trenchlordtales
Muse Alexander arrives in the mountains alone, seeking rest and anonymity inside a luxury resort meant to feel temporary. She moves quietly through the snow-dusted halls, unaware that the place she chose for peace is owned by a family whose power was built in silence and blood. For Muse, the vacation is supposed to last four months-long enough to breathe, reset, and leave unchanged.
Dream "Dre" Winter doesn't visit the resort. He rules it. His family owns the mountain, the lodges, and the legacy buried beneath them. Groomed to inherit both wealth and consequence, Dre runs the business side with discipline while carrying the unspoken weight of how everything was earned. When he notices Muse, it isn't lust that pulls him toward her-it's recognition. She doesn't perform. She doesn't ask. She simply exists, and that unsettles him.
Their connection grows quietly, shielded from spectacle. Private dinners, unspoken protection, mornings softened by snowfall and presence. But the peace doesn't go unnoticed. Sailor Kingsley- Dre's ex-girlfriend-refuses to be ignored. Beautiful, loud, entitled, and used to being untouchable, Sailor inserts herself into Muse's vacation at every turn, determined to remind everyone who she believes still belongs beside Dre.
What Sailor doesn't understand is that Dre doesn't tolerate disruption-especially not toward what he's claimed. Every attempt to rattle Muse is met with firm correction, boundaries enforced without hesitation. Muse remains untouched by the noise, while Dre makes it clear where his loyalty lies. Because Muse was never just a guest. She became his muse. And Dre Winter doesn't let anyone interfere with what inspires him.