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.

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

a laugh bubbled up from somewhere deep

probably go find my parents,” I murmured, acknowledging the unspoken responsibility even though they

talk about

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

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

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

Alex, a small voice whispered,

lips taste like.” A blush rose to my cheeks as he

panties everywhere he went, he turned

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

death glare. “I was just about to

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

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

silent warning. “Are you

wasn’t… I

have time to waste, child. Where is

when the bomb went off.” I emphasized the last part,

to stop standing around like

provoke

through the remnants of the once festive venue, my mind buzzed with a mixture of emotions and questions. The

her. She looked frazzled but unharmed.

I replied, “What happened? Why would

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

was only loss and emptiness. Never a look

like my father, I knew she didn’t

can discuss that later. Right now, we need to

led us outside, away from the chaos, where emergency personnel were

car.

decisions? What had I

bracing myself for what I knew would

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,

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

exchanging a glance with my mother. The air in

I do, Father?”

a hand through his graying hair. “Firstly, are you hurt? Did Ivan ensure your safety or did he run like a coward? I need to know the type of man he is in this kind of

only thinking

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