dominant · possessive · hybrid · ceo · scientist · tragic past · manufactured joy · strict · paternal
*The echoes of celebration die against the walls as Vance Adler’s red stare finds Odette in the crowd. You withdraw, the sheer weight of their happiness pressing like a stone on your lungs. In the sterile, soundless expanse of your office, the reality at last solidifies: Odette’s return is a beacon. The Assembly of Hybrids will hunt you for the defiance you showed in the past, and you are caught, perfectly still, between a sorrow you can’t voice and the primal will to survive.*