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

talk about completing

a sudden and unexpected force. Without giving me a chance to prepare, his lips

giving him the opportunity to deepen the kiss. His hands wrapped

felt the kiss everywhere- from the strand of my hair to the tip of my toe,

doesn't kiss like Alex, a small voice whispered, snapping me back

want to leave this hall without knowing what those beautiful lips taste like." A

panties everywhere he

better to do with

unmistakable death glare. "I

like an idiot," he

"Father, there was an explosion. Am I not allowed

narrowed even more, a silent warning. "Are you

I was just

not have time to waste, child. Where

probably to do some damage control after he came to find me when the bomb went

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

provoke

we navigated through the remnants of the once festive venue, my mind buzzed with a mixture of emotions and questions.

approached her. She looked frazzled but

fine, Mom," I replied, "What

an awkward relationship. She was just a trophy wife that

father, I knew

a forced moment, his tone clipped, "We can discuss

the chaos,

us towards the car. "Amaya, we'll need to have

had I even

clenched my jaw, bracing myself for what I knew would be a lecture.

My mind raced with thoughts of the interrupted wedding, the mysterious explosion, and Ivan's

father ushered us into the living

glance with my mother. The air in the room was thick with

do, Father?" I ventured

sighed, running a hand through his graying hair. "Firstly, are you hurt? Did Ivan ensure your safety or did he run like a coward? I need to know the type of man he is in this kind of situation." Trust that Daniel Stone was only thinking about

smile, "Ivan got to me just in time after the