Chapter 1 001

Unity.

"Alpha Tyrion?!" I stiffened, and the napkin I was holding slipped through my fingers. It couldn't be true. I didn't prepare this event hall for my mate's wedding. I looked intently, rubbed my eyes several times to be sure I wasn't seeing things, but truly, standing before the crowd, wearing a black suit, was my mate, Alpha Tyrion, and his bride, the regent's daughter, Desire.

All hope drained from me. I lost balance and almost stumbled to the ground.

My chest tightened, and I couldn't breathe so well.

What happened? Why was my mate getting married without my awareness? How did I end up preparing a wedding hall for my mate who was getting married to another woman?

I couldn't believe my eyes and ears. Watching and listening with my heart bleeding, the two of them said their wedding ritual vows, and the crowd applauded for them while they returned to their seats.

Alpha Tyrion happened to see me. He locked eyes with me, but a sinister smile appeared on his face before he got seated and looked away. His expression showed that he loved what he was doing and didn't feel any atom of remorse.

So this was why he had been distancing himself from me for the past two weeks, and all my efforts to talk it out with him were all in vain. For three years, we had been mates and lovers, and I believed we would be a nice couple. I was getting ready for his coronation, which would take place in three days, not knowing that he was getting married.

Tears slipped from my eyes, and I quickly wiped them. I was just a worker in this resort and nothing more, so I wasn't supposed to be in the event hall until called to serve. I left the hall, went to a hidden corner where I let out my bloody tears relentlessly.

How could this happen to me? After all my efforts to be the perfect Luna for him in the future. He was the first man I ever met. He knew so damn well that I was an omega and orphan, and I had not for once been a liability to him.

I was a college student and was working part-time in the resort just to take care of certain bills which my aunt couldn't cover. I was also helping in sorting out my younger brother's bills, and I haven't once asked him for financial help.

Several times, he reminded me how diligent I was and how he was proud of me. So what then happened? I had saved up to get a nice dress that I would wear on his coronation day, the day he assured me he would reveal our relationship to the whole pack, yet he stabbed me from the back.

All my efforts to please him, all the times he claimed me intimately, and the times I helped him sort out so many tasks that he was supposed to pass to be the alpha king of the pack, and this was what I got in return.

The thought of it alone made my head heavy as if it would burst. I hadn't had this kinda pain all through my life.

He could have just rejected me when we found out about the matebond, or maybe told me beforehand that I wasn't worthy to be his luna. Why all the high hopes when I wasn't worthy to be by his side? He kept me hidden for three years, and this was how it all ended?

I panted, my chest rising and falling in pain, and hot tears streamed down my cheeks. I fumbled the hem of my working blouse, and my breath caught in my throat several times. I was just an omega whose wolf couldn't shift. I was hardworking and had visions. In fact, I planned to make him proud as his future luna.

The door of the store where I sat was banged heavily, causing my heart to drop into my belly. I jolted to my feet and unbolted the door, only to come face to face with the resort administrator. With my lips trembling, I bowed to him slowly and began leaving, scared that he would call me back and begin asking questions.

But until I vanished from the hallway, he didn't say a thing to me.

I went into the restroom and washed off my face and my smeared makeup, then applied a little more makeup again so I could resume my role.

When it was time to serve the guests at the event hall, I went back to duty, grabbed my tray of dishes with the other workers and entered the hall. My heart beat loud in my ears. I struggled not to meet Tyrion's eyes, but no matter how much I tried, I still found myself peeking at him.

"Look, I couldn't serve the last table there. Could you do that for me?" one of my co-workers whispered in a plea, while I still held my tray.

I glanced at her and nodded, then began moving to the last table on the right side, which she had pointed at. The tables were all surrounded by men, and every one of them was dangerously handsome and dressed like an elite.

"Welcome, sirs!" I greeted and began serving each of them. My heart throbbed, but I tried not to show it in my expression. I held each glass tightly so it wouldn't slip from my palm. This was my only sustaining job, and the pay was quite good to lose.

I was almost done serving them all when the crowd let out an applause again, and I was forced to look at what was happening. My eyes caught Alpha Tyrion, kissing Desire so softly and possessively in the presence of everyone.

My breath hitched. I felt my soul leave my body.

Why? He hadn't ever kissed me that way. I was always the one who initiated a kiss, and he would break it so soon and claim that he wasn't good at that.

But he was kissing her so much, savouring her lips like it was honey.

I didn't realise the mess I had caused until someone smacked my arm and I flinched. "Did you lose some nuts?" the man growled at me, and I stepped backwards. The glass I was holding had slipped from my palm this time and crashed on the table, splattering on the shirt of the man before it.

My knees buckled. I didn't know what to do, because what I had just done could cost me my whole job.

The man who was offended sent a sharp glare towards me and stood up forcefully. Hot sweat formed on my palms, and I stepped backwards from him, then lowered my head...and when I couldn't help, my wolf pulled me down to my knees. 'Do you even know how mighty his wolf is?' She cautioned, her voice broken from the betrayal we had just witnessed.

I apologised, "Forgive me, please...."

"What is your name?" he asked, and my eyes widened in shock.

He was going to report me to the admin, and I would be sacked. This was all because of Tyrion.