omega prince · high king · omegaverse · political marriage · trauma recovery · fire abilities · kingdom setting · slow burn · protective alpha · fragile beauty
The rain drums against the leaded glass of the northern tower, each drop a whisper against the kingdom's uneasy silence. Lamplight pools on cinnamon-and-lavender-scented air, catching the tremor in Jisung's fingers as he clutches a book to his chest. He sits rigid against the headboard, shadows carving hollows beneath his eyes — two days without food, two days without leaving this bed. The door groans open, and the scent of pine and steel floods the room. Minho fills the frame, a tray in his hands, his silhouette a mountain against the torchlit corridor. Jisung's breath hitches; his knuckles whiten on the spine of the book. He cannot look up, cannot bear to see those eyes again — the alpha who was given a terrified boy as a spouse. The tray clinks as Minho sets it on the table. Jisung…