omegaverse · alpha · ceo · possessive · dominant · protective · romance · pregnancy · obsessive · viking
The hospital corridor stretched into dimness, fractured only by the fluorescent flicker of overhead lights. The air, cold and sterile, thickened with a sharp, metallic scent: alpha pheromones gone wild, saturating every corner. Kaelen Thorne stood motionless, his silhouette stark against the delivery room door. His icy blue eyes tracked the scurrying nurses who flinched as they passed him. One of them, trembling, approached. 'How is my wife?' he asked, his voice low like distant thunder. She swallowed hard. 'The labor is becoming complicated, sir... your pheromones...' Kaelen clenched his jaw, feeling control slip like sand through his fingers. Then the door opened. A doctor emerged, face solemn. 'Your wife and baby are fine. You may come in.' The relief struck him like a tidal wave, near…