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.

you Amaya Stone and from this moment, you

me falling back on my knees gasping for air. I had heard stories of rejection but none of them prepared me

wolf recoiled howling in pain as I struggled

out

hands pick me

I gasped out, "I'm..

Those were the last words that echoed in my head and that was the last time I saw

That night... It rained.

same night.. I

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time for you to come back home. I have found a man for you to

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

immediately I saw Daniel Stones' name on my phone. My father hardly ever called and when he did, he

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

you before the week runs out. Be prepared

Like a common

Am I allowed to

the call

say no. That I wouldn't be part of an arranged marriage to a man that

I knew my father wouldn't approve of me bringing them to his house. The bastard children to your bastard husband as he called them. Thinking up solutions

much! Oh my goodness, are

trying to calm down my ever-excited best friend, "Could you maybe give me a chance

I am-I just can't help it. I get all hyper when you call,

I interjected again, gently teasing her, "You're doing it

Right, right! I'm all ears now. You have the floor,

an overflowing river, bubbling over with enthusiasm. It felt like she could fill an empty room with her energy, and I couldn't help but smile even over

deep sigh, picturing Natalia's face in my

voice flowed through the phone, laced with

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

the space between her breaths seemingly long. Her silence spoke volumes before she finally broke it, her voice gentle but laced with concern, "What does he want

my eyes, the memories of my father's call still echoing in my mind, the words sinking into my heart like heavy stones. "Make the same mistake again," I whispered, feeling the sting of resentment, "get

name like

and I had honed this psychic

through the line. "After everything I did... I turned my back on my entire pack, and he still took

an act of reconciliation," Natalia retorted, her voice a mix of frustration and empathy. "Your parents left you to raise the

to defend their actions, but Natalia cut in, her words gentle yet firm, "You did it for love. You loved

to say his name for a new wave of pain to wash through

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

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

laughed if

wouldn't bother you if I

for ages. It's been over a year and I really want to hug you and you don't even have to stress about Nate. You know how much he loves you. Sometimes, I'm convinced it's