the scent that stayed
The moment the door shuts behind Elian, the entire room changes.
Not physically. The maps are still pinned to the walls, the war table still cluttered with reports and half-finished strategy lines. But the air—the energy—feels different.
Like something wild just stormed in, roared, and left.
And Riven is still standing in the storm’s silence.
🩸 He presses a gloved hand to the table. Not for support. For control.
Because the second Elian’s scent hit him again—
that bitter citrus and heated earth—
his own Alpha instincts surged like a crashing tide.
Riven hale ( alpha)
He is stronger now, harder but still mine
Riven hale ( alpha)
He shouldn’t think that. Not after what he did. Not after he left.
But the bond didn’t die.
It just slept.
And now? Now it's awake—and hungry.
kael veras ( beta)
you said you wanted peace. That's not how you show it (entering sharply)
Riven hale ( alpha)
I didn't touch him (without turning)
kael veras ( beta)
You didn't have to. Your presence is enough to unravel everything he rebuild
Riven turns now, slow and deliberate. His expression is unreadable—but his scent has shifted. Slightly darker. Edged with a heat he’s suppressing with all his discipline.
Riven hale ( alpha)
You think I don’t know what it cost him to look me in the eye again?
I felt it.
The flinch. The flicker.
That moment when his body remembered what it felt like to be touched by me.
Kael takes a step forward, protective as always, but uncertain. Riven isn’t posturing—he’s barely holding himself together. The war inside him is quieter, but far more lethal.
kael veras ( beta)
He doesn't want you here
Riven hale ( alpha)
No
But the bond does *bitter laugh*
He moves to the window, peering out into the night fog rolling over the training fields. He hasn’t slept in three days. Not since he crossed the northern border and felt the ache start to claw under his ribs again.
Riven hale ( alpha)
I told the bond to die
it didn't lisin (to himself)
kael veras ( beta)
elian doesn't believe in it anymore. He moved on
Riven hale ( alpha)
Then why did his scent spike when I walked in?
Why did his pupils dilate?
Why… is his heartbeat still echoing in my ears?
Kael has no answer.
Because even he smelled it—the change in Elian’s scent. The underlying pull neither of them can deny.
The Omega may have built walls, but Riven knows the cracks. Not to exploit them—but because he helped build them once, when they were young and naïve and in love.
And now?
He’s here to prove he can wait.
Even if it kills him.
Riven hale ( alpha)
I won't claim him
Not unless he asks
kael veras ( beta)
And what if he never does
Riven hale ( alpha)
Then I'll burn in slience
But he'll still know u came back
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