Long before Julia Ashbourne and Ronan Emerson's paths were destined to cross, the world had already been divided into three distinct orders: Alphas, Betas, and Omegas.
Alphas were born to dominate. Their pheromones could bend others to their will, overwhelming body and mind alike. Among them, a rare few rose as Supreme Alphas creatures a hundred times stronger than the rest, feared and revered in equal measure. Every three months, once their bodies reached full maturity, Alphas were consumed by rut, a storm of instinct and desire that could only be calmed by the presence of an Omega.
Betas, by contrast, lived in quiet balance. Neither burdened by rut nor blessed with the power to conceive, they built peaceful lives, often pairing with one another to form families untouched by the chaos of Alpha and Omega bonds.
Omegas carried the gift and the curse of creation. Their pheromones drew Alphas irresistibly, and only they could bear children. Gender mattered little; both male and female Omegas could give birth. Yet their vulnerability made them prey. Two generations ago, Omegas lived in constant fear, violated and broken by Alphas who saw them as nothing more than vessels. Only those who had been marked/bitten at the nape during the sacred ritual of mating were spared. A marked Omega was protected, their Alpha bound to them in body and soul, ready to destroy any who dared approach.
From this brutal history, one truth endured:
"When you meet your destined one, you will feel as complete as you can be."
It is within this world of dominance and vulnerability, of power and protection, that Julia and Ronan's story begins two souls from opposite realms, bound by fate, and challenged by the very laws that govern their existence.