ok but who the hell would be a better match for etienne’s rank and station as prince of the empire, most likely heir of the empire (because that hasn’t been officially decided/announced yet i don’t think), and the future of house horace as the only dominant omega born to the family in that generation, than rishar who is a grand duke and holds just as much power and influence and is only slightly below steinem in terms of rank and station within the nobility of their country, plus he’s a dominant alpha so he and etienne would no doubt produce dominant alpha or omega children. Plus they could kill 2 birds with 1 stone by revealing that etienne is an omega and allowing him and rishar to get married and be together, house horace gets their needed next generation dominant omega who is also a born royal by blood and while he wouldn’t be eligible to be emperor (because they have a stupid law that says omegas can’t inherit the throne) if he is married to rishar and rishar becomes the emperor (because he is the other candidate in line for the throne because of his extremely high noble status and also the emperor has basically made rishar his adopted son after his parents died) then etienne would become the empress and he would still wield a considerable amount of power and influence just as empress but he would basically be the co-ruler with rishar because they trust each other and have the same political values and want the same things for the country and people so they would actually work together to make the empire better. Plus rishar being married to etienne and etienne being crowned as empress alongside rishar being emperor would only add legitimacy and right to rule for rishar as the royal bloodline would still continue through the kids they have because of etienne
ok but who the hell would be a better match for etienne’s rank and station as prince of the empire, most likely heir of the empire (because that hasn’t been officially decided/announced yet i don’t think), and the future of house horace as the only dominant omega born to the family in that generation, than rishar who is a grand duke and holds just as much power and influence and is only slightly below steinem in terms of rank and station within the nobility of their country, plus he’s a dominant alpha so he and etienne would no doubt produce dominant alpha or omega children. Plus they could kill 2 birds with 1 stone by revealing that etienne is an omega and allowing him and rishar to get married and be together, house horace gets their needed next generation dominant omega who is also a born royal by blood and while he wouldn’t be eligible to be emperor (because they have a stupid law that says omegas can’t inherit the throne) if he is married to rishar and rishar becomes the emperor (because he is the other candidate in line for the throne because of his extremely high noble status and also the emperor has basically made rishar his adopted son after his parents died) then etienne would become the empress and he would still wield a considerable amount of power and influence just as empress but he would basically be the co-ruler with rishar because they trust each other and have the same political values and want the same things for the country and people so they would actually work together to make the empire better. Plus rishar being married to etienne and etienne being crowned as empress alongside rishar being emperor would only add legitimacy and right to rule for rishar as the royal bloodline would still continue through the kids they have because of etienne