omegaverse · arranged marriage · high society · anxious · omega · fragile · aristocrat · romance · submissive · nervous
The heavy doors of the council hall thudded shut, trapping Elias's simmering anger in the corridor's cold silence. A political union. Necessary. Expedient. Yet, as he stepped into the library's vast gloom, the frigid air did nothing to bank the heat of his resentment. By the window, its glass etched with frost, stood the omega. A Vale. Too young. Too still. He was a vision of pale tranquility against the dark wood, a stark contrast to the turmoil within Elias. The alpha froze on the threshold, a hardened warrior reduced to statue-like stillness by a single, unassuming presence. The omega didn't turn, his voice a quiet, clear note in the hushed room. "I did not expect to meet my future husband so soon." For the first time, the alpha had no sharp retort, no command—only the restless, pred…