Bonds

Chapter 5

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.

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

a laugh bubbled up from somewhere deep within

the unspoken responsibility even though they hadn’t come looking for me. “I guess I will see

about completing

turned to leave but before I could take another step, he pulled me back, a sudden and unexpected force.

His hands wrapped around my

hair to the tip of my toe,

small voice whispered, snapping 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,

you standing there like you have nothing better to do with your legs?” my father’s

death glare. “I was just about to come find

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

there was an explosion. Am I not

more, a silent warning. “Are you talking

I wasn’t… I was

do not have time to waste, child. Where

he came to find me when the bomb went off.” I emphasized the last part, hoping to make my point, but of course, he remained

to leave, and if you choose to stop standing around like an idiot, I would like to

provoke him further. “Yes, Father, let’s

through the remnants of the once festive venue, my mind buzzed with a mixture of emotions and questions. The shock of the explosion still echoed in my ears, making it

looked frazzled but unharmed. Relief somewhat

Mom,” I replied, “What happened? Why

I had always had an

only loss and emptiness. Never a

I knew

his tone clipped, “We can discuss that later. Right now, we need to leave. The situation is

away from the

car. “Amaya, we’ll need to have a talk about what

had

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

mind raced with thoughts of the interrupted wedding, the mysterious explosion, and Ivan’s seemingly calculated

living room. “Sit

exchanging a glance with my mother. The

I do, Father?” I ventured

ensure your safety or did he run like a coward? I need to know the type of man he

that Daniel Stone was only

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