovan Sergeyev steps in, impeccable as always, his gaze sharp a…