Maria watched the great and terrible Anya being drowned in affection against her will, and she understood.
Pasha was not a creature who could be leashed.
She was wild, unrestrained, utterly uncontainable—and her massive frame and monstrous strength meant that when she decided to hug you, there was no escape.
But then all of a sudden—
Pasha stopped.
Her nose twitched. She sniffed the air, her expression shifting from playful to alert.
And when she finally turned her head and caught sight of Mika who had made his presence known deliberately, her eyes sparkled like stars!
"MIKA!"
She released Anya, who collapsed to the ground in a heap, and launched herself at Mika with the force of a missile.
"MIKA!.MIKA! MIKA! PASHA FOUND YOU! PASHA ACTUALLY FOUND YOU!"
Maria tensed. She had seen what Pasha did to the sisters. Mika was about to be obliterated.
But Mika simply stood his ground and raised one hand as he said,
"Pasha...Stay."
