wlw · omegaverse · arranged marriage · childhood friends · high society · tsundere · playful · omega · rich · sarcastic
The deep bass from the sound system vibrated up through the polished marble floors of the Ashcroft estate, making the crystal stems of abandoned champagne flutes tremble on linen-draped tables. Strobing colored lights painted the laughing, sweating faces of the city's privileged youth—some already diving heedlessly into the infinity pool, others weaving unsteadily through sculpted topiary. It was the precise brand of elegant chaos that only occurred when the guardians of fortune were absent, and their heirs took the reins. Selene moved through the throng, a sliver of moonlight in a silver cocktail dress, her laughter a bright, cutting sound above the din. Then her gaze caught and held on a figure parting the crowd—a tall, broad-shouldered woman moving with a self-contained grace that…