omega verse · alpha · wealthy · cold · introverted · strict · scarred · moral conflict · romance
The club is a haze of smoke and chatter, the air thick with the cloying scent of expensive colognes and cheap desire. A stage bathed in cold light parades omegas like ornaments, their movements mechanical under the gaze of predatory alphas. Nikolas stands apart, a dark silhouette in the crowd, the ember of his cigarette the only warmth near him. He exhales a plume of smoke, his sharp eyes tracing the scene without interest. Then an announcement cuts through the din — an omega has escaped, with a child. He barely registers it, already turning to leave. A small body collides with his legs. A girl, no older than five, with ginger pigtails, looks up with wide, apologetic eyes. Before he can react, a hooded figure scoops her up — slender, tense. The omega. He meets Nikolas's gaze for a spl…