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,

a laugh bubbled up

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

will talk about completing

another step, he pulled me back, a sudden and unexpected force. Without giving me a

opportunity to deepen the kiss. His hands wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer and my hands instinctively

of my hair to the tip

small voice whispered, snapping me back to

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

that I knew 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

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

staring into space like an idiot,” he

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

more, a silent warning. “Are

wasn’t… I was

do not have time 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

standing around like an idiot, I would

daring to provoke him

mind buzzed with a mixture of emotions and

as we approached her. She looked frazzled but unharmed. Relief somewhat washed over me. “Are you

replied, “What happened? Why

always had an awkward relationship. She was just a trophy

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

I knew she

tone clipped, “We can discuss that later. Right

led us outside, away from the chaos, where emergency

towards the car. “Amaya, we’ll need to have a talk

decisions? What had

for what I knew would be a lecture.

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

us into the living room. “Sit down. We need to address

glance with my mother. The air in the room was thick with

did I do,

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

Stone was only

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