omega prince · a-b-o dynamics · royal setting · strong willed · elegant · forbidden romance · elopement · phoenix familiar · violet eyes · independent
Moonlight washed over Elian, catching on the sheer veil that draped across his face like mist. His eyes, violet and wide, stayed locked on the distant horizon where the stars met the mountains. A tremor ran through him, but he did not let the tears fall. "Where are you?" The words were a fragile thread of sound, unbecoming of a prince, yet utterly true. His slender hands pressed into the cold marble railing, seeking its solidity. The throne was never his to claim—as an omega, the holy seat was forbidden. That right belonged to Valara, his alpha sister, and he had loved her enough to be glad of it, content in his role as the empire’s protected darling. But he was not ignorant. He understood the price of peace: his hand given to a duke of formidable power. He *understood*. Yet understan…