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.

inject a sliver 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, then I would have planted

chaos, a laugh bubbled

unspoken responsibility even though they hadn’t come looking for me.

will talk about completing the

step, he pulled me back, a

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

the strand of my hair to the tip of my toe, yet

kiss like Alex, a small voice

knowing what those beautiful lips taste like.” A blush rose to my cheeks as he bent down, his lips brushing

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

nothing better to do with your legs?” my father’s voice cut through the

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

were standing there, staring into space like an

was an explosion. Am I not allowed to

more, a silent warning. “Are you talking back to

I wasn’t… I

to

to find me when the bomb went off.” I emphasized the last

and if you choose to stop standing around like an

not daring to provoke him further. “Yes,

festive venue, my mind buzzed with a mixture of emotions and questions. The shock

mother’s voice called out as we approached her. She looked frazzled but

Mom,” I replied, “What happened? Why

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

there was only loss and emptiness. Never a look that depicted

like my father, I knew

his tone clipped, “We can discuss that later. Right now, we

outside, away from the chaos, where emergency

the car.

What had

myself for what I

the mysterious explosion, and Ivan’s seemingly calculated

the living room. “Sit down. We need to address what

glance with my mother. The air in the room was

I do, Father?” I ventured

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

was only thinking about

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