Bonds

Chapter Two

~Maya’s POV~

“What?” I blinked. I couldn’t have possibly heard him right, “You can’t be serious.”

“Do I look like I entertain jokes? Ivan will claim you during the mating ceremony. Our packs will be merged as one afterwards and so will the companies. It will become an empire, one of the greatest this world has ever known.”

I stared at him. I could see his lips moving but my ears had stopped listening.

“Amaya!” He snapped, “You know I hate it when I ask a question and do not get an immediate response.”

I shook my head, “I have agreed to get married to a man that I do not know. Letting him claim would be too much, I already have a mate.”

“Do not speak of that bastard in my presence and need I remind you of the shame you brought upon our pack after you let him use you and then reject you?”

“I reject you Amaya Stone and from this moment, you are nothing to me.”

The words echoed in my head. No matter how hard I tried, I could never forget.

My wolf had never been the same again. I was an Alpha female but the only way I would describe myself now was weak and broken.

“Please father. I do not mind the marriage but I do not wish for my wolf to be bound to anyone ever again.”

“You will do as I say. I am not asking, I am ordering you.”

I shouldn’t have been surprised. I had never experienced an ounce of love from my father, maybe that was why it was so easy for me to turn my back on them when I found someone who I thought would love me till the end of time.

Daniel Stone had always lived up to his surname. His heart was as cold as stone and whenever he looked at me; I saw it in his eyes. He wished I was a burden he didn’t have to carry.

“There can be—“ I started to say but was cut short by the sudden ringing of a phone.

phone with a flicker of annoyance crossing his

stated simply, bringing

him talk to my husband to be for a

up our arrangement? Canceling plans at the last minute,” he spat out glaring at me like I was somehow responsible for Ivan canceling on him but at least I felt relief of not needing

“I’m sorry he canceled.”

right thing to

watch, “He has invited us for a family dinner. The most important members of both our packs will be there. Go and start

bowed my heard in respect because I knew

started

not embarrass me

I knew a threat

flew by, in no time it was time

everything like I had expected it to be. Everything, almost

the

long dinner table watching

making me be born to a man like Daniel Stone and then predestined to be mated to the man that broke my heart. The least she could do was make the man I would be forced to

making him hot

and I knew Ivan McCall had stepped

prayer to the moon goddess then raised my head. Everything

mine. My father was saying something to him,with my trophy mother standing at his side but he had his entire focus on

myself for the

pack, I knew he was the Alpha, I knew he

man should look that

forehead, almost covering the most beautiful shade of gold I had ever seen, a small

eyes were basically eye f**king him and he

was grateful for the sound of my father’s voice when it

didn’t fall. Ivan’s eyes didn’t leave me as I

“Amaya, Ivan McCall.”

round his

took my hand in his,

“And I you.”

I

I meant..

“Amaya!”