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.

smirk danced on his lips, attempting to inject a sliver of humor into the grim scene. “Wow. If I had known it would take an explosion to get

chaos, a laugh bubbled up

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

about completing the wedding

back, a sudden and unexpected force. Without giving me a chance to prepare, his lips crashed against

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

strand of my hair to the tip

Alex, a small voice

he pulled away, smiling down at me, “I didn’t want to leave this hall without knowing what those beautiful lips taste like.” A

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

have nothing better to

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

you were standing there, staring into space like

an explosion. Am I not allowed to take a moment to

silent warning. “Are

I wasn’t…

time to

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

stop standing around like an idiot, I would like to get moving,” he declared,

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

emotions and questions. The shock of the explosion still echoed in my

my mother’s voice called out as we approached her. She looked frazzled but unharmed. Relief somewhat washed

replied, “What happened? Why would

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

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

father, I knew she

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

outside, away from the chaos, where

parking area, my father directed us towards the car. “Amaya, we’ll need to have a talk about

had

clenched my jaw, bracing myself for what I knew would

explosion,

home, my father ushered us into the living room. “Sit down. We need to address

with my mother. The air in the room was

did I do, Father?” I

you hurt? Did Ivan ensure your safety or did he run like a

that Daniel Stone was only thinking about himself

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