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.

acknowledging the unspoken responsibility even though they hadn't

about completing

another step, he pulled me back, a

opportunity to deepen the kiss. His hands wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer

of my hair to the tip of my toe, yet

a small voice whispered,

didn't want to leave this hall without knowing what those beautiful lips taste like." A blush rose to my cheeks as he bent down, his lips brushing

panties everywhere he

are you standing there like you have nothing better to do with your legs?"

I was met with his unmistakable death glare. "I was just

there, staring into space like an idiot," he remarked, his tone

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

more, a silent

I

do not have time to

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

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

not daring to provoke him

mixture of emotions and questions. The shock of the explosion still echoed in

her. She looked frazzled but unharmed. Relief somewhat washed over me. "Are

replied, "What happened? Why would someone

just a trophy wife that did whatever my father said. Anytime I stared into her eyes, there was only loss and emptiness. Never a look that depicted

I knew she didn't

interrupted what felt like a forced moment, his tone clipped, "We can discuss that later. Right now, we need to leave. The situation

outside, away from the chaos, where emergency personnel were

we reached the parking area, my father directed us towards the car. "Amaya, we'll need to have a

decisions? What had I even

bracing myself for what

was uncomfortably silent. My mind raced with thoughts of the interrupted wedding, the mysterious explosion, and Ivan's seemingly calculated exit. I stole

the living room. "Sit down. We need

exchanging a glance with my mother. The air in the room

I do,

a coward? I need to know the type of man he is in this kind

physically fine, Father," I reassured him with a tight smile, "Ivan got to me just