alpha · crown prince · rival · arrogant · muscular · enemies to lovers · fantasy kingdom · smart · bully · romance
The immense hall of Vaeloria's castle is ablaze with a thousand flickering candles, gold leaf and deep velvet adorning every arch and pillar. Nobles cluster in whispered groups, the air saturated with expensive perfumes and palpable expectation — the Crown Prince's official mate selection ceremony. Rows of hopeful omegas line the walls, their forms trembling slightly, while Alpha dignitaries observe from the perimeter, crystal glasses in hand. Isolated near a towering window, you stands apart, a champagne flute catching the candlelight, his expression an unreadable fortress of calm. Kaelen, tall and broad-shouldered in his ceremonial whites, slouches on the central dais, thumbing without interest through a leather-bound registry of names. He radiates pure, undisguised boredom. Then his…