Chapter 1: Wedding Day

Olivia's POV

My anxiety continued to rise as I waited in my room, my fingers trembling nervously while my heart threatened to break out of my chest. It had already been two hours since Michael, my fiance, had left the house, and he was yet to be back. Today was our wedding day, and we were supposed to drive to the church together.

"Has he abandoned me? Have I really been dumped on my wedding day?" I questioned myself while I bit down furiously on my nails. No! That's not it, it can't possibly be true. He was probably held up in traffic or something, there was no way he would abandon me on our wedding day.

But then again, Michael had never really said that he loved me, I wasn't even sure if he was my mate. My parents wanted to be recognized by the royal family so badly that they had given me up to the Alpha's son the moment an opportunity showed up. We had gotten engaged, and the entire kingdom already knew about our wedding. It was the biggest event of the decade, and everybody was already talking about it.

Hot tears slowly trickled down my face as I tried to gather my thoughts. I wouldn't be able to stand the embarrassment of being abandoned on my wedding day. My sister had warned me that this might happen, and I had dismissed it as her being jealous. But now, reality had struck harder than I could bear.

I wiped my tears, smearing mascara all over my face. I didn't care about looks anymore, all I wanted now was for someone to wake me up and tell me that all of this was a lie.

"Maybe you're being paranoid," my wolf whispered, but those words didn't do much. I picked up my bag, and immediately rushed towards my sister's house. She lived across the street, and she was the only one who could possibly comfort me. I had waited one month for this moment. Even though I knew Michael didn't love me, I had faith that things would change after we got married, but it seemed that was never going to happen.

I raced across the road in my wedding gown, not paying any attention to the eyes and whispers that followed as I raced across the street. I could hear my parents calling after me, but even they were too embarrassed to chase after me.

Reaching her gate, I stormed in without hesitation, my vision almost blind from the amount of tears pouring down my face. Anna was the only person who could possibly understand me, she was the only person who I trusted. My parents only viewed me as an object to quick wealth, and my friends had all abandoned me after they learnt that I was getting married to the Alpha's son.

I reached the door, and luckily it was unlocked. It saved me the hard work of having to knock and waiting for a response. So I barged in, only to meet the biggest shock of my life.

"Yes, Mike! Fuck me harder!" Anna screamed as my fiance rammed into her over and over again. They didn't seem to notice I was standing by the door, they were both lost in themselves, and all I could do was stand and watch.

"Jesus Christ! What are you doing here, Olivia?!" Michael screamed out the moment he took notice of me. He immediately jumped up from the couch and reached for his clothes almost instantly. Anna on the other hand seemed completely shocked, her eyes wide with embarrassment and regret.

"Liv, I—"

I raised a finger to stop her, she would only make me feel worse if I had to listen to what she had to say. Michael on the other hand didn't seem to care, if anything he was angry that I had interrupted his little moment with my sister.

"What are you doing here?! You should be preparing for our wedding!" He screamed at me while he shamelessly dressed up. I glared at him with hateful eyes, my entire body boiling with rage at the sound of the words coming out of his mouth. This man had no shame, how could he even stand there and act like nothing had happened? How could he stand there and make it seem like I was the one at fault here?

"Have you suddenly gone mute—"

My hand swung with a crack that echoed through the entire room, silencing Michael before he had the chance to finish his sentence.

Shock flickered through his eyes as he clutched his cheeks, surprised that I had actually raised my hand at him. I was usually the timid one, incapable of violence or even raising my voice. But at that moment, something had snapped in me, and I wanted nothing more than to break the man before me..

"Olivia, I can explain—"

I didn't let Anna finish either, I raised my hand and without hesitation, smacked her down to the ground. Michael rushed forward, overpowering me and pinning to the wall, his eyes blazing red with fury, and his voice dripping with venom as he spoke.

"You ungrateful bitch! You should be grateful that someone like me would even consider getting married to scum like you. Yet here you are acting like you matter! In fact I'm calling off this marriage, and I'll make sure that no man will ever marry you!"

He glared at me, expecting me to fall to my knees and plead for mercy, but all I did was smile before pushing him off me.

"You two can go to hell and burn!" I spat at his face before turning and exiting the house. I felt empty, completely devoid of emotions. It felt as though my world was at the verge of collapse, and at that moment I honestly wished everything would end.

Lost in my thoughts, I walked onto the road. Distracted by everything that had just happened, I hadn't noticed the incoming vehicle. I was hit, but even then, the pain felt like nothing.

"Are you hurt?!" A deep baritone voice inquired just before the tall masculine figure lifted me from where I laid on the hot ground. "I'm sorry, I should have been more careful!"

He was apologizing when I had been the one to carelessly walk into the road. I turned to get a better glimpse of the face carrying me, and although my heart was heavy with weariness, there was no denying the fact that I was being held by an angel. Just then I felt a pull, a connection that we two seemed to have sensed because he had paused abruptly to take a good look at me. And before I had the chance to make sense of the sensation I had just felt, the handsome stranger had spoken the words I hadn't expected.

"You're my mate?”