Neutral Waters

By Leo Heine

Two rival alphas. One political marriage neither of them wants. A single hammock that changes everything. Elio Vardoulakis and Nico Dragoumis have spent their lives trying to put each other in the ground. Born to warring clans on an Aegean torn apart by decades of blood and salt, they know only one truth: the other man's scent is a warning, not an invitation. Until the Council of Captains forces them into a union meant to end the feud. Elio boards the Kallisti expecting a cold, convenient arrangement he can survive for one year. Instead he gets Nico (storm-grey eyes, bergamot and gunpowder on his skin, and a mouth that tastes like everything Elio has ever sworn he'd never crave). One shared hammock, one storm-lashed kiss, one brutal heat that neither of them saw coming, and suddenly "just biology" isn't cutting it anymore. Because alphas don't bond with alphas... except when they do. And when they do, it's possessive. It's primal. It's teeth on throats and knots that lock them together while the boat rocks for reasons that have nothing to do with waves. It's Elio dragging an unconscious Nico from a burning hull and realising he'd sink the whole damn archipelago before he let anyone touch his mate again. But the islands aren't ready to let go of their war. Sabotage, old loyalties, and a traitor who smiles too wide threaten to drag them both under. To keep each other, they'll have to burn every rule they were ever taught-and rewrite the sea itself. Neutral Waters is a scorching, standalone MM omegaverse romance packed with forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine tension, scent-bonding, explicit heat, and two stubborn alphas who discover that sometimes the only way to win the war is to surrender to each other. Happily ever after guaranteed-no cliffhangers, just salt-kissed skin and a love strong enough to calm an ocean.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G2WL3MKZ
• ISBN13: 9798275089592
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"