Bonds of the Alpha Billionaire (Maya and Alex)

Chapter Five

-Maya's POV-

The voices floated all around me as I stirred back into consciousness. Every bone in my body hurt and I sensed my wolf stirring within, an instinctive response to the chaos around, ready to defend. Swiftly, I pushed her back knowing I needed my human side taking charge in this moment of disarray.

Gentle hands reached out, pulling me from the cloud of confusion. Struggling to stand, I grappled with pain coursing through every bone. Through the fog in my mind, I met Ivan's concerned gaze. "Are you okay?" His voice echoed through the haze.

Battling dizziness, I nodded, allowing him to guide me to a nearby chair. "What happened?" I managed to utter.

"An explosion," Ivan explained, "Someone planted a bomb to stop the wedding."

"Who would want to stop the wedding?"

My wolf stirred, giving a possible answer to the question but I refused to believe that Alex had anything to do with it.

I had seen it- the look on his face. There was nothing but hate. Alex wouldn't be interested in stopping me from getting married unless it wasn't to stop the wedding and this was him showing that he meant the statement against my father,

"Maya, did you just hear me?"

"I'm sorry.. I was just.. Why would someone plant a bomb?"

"That's not important right now. I think we need to get you to a hospital."

"No. I'm fine," Realization dawned on me, glancing around, "My father, my parents, where are they?"

"I saw Daniel and your mother after the explosion," Ivan reassured me, "He was trying to get her away from harm's way. They are okay."

A bitter taste lingered in the air, the realization hitting me hard.

Of course, he didn't come looking for me.

"I didn't finish saying my vows. We aren't married yet," I uttered, still trying to process everything happening.

A smirk danced on his lips, attempting to inject a sliver of humor into the grim scene. "Wow. If I had known it would take an explosion to get you to admit you want to marry me, then I would have planted the bomb myself."

Despite the wreckage and the chaos, a laugh bubbled up from somewhere deep within me.

find my parents," I murmured, acknowledging the unspoken responsibility even though they hadn't come looking for me. "I guess I

talk about completing the wedding

turned to leave but before I could take another step, he pulled me back, a sudden and unexpected force. Without giving me a

my lips giving him the opportunity to deepen the kiss. His hands wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer and my hands instinctively went

the kiss everywhere- from the strand of my hair to the

like Alex, a small voice whispered,

down at me, "I didn't want to leave this hall without knowing what those beautiful lips taste like." A blush rose to my

without a doubt dropped panties everywhere he went, he turned around, leaving me standing there smiling like a

to do with your legs?" my father's voice cut through the post-explosion

unmistakable death glare.

you were standing there, staring into space like an idiot," he remarked, his tone as stern as

sighed, attempting to defend myself, "Father, there was an explosion. Am I

a silent warning.

wasn't... I

to

find me when the bomb went off." I emphasized the last part, hoping to make

and if you choose to stop standing around like an idiot, I would like to get moving," he

not daring to provoke him

venue, my mind buzzed with a mixture of emotions and questions. The shock of the explosion still echoed

we approached her. She looked frazzled but unharmed. Relief somewhat washed over me.

Mom," I replied, "What happened? Why would

wife that did whatever my father said. Anytime I stared into her eyes, there was

like my father, I knew she didn't love

can discuss that later. Right now, we need to leave. The situation is too

from the chaos, where emergency personnel were already

the car. "Amaya, we'll

What had

jaw, bracing myself for what I knew would be

of the interrupted wedding, the mysterious explosion, and Ivan's seemingly calculated exit. I

living room. "Sit down. We need to address

with my mother. The air in the room was

I do, Father?"

a coward? I need to know the type of man he is in this kind of situation." Trust that Daniel Stone was

a tight smile, "Ivan got