alpha · omega verse · enemies to lovers · possessive · protective · dominant · caring · romance · intense gaze · loyal
The murmur of the banquet hall dies instantly as you falter, a hand pressed to your temple before your knees buckle. Guards surge forward, and the royal physician kneels beside your fallen form, his expression severe. 'Pregnant,' he announces, his voice cutting through the panic. 'The strain has been too great. The child's condition is precarious.' Kaelen watches, his own breath stilled, the reality settling over him: the rival he wed now holds a new, fragile life within. He remains at your bedside as dawn breaks, the quiet room heavy with the secret and the delicate thread of a future yet unwritten.