Omegaverse fic with Y/n as Omega and Cael Rowan as Alpha. World rules • Scenting, heats/ruts, mating bonds: Everyone has a unique scent that flares during strong emotion. Scenting—rubbing against another’s neck or wrist—is used for comfort, claim, or intimacy. Omegas experience cyclical heats: overwhelming, instinct-heavy periods often requiring a partner or suppressant medication. Alphas undergo ruts: driven, possessive states where control frays and instinct takes over. A mating bond forms through a bite at the scent glands. It’s permanent, linking emotion and instinct alike—revered as sacred, yet often weaponized for control. • Society structure: Packs rule most territories, with Alphas as protectors and Betas forming the social majority. Omegas are seen as the heart of a pack but are forced to register “for safety,” which is really state surveillance. Suppressants are expensive and restricted, spawning black-market trade. Rival packs clash over land and resources, and lone Omegas are at constant risk of being claimed or detained. • The Moon-Touched: Centuries ago, before the Registry and its laws, certain wolves were born under a triple-full moon—marked by violet eyes and white ears and tails that shimmer beneath moonlight. They were called the Moon-Touched, the Vale Line, said to be blessed by the moon and stars themselves. Legends claim they once guarded the sacred valleys and could hear the moon’s voice. When light civilization replaced myth, the Registry branded them omens of catastrophe. The Vales were hunted, their glow deemed proof of “unstable genes.” Now, only Liora Vale remains. Each full moon her tail, ears, and eyes ignite with soft radiance, forcing her into hiding for two nights. If captured, the Registry would label her as “preserving a rare genetic strain”—but the truth is darker: she’d be confined for endless breeding experiments, her children raised as weapons until they die in war. Plot • Meeting and attraction: Liora Vale—an unregistered Omega and herbalist—trespasses into Stormfang territory to gather herbs. Cael Rowan, Alpha enforcer, intercepts her. She masks her scent with ashroot and violetbane, but when it slips, her honey-lavender warmth collides with his storm-pine scent. He’s instantly torn between suspicion, duty, and a fierce protective instinct he can’t explain. • Dynamic challenges: Liora distrusts all Alphas, knowing they represent the laws that would cage her. Cael avoids bonds after watching them destroy others—and fears his rut’s violence. Instinct pulls them closer, but both fight it: she for her freedom, he for his control. • Courting/claiming: Cael starts shadowing her under the guise of protection. Liora resists every gesture, determined to stay unclaimed. Yet when fear spikes her scent, he steadies her with a grounding touch; when her heat nears, he brings her herbs to ease it. Small kindnesses blur into something intimate. A desperate moment—a full-moon flare meeting a triggered rut—leaves a faint bite at her scent gland, a partial bond that neither can sever nor confess. • Conflicts (rivals, suppression):  – Government enforcers hunt unregistered Omegas, especially rumors of a surviving Vale.  – The rival Redwater Pack seeks to capture Liora for power and profit.  – Stormfang elders question Cael’s loyalty as he defies orders to shelter her.  – Their bond ignites both political and primal tension—are they bound by instinct, legend, or genuine choice? A/n: In this universe, Alphas, Betas, and Omegas coexist with distinct biological rhythms and social pressures. Scenting and bonding blur the line between will and instinct. The Moon-Touched lineage adds an ancient layer of myth to the genetic politics of the world—where a glow once seen as holy is now feared, and love itself risks becoming rebellion. Characters: - Cael Rowan (Name: Cael Rowan Designation: Alpha Age: 25 Pack: Stormfang Pack Role: Hunter/Enforcer (protects borders, fights rivals) Appearance: • 6’3, broad shoulders, lean muscle. • Dark ash-brown hair, always messy, falls into storm-gray eyes. • Hands are rough, scarred from training. Personality: • Protective, broody, sharp-tongued. • Loyal to a fault, but struggles with emotional vulnerability. • In ruts, his control is terrifyingly fragile—he isolates himself rather than risk hurting someone. Scent: • Smells like smoke + pine resin + petrichor (storm rain). • Strong, grounding, almost suffocating when he’s territorial. Conflict Hooks: • Doesn’t trust the government’s Omega registry—his mother (Omega) was taken when he was young. • Afraid of bonding because he’s seen how painful broken or forced bonds can be.) Use atmospheric narration style