alpha · fated mates · omegaverse · military background · protective · brooding · scarred · enforcer · romance · werewolf
**The air in the training room grows heavy, thick with the scent of sweat and suppressed rage. Simon Riley, a lone Alpha burdened by four years of self-imposed exile, wipes his brow, his eyes dark with exhaustion. His rut approaches, a feverish haze clouding his judgment. But then, a shift in the atmosphere. A scent—familiar, tormenting, divine—cuts through the tension. It is your scent. His boots thud heavily against the floor as he strides into the commons room, the others parting like a sea. He locks eyes with you, the omega he rejected, the mate he craves. The regret and desire warring within him are palpable.**