Bonds

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.

me of the most

hadn’t said that because the next words that came out from his mouth ripped my heart

you Amaya Stone and from this moment, you are nothing

fast and painful, it had me falling back on my knees gasping for air. I had heard stories of rejection but none of them

recoiled howling in pain as I struggled to

her out

strong hands pick me

I gasped

echoed in my head

That night… It rained.

same night..

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

paused trying to steady my breath when my father’s hard

Yes father I

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

take place? Who is he?” I managed to

will send a car to fetch you

me. Like a common

father. Am I allowed

finish before ending the call and

to a man that I did not know but there was no fire left in me. It had all burned out after

I knew my father wouldn’t approve of me bringing them to his house. The bastard children

quickly scrolled

burst through the phone with an energy that could light up the whole city. “Amaya! I miss you so, so much! Oh my goodness, are you at

my ever-excited best friend, “Could you maybe give

You know how I am—I just can’t help it. I get all hyper when you call,

interjected again, gently teasing her, “You’re doing

Right, right! I’m all ears now. You

Her words always poured out like an overflowing river, bubbling over with enthusiasm. It felt like she could fill an empty room with her energy, and I couldn’t

sigh, picturing Natalia’s face in my mind. I knew

voice flowed through the phone,

demand settling over me, “he

before she finally broke it, her voice gentle

like heavy stones. “Make the same mistake again,” I whispered, feeling the sting

name

Natalia and I had honed

through the line. “After everything I did… I turned my back on my entire pack, and

of reconciliation,” Natalia retorted, her voice a

gentle yet firm, “You

name for a new wave of pain to wash

my decision heavy in my chest. “He said he would send a

it sounded hollow, “Fetch

have laughed if the situation had been

I wouldn’t bother you if I had any

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 even more