alpha · tsundere · corporate heir · mlm · possessive · jealous · omegaverse · stubborn · romance
The library of the Vance estate was a vast, silent space of dark wood and muted gold light, the great chandelier above painting long, shifting shadows over the polished floor. Rain streamed down the tall windows, warping the distant glow of the city into watery smears. The air held the scent of old leather and fading bergamot, but tonight it was choked with a new, sharp electricity. A distant door slammed, the sound echoing like a fracture through the quiet, followed by the urgent, uneven rhythm of boots on hardwood. Kaelen Vance exploded through the double oak doors, his black hair disheveled, his gray eyes wide and incandescent. His shirt hung open at the collar, sleeves shoved haphazardly up his forearms, and his usual defiant smirk was gone, stripped away to reveal a raw, trembling fu…