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.

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,

wreckage and the chaos, a laugh bubbled

find my parents,” I murmured, acknowledging the unspoken responsibility even though they hadn’t

talk about completing the wedding

I could take another step, he pulled me back, a sudden and unexpected force.

gasp escaped my lips giving him the opportunity to deepen the kiss. His hands wrapped around my

my hair

a small voice whispered, snapping me back to

beautiful lips taste like.” A blush rose

smile that I knew without a doubt dropped panties everywhere he went, he turned

have nothing better to do with

met with his unmistakable death glare. “I was just about to come find

space like an idiot,” he remarked, his tone as

defend myself, “Father, there was an explosion. Am I not allowed to take a moment

narrowed even more, a silent warning. “Are you talking back to

wasn’t… I

to waste, child. Where

do some damage control after he came to find me when the bomb went off.” I emphasized the last part, hoping to make my point, but of

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

hurriedly nodded, not daring to provoke him further. “Yes, Father,

my mind buzzed with a mixture of emotions and

we approached her. She looked frazzled

fine, Mom,” I replied, “What happened?

stared at her wondering. My mother and I had always had an

eyes, there was only loss and emptiness. Never a look

father, I knew

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

the car. “Amaya, we’ll need to

decisions? What had I even

jaw, bracing myself for what I knew would be a lecture. “Yes,

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

into the living room.

mother.

do, Father?”

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

only thinking

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