Bonds of the Alpha Billionaire (Maya and Alex)

Chapter One

-Four years ago-

-Maya's POV-

It rained on the day I died.

People die in different ways, mine was one of the most painful kinds. My heart was ripped out and shredded into a million pieces right in front of me.

"Alex, please don't do this to me," I begged running after him, "Please I am begging you. I have nowhere to go."

He turned to me, his blue eyes now as cold as ice stared at me. Gone was the warmth that made me feel safe whenever he held me to his chest, whispering just how much he loved me. "Alex," I whispered his name again.

"You are starting to irritate me. Do not make me throw you out, Maya."

Maya.

The sound of my name on his lips was another painful stab to my heart. He hadn't called me by my real name in the three years we had been married.

My begging was getting me nowhere I realized. Standing to my feet, I wiped the tears from my cheeks.

"You are really going to do this to me after everything we have been through together? After everything I gave up just to be with you?"

He didn't say anything. He simply stared through me like I didn't exist. Like I was nothing.

I stared at him. He looked the same. The same man I had fallen in love with. The same man I had turned my back on my entire pack for just to be with yet he was so different.

There had been so much whispers after the announcement of our engagement but the center of it all was that I was a gold digging stripper that had dug her claws into one of the most eligible billionaires in the city but neither Alex nor I had cared.

He kissed me two months after that and claimed me as his.

"You and I against the world silver.. Always and forever," he had whispered just before he entered me for the first time.

We had both made sacrifices for love and I was not going to let him destroy it.

"You cannot just discard me like I am nothing to you," I said finally, hoping to get a reaction from him but there was nothing.

"Do you have nothing else to say?"

Silence hung between us, almost suffocating me then finally he walked towards the table, grabbing a brown envelope and in that cold and detached voice, "My signature is already on it. Sign it and don't let me see you ever again."

"We can fix whatever is wrong. Tell me what happened. You can't just leave then return only to tell me you are ending our marriage and then throw divorce papers in my face. Please let me fix it. Whatever it is." I tried to step forward but halted in my step when I saw the flash of black in his eyes.

His wolf lunging to the surface reminded me of the most important detail of our relationship, "We are mates."

His eyes darkened fully making me wish I hadn't said that because the next words that came out from his mouth ripped my heart out.

reject you Amaya Stone and from this moment, you are nothing

gasping for air. I had

howling in pain as I struggled to see through

out of my

strong hands pick me from

I gasped out, "I'm..

last words that echoed in my head

That night... It rained.

night..

***************

home. I have found a

hard tone sounded through the phone again, "Amaya did you hear me?" "Yes... Yes father

should have known immediately I saw Daniel Stones' name on my phone. My father hardly

will the wedding take place? Who is he?" I managed to get out

a car to fetch you before the week runs out. Be prepared and do not keep me

me. Like

Am I

ending the call

me to fight. To say no. That I wouldn't be part of an arranged marriage to a man that I did not know but there was no fire left in me. It

and Nathan. I knew my father wouldn't approve of me bringing them to his house. The bastard children to your

whole city. "Amaya! I miss you so, so much! Oh my goodness, are you at my doorstep right now? Please tell me you're here! Wait, no, wait a sec,

ever-excited best friend,

can't help

gently teasing

Right, right! I'm all ears

enthusiasm. It felt like

long, deep sigh, picturing Natalia's face in my mind. I knew her eyes would have narrowed

flowed through the phone, laced with

his demand settling over me, "he wants me... he wants me to come back

line felt heavy, the space between her breaths seemingly long. Her silence spoke volumes before she finally broke it, her voice gentle

like heavy stones. "Make the same mistake again," I whispered, feeling the sting of resentment, "get married, but this time, to a man

she breathed my name like a

I had honed this psychic connection from the very

feeling her understanding seep through the line. "After everything I did... I turned my back on

live in isolation isn't exactly an act of reconciliation," Natalia retorted, her voice a mix of frustration and empathy. "Your

cut in, her words gentle yet firm, "You did it for love. You loved him, Amaya. Don't let anyone ever fault you for

his name for a new wave of pain to wash

weight of my decision heavy in my chest. "He said he would send a car to fetch me before the week

let out a laugh but it sounded hollow, "Fetch you? Like

could have laughed if

wouldn't bother you if

and Nathan yourself? Please, please say yes. I've been dying to see you for ages. It's been over a year and I really want to hug you and you don't