#Episode 5

(Rylee's POV)

"Alpha. You're here," Mr. Nathan appeared tense, as there was no one in the hallway before. The staff all feared Mr. Nathan, so none of them came to rescue me from his torture. He had been asking me out on a date for two years, trying to make me his side chick. How shameless of him.

Alpha Malakai strode up to meet me. He wore a brown shirt, black slacks, and black shoes. His arms looked well-built, and part of his shirt buttons at the top were open, revealing his well-toned chest.

"Alpha, good morning. I wasn't expecting to see you," Mr. Nathan tried to pretend he was disciplining me, as he appeared so tense. He moved away from me as Alpha Malakai came to crouch in front of me on the floor.

Alpha Malakai reached out his right hand to touch my face. My eyes widened in shock, including most of the staff who had arrived on this floor for their work.

"Are you alright?" Alpha Malakai asked me, and I looked at his deep blue eyes in shock.

How could Alpha Malakai Preston crouch in front of a lowly Omega like me?

"Yeah, I'm fine, Alpha. I'm alright," I spluttered, not expecting to see him.

Alpha Malakai offered me his right hand and helped me stand up on my feet. I was intoxicated by his rich cedarwood scent.

However, I collided with his firm chest, and his masculine scent filled me my nostrils as his warm hands enveloped me in a hug. I recalled perceiving this scent last night.

*Was the man Alpha Malakai?* No way. I immediately moved away from him to create distance between us.

"Thank you, Alpha... I have to go now," I said, and stepped back to pick up my polythene bag of clothes from the ground.

The elevator door unlocked, and Elizabeth arrived at the same time as Nash.

"Oh my goodness! Rylee! Thank God you're alright! I was calling you, and yet there was no response!" Elizabeth exclaimed as she rushed to wrap me in a hug.

Alpha Malakai stood aside, looking at us, and the staff and cleaners greeted him when they noticed his presence. "Good morning, Alpha."

Nash also came out of the elevator and greeted his uncle, "Uncle, good morning."

Alpha Malakai looked at Nash and nodded. He didn't utter a word and left, entering the elevator.

"Are you alright, Rylee? What was my uncle doing here?" Nash asked, walking past the crowd of hoteliers who were stunned by the scene they had witnessed.

Some of them muttered, "How can Alpha Malakai care for a lowly Omega like her?"

Some of my female colleagues glared at me, as they desired to be Alpha Malakai's woman. Well, little did they know that I had no idea what had happened.

"We're not done yet, Rylee. You know what to do if you need the CCTV footage to know the man you hooked up with." Mr. Nathan dusted his suit as he smirked and walked away. However, Beta Fabian came out of the elevator and ordered, "Nathan! You are summoned to Alpha Malakai's office."

Beta Fabian wore a black shirt and trousers with perfectly polished black shoes.

He looked at me with his intense yellow eyes as I met his gaze, but he immediately went back into the elevator as Mr. Nathan tensed up and walked up to meet him.

"Beta, what did I do wrong?" Mr. Nathan asked as he approached Beta Fabian, before they went into the elevator ascending to the top floor.

"You will find out when you meet Alpha Malakai," Beta Fabian replied coolly before the elevator shut, and I wondered if Alpha Malakai had summoned Mr. Nathan because of me.

I smiled, feeling the warmth in my heart creep up my cheeks, making me blush hard.

"Rylee!" Nash yelled my name as he grasped my arms and turned me to face him.

I rolled my eyes and looked at Nash's face, which now disgusted me, remembering how he had proposed to Bella Harvey the previous night. The memory came flooding back in my heart and made it hurt.

I tried not to cry, knowing I had nothing to lose, except that I had wasted five good years of my life loving Nash Cameron.

I came from an Omega family. After I lost my parents at age five, I grew up in the pack's orphanage home with my younger brother, Levi.

Levi was so small when we lost our parents. It was a tragic incident, as there were rogue attacks in the underdeveloped town in the Dark Shadow Pack.

After that night, the Alpha came to visit the affected homes, and my brother and I were taken into the orphanage.

I went to the pack's high school for free, but I wanted my younger brother to further his education, as I was four years older than him. I recalled that night our parents hid us in the closet, so we wouldn't be attacked by the rogues.

Levi is all I have as family, and he was very intelligent. After my graduation from high school, I came to work at the pack hotel, as it was one of the biggest hotels in this pack. It was controlled by our Alpha, Oliver Preston, who was Alpha Malakai's father.

Alpha Oliver had three daughters and a son, and Alpha Malakai was the last born child. Though he controlled this hotel and several other businesses in our pack, he was known as a "bad boy" Alpha because he had no mate.

Alpha Malakai slept with and hosted young women for fun, and was very unfriendly to approach.

I was still wondering why he was kind to me this morning, but I knew a man like Alpha Malakai couldn't have anything to do with a poor, working-class Omega like me.

"Rylee!" Nash yelled my name to snap me out of my thoughts.

"What is it, Nash? You are mated to Bella, and you should be concerned about how your true mate would feel when she sees you holding another woman's arms. We are no longer lovers from the moment you went down on your knees and proposed to another she-wolf," I rebuked Nash for his actions of holding me.

Elizabeth tried to come between us to separate us.