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.

had known it would take an explosion

a laugh bubbled

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

talk about completing the

but before I could take another step, he pulled me back, a sudden and unexpected force. Without giving me a chance

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

of my hair to the tip of my

like Alex, a small voice whispered,

like.” A blush rose to my cheeks as he

doubt dropped panties everywhere he went, he turned around, leaving me standing there

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

death glare. “I was just about

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

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

a silent warning. “Are you talking back

I wasn’t… I

to

left, probably to 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 course, he remained

around like an idiot, I would like

provoke him further.

buzzed with a mixture of emotions and questions. The shock of the explosion

we approached her. She looked frazzled but

“What happened?

had an awkward relationship. She was

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

father, I knew she didn’t

felt like a forced moment, his tone clipped, “We can discuss that later. Right now,

away from the chaos, where

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

had I

bracing myself for what I knew

back home was uncomfortably silent. My mind raced with thoughts of the interrupted wedding, the mysterious explosion, and Ivan’s seemingly calculated exit. I stole glances at my mother,

my father ushered us into the living

exchanging a glance with my mother. The air in the

did I do, Father?”

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

only

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