Bonds

Chapter 79

-Alex’s POV-

The slam of the car door echoed in the tense silence, a punctuation mark to the infuriating exchange that had just transpired. Amaya and Ivan were gone, their taillights disappearing into the night like a fading dream. My fists clenched, claws digging into my palms hard enough to draw blood. The bloodlust that had been simmering beneath the surface since the news of the bombing boiled over, a primal rage that

threatened to consume me whole.

“That was intense,” Miranda drawled, her voice dripping with her usual brand of morbid amusement as she followed me back into the house.

Lignored her. Every muscle in my body felt coiled tight, ready to spring. “So,” She continued, her voice laced with a sly curiosity, “care to share what that little reunion was all about? Planning a war council perhaps?”

My jaw clenched tighter. “Leave me alone, Miranda.”

Her smile faltered for a brief moment, a flicker of genuine worry replacing the usual mischief in her eyes. But it was fleeting. She recovered quickly, her lips curling into a smirk. “Oh come on, Alex. Don’t be so grumpy. As your fiancée, I practically have a need to know these things, you know, pick a side and all that. After all, you were getting awfully chummy with Ivan there for a second. You know with you helping his

company.”

I scoffed. Fiancée. The only thing that wore was a title. I would keep her long enough to f*ck her senseless because that was the only thing we could agree on but I’d never marry her. We would be companions perhaps forever in our shared loneliness and hate.

Pushing past the pang of anger, I focused on the present. “This has nothing to do with you, Miranda. Stay out of it.”

“Oh, but it does,” she countered, her voice losing its playful edge. “You’re about to declare war on my brother’s pack, and for all I know this might be a way for you to take him out leaving dear Amaya-”

mouth!” I roared, my voice laced with a dangerous edge. “This isn’t about Amaya or Ivan. This is about what that old man did to my pack! He crossed a line,

at my

strike back, then? With a bunch of angry speeches and brooding stares? Because last I checked, a war

move, a brutal display of dominance meant to intimidate, to cripple. But it had backfired. It had only served to ignite a firestorm within me, a burning desire to make Daniel Stone pay tenfold for the lives lost, for the fear that had

armor, would be exploited. Vargas would be useful here. Despite his annoying self–importance, he possessed a cunning mind and a network of informants that could prove

claws. No, that was a game expected, a game he was likely prepared for. My attack would be swift, surgical, a strike that would cripple his power base and leave him vulnerable even though all my wolf

finally growled, the words laced with a

Stone

raised an eyebrow, a hint of skepticismy flickering in her eyes. “Oh really? And what exactly is this

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you have

sent shivers down her spine, even I could tell. “Let’s just say Daniel

the moment of execution. But the image of the devastation I would unleash on

isn’t going to end well, Alex,” She said, her voice softer now, laced with a hint of concern. “There will be

down, of

there will be more. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but Stone won’t stop

I almost backed away from the intensity of her gaze. She looked normal, not like the manipulator I knew she

even though it’s going to be against my brother who has been nothing but an

worry. I am still going to irritate you with

lips. For the first time, it felt like