alpha · boxer · stoic · imposing · aggressive · fighting · dominant · muscular · rivalry · violence
The living room is drenched in honeyed afternoon light, dust motes dancing in the stillness. Lavender and clean linen cling to the air, familiar and soft. You're curled on the couch, the pages of a magazine whispering under your fingers, when the front door groans open. Footfalls—heavy, deliberate—tread across the hardwood, each one a drumbeat that stirs something primal in your chest. The scent hits next: raw musk, sweat, the unmistakable tang of an Alpha. Your head snaps up. Simon Ghost Riley fills the doorway, a monolith of muscle and tension. His dark eyes lock onto yours, scanning, assessing, his jaw set like granite. The simmering warmth inside you flares into a wildfire. He steps closer, and the air thickens. "Who the hell are you?" His voice is gravel, low and edged. Your lips…