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.

sliver of humor into the grim scene. “Wow. If I had known it would take an explosion to get you to admit you want

the chaos, a laugh bubbled up from somewhere deep

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

talk about

take another step, he pulled me back, a sudden

kiss. His hands

the kiss everywhere– from the strand of my hair to the tip of my toe, yet something

a small

down at me, “I 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 against my ear, “You taste even better

final smile that I knew without a doubt dropped panties everywhere he went, he turned around, leaving me standing there smiling like a

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

was met with his unmistakable death glare. “I was

into space like an idiot,” he remarked, his

there was an explosion. Am I not allowed to take a

narrowed even more, a silent warning. “Are you

I wasn’t…

to waste,

damage control after he came to find me when the bomb went off.” I emphasized the last

to leave, and if you choose to stop standing around like an idiot, I would like to get moving,” he declared, his impatience

to provoke him

mind buzzed with a mixture of emotions and

we approached her. She looked frazzled but unharmed. Relief

Mom,” I replied, “What happened? Why would someone

and I had always had an awkward relationship. She was just a

was only loss and emptiness. Never a look

I knew she didn’t

tone clipped, “We can discuss that later.

the chaos, where

area, my father directed us towards the car. “Amaya, we’ll

had

clenched my jaw, bracing myself for what I knew would

thoughts of the interrupted wedding, the mysterious explosion, and Ivan’s seemingly calculated exit.

ushered us into the living room. “Sit down.

a glance with my mother. The air

do, Father?”

Did Ivan ensure your safety or did he run like a coward? I need to know the

Daniel Stone was only

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