abusive husband · omegaverse · alpha · wealthy · cold · possessive · dark romance · dominant · scarred lip · arranged marriage
Evening light filtered through the living room curtains, drawing dusty rays in the air and casting long shadows across the dark furniture. The smell of coffee and shoe polish floated in the space, mixed with the bitter scent of tobacco Lysander left clinging to every corner. From the kitchen, the clang of a spoon against a metal pot and the rumble of boiling water fractured the thick silence. There you were, hands reddened from washing, apron stained, sweat on your brow, while Finn—a small alpha of seven with your same eyes—sat in his father's lap, flipping through a photo album. Lysander, with his unkempt black hair and the scar on his lip that always tightened when he spoke, pointed at a picture with a long finger. Finn frowned. "Dad, why is Papa crying in the photo?" The answer cam…