Mated With My Ex Uncle

•Rylee's POV

On a Friday evening, I worked as a cleaner in the pack's hotel when my phone rang.

I held a mop in my right hand and reached for my phone to see who was calling. It was my best friend, Elizabeth Brown.

"Hey, Elizabeth. What's up?" I asked, because it was past 8 p.m. and the surrounding area had turned dark.

"Hey, Rylee! Where are you?" Elizabeth asked, and I could hear the nervousness in her voice.

"Where else could I be? I'm in the pack's hotel working as a cleaner on the 6th floor," I told her.

She said, "Good. Come to the first floor. Nash is about to propose to another lady there."

"What?!" I gasped. The blood drained from my face.

Nash Cameron had been my boyfriend for five years. I supported him through college, believing that once he graduated, he would marry me.

How could he do this to me? How could he betray me at a time when I needed him most?

"You're lying, Elizabeth. I can't believe Nash would cheat on me. He loves me," I told my best friend, unable to digest the fact.

I knew Nash and I were not true mates. But he loved me. He cared for me despite knowing I was an orphan in this pack.

"Rylee, I can't lie to you. Hurry up and come to the lobby now, unless you don't want to crash this. I'm sending you a picture of the two of them," Elizabeth quickly ended the call.

My eyes widened in shock as I got the text message notification on my phone.

I looked at the screen and saw a picture of my boyfriend, Nash Cameron, on his knees. He wore a crisp white shirt, black trousers, and polished black shoes. He held a ring box in his hands as he proposed to the lady in front of him.

Tears welled in my eyes as I tried to see the young woman's face. She was younger than me. I am a twenty-year-old woman. I didn't have a wolf or a mate, but Nash promised to marry me despite that. He hadn't had sex with me and said we would do it after we married.

Little did I know he had lied to me and tricked me into giving him all my salary as a cleaner here.

My teary eyes couldn't make out the photo of the lady Nash had proposed to.

I immediately let go of the mop, rushed into the elevator, and went down to the first floor to find out if this image was real or AI-generated.

When I reached the first floor, I saw many youths gathered, cheering for the lady to say yes. She looked emotional, tears of joy welling in her yellow eyes.

This was my boyfriend of five years, Nash Cameron. How could he do this to me?

"Nash!!" I yelled his name. The gathered youths parted to let me through.

"Nash, what's the meaning of this? Why are you proposing to her and not me?" I asked, trying to contain my anger.

I couldn't believe my eyes. Why would he do this?

"Rylee, what are you doing here? Please wait, I will explain everything to you," Nash said, refusing to get up from the floor. He still held the golden ring, waiting for the young woman to say yes.

I looked away from Nash to the young woman's face and saw she was our Beta's daughter, Bella Harvey.

Nash's yellow eyes glowed, confirming to me that they were true mates. Bella screamed, "Yes, Nash. I will marry you, and I accept you as my mate."

My heart shattered. I couldn't stand there like an idiot and continue to watch. I immediately ran away and made my way to the second floor, which was the club.

"Rylee! Rylee!" I heard Nash's voice as he rushed into the elevator to catch up.

"Let me go, Nash! What do you want from me again?" I asked, smacking his hands away from my arms.

"Rylee, I am so sorry. I always thought I had no mate. Bella just turned eighteen, and she happens to be my true mate. You know I can't reject her. It's against our pack rules for mates to reject their true mate," Nash tried to speak.

As soon as the elevator stopped, I told him with the coldest voice I could muster, "Get out! I do not want to ever see your face again. You lied to me. You used me. Didn't your mother reject her true mate to marry her boyfriend? Why can't you do the same?" Tears of betrayal filled my eyes.

"Rylee, you know my grandfather cut ties with my mother because of this issue. I thought I had no mate. I am sorry, Rylee. I am really sorry. Everyone in this pack knows I love you. Please…" Nash tried to touch my face, but I smacked his hands away and stepped back.

"It's over, Nash. Completely over! Stay away from me and go back to your true mate!" I turned away as tears flooded down my cheek.

"I love you, Rylee. Please try to understand me!" Nash pleaded, but I moved away and went to the bartender for a drink.

The music in the club was loud, so many might not have heard Nash.

My best friend, Elizabeth Brown, rushed into the bar to meet me.

"Rylee, what are you doing trying to drink and drown yourself in alcohol? Come, let's go home," Elizabeth said, reaching for the wine glass.

"Stay away from me, Elizabeth. I need this," I cried, grabbing the bottle from her hands and chugging it down instead of sipping from the glass.

"Rylee!" Elizabeth exclaimed. She knew I was an Omega, considered like a human because I had no wolf, no strength. But I smacked her hands off.

"Stay away from me! What can you do to help? Are you going to give me a new mate? You have your mate, Kelvin Owen. Do you know the agony of being mateless at twenty?" I asked Elizabeth, my voice loud despite the booming music.

Elizabeth looked guilty and apologized, "I am sorry, Rylee. I'm only looking out for you."

"You're not. Just get out and allow me to enjoy my night before I cut my friendship with you. When I need you, I will send for you," I told Elizabeth. She appeared hurt by my words.

Elizabeth was an Omega too, like myself, and couldn't blame me for becoming harsh.

Five good years of dating Nash Cameron. I supported him, even when his Alpha's relatives refused to help.

Nash's mother was our Alpha's first daughter, but she rejected her true mate for her boyfriend, a palace guard. Because of this sin, our Alpha sent her away from the palace. She had to live a hard life and couldn't provide for Nash's college education.

I supported Nash throughout university, buying him handouts and covering tuition payments, even though I hadn't graduated. Yet he left me for his true mate. What had his true mate ever done for him?

Now Nash had graduated as the best in his class for cyber security. And he chose another woman over me.

As I drank my liquor and ordered another bottle, my gaze landed on a pair of deep blue eyes watching me like a hawk.