Bonds

Chapter 118

Chapter 118

-Maya’s POV-

The slam of the front door echoed through the empty house, a punctuation mark to the whirlwind of emotions I was feeling. The nerve of them

both

gut.

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Alex waltzing in like he owned the place, and Ivan letting him. I fumed all the way down the sidewalk, my anger a hot coal burning in my

Reaching the house, I practically threw myself through the doorway, collapsing onto the couch with a sigh that could have rivaled a hurricane. My phone, nestled on the coffee table, buzzed once, the tiny notification light blinking accusingly. Figures. Just what I needed – Ivan checking in to see if I was okay. Another sigh escaped my lips, this one tinged with irritation.

They could all go to hell. This was going to be a me–day. A day of escape. Ivy and Nate were safely with Ms. Rodriguez’s for the afternoon at the park, leaving me with a glorious expanse of empty time. No work, no mind–numbing worry about the vanished mark, and definitely no Alex to disrupt my carefully constructed peace.

Today, I was taking back control. Today, I was going to be a woman with needs and desires that extended far beyond the tangled mess that was my relationship with werewolves and supernatural drama. It was a day for self–care, a day to recharge the emotional batteries that had been steadily draining ever since this whole madness started.

With a renewed sense of purpose, I pushed myself off the couch and padded towards the kitchen. Wine. That was what I needed. A nice, deep glass of something red and robust, something that would help me unwind and forget the world outside these walls for a while.

out a bottle that looked promising. After a brief struggle with the stubborn cork, I poured myself a generous glass, the deep crimson liquid swirling in the light.

the corners of my lips. I kept flipping through the worn pages, a bittersweet smile playing on my lips as then as my fingers grazed a particular picture from my college days, a wave of emotions washed over me, strong

of the professor’s voice faded into the background, replaced by Natalia’s hushed whisper

the storm of emotions brewing within me. “We’ll figure things out after class. Maybe

words tumbling out before I could stop them. “We are not going anywhere near him. My father would have my head on

if he

“For the last time,” she hissed, “screw Daniel Stone. He’s nothing but a big bully.

Alex freaking Thorne,” I whispered back, the weight of the name pressing down on me. “My family’s pack’s biggest rival. We can

what, you can’t escape fate. There will be obstacles, but it will work out in the end. It will only work out, though, if you put in

turning into a meaningless drone. All I could think about was the jolt of electricity that coursed through me the moment Alex touched me in the bathroom stall. My wolf had been a whirlwind of emotions, a primal urge pushing me towards him. But even then, a part of me knew it

It was a story written for tragedy, doomed before its first chapter. The

back to reality. Class was over. Natalia nudged me, her expression a mix of concern and

you coming?” she

my head, the words catching in my

The hollow echo of the closing door was the final punctuation mark on the scene, leaving me alone with the chaos

Was I going to let this fated bond turn into

touch, the way my wolf responded to him,

But the image of

find a solution. There had to be a way. There had to be a way for us to be

breaking the tense silence. I snapped my eyes open to see Natalia standing next to me again, a mischievous grin plastered on her face. Her phone was pointed

yelled, a mixture of surprise and irritation flooding through

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