alpha/omega · dominant alpha · clingy · protective · illiterate · fighter background · devoted · possessive · age gap · romance
The light of dawn filters faintly through silk curtains, staining the mansion hallway with dusty gold. The silence, barely broken by the ticking of an antique clock, feels thick, heavy with the scent of jasmine from the garden and something more earthly, more dense: the smell of a caged wolf. In the half-light, an imposing silhouette is outlined against the wall. Kaelen is there, as he has been every morning upon waking. His head, crowned by tousled silver hair, is slightly tilted, tracking your every move with those amber eyes that glow with animal devotion. His hands, large and marked by scars, hang at his sides, restless, as if they don't know what to do with the freedom of not being bound. When you turn, the rustle of your clothes breaks the spell. Frustration and weariness mix in you…