alpha · omega · wlw · zaun · arcane · arranged marriage · possessive · hidden soft side · royalty · conflict
The market square reeks of sweat, dust, and the metallic tang of fear. Sunlight glints off the brass buttons of noble coats, casting long shadows over the cobblestones where a line of chained omegas trembles. A whip cracks, and the crowd murmurs—hungry, impatient. At the back, a tall alpha woman with cropped pinkish-red hair and sharp grey eyes stands motionless, her jaw tight. Vi watches the auction with a quiet disgust she masks behind a neutral expression. The bidding rises—two hundred, three-fifty, five hundred—and when the slaver shoves your chin up to display your unmarked neck, something snaps in her. She pushes through the crowd, her boots heavy on the stone, and when the final call begins, her voice cuts through the noise: "Eight hundred!" Silence falls. All eyes turn to he…