Chapter 591 – Hidden Desires of the Werewolf King Novel

Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

Talia turned her head and licked Dayson’s nose, making him freeze on the spot.

‘Did I do something wrong?’, Talia asked nervously. Why did he just stare at her like that?

‘No, kitten. Everything you do is right.’, Dayson responded. ‘But… don’t you dare do that to anyone else. Got it?’

Talia nodded obediently. She had no intention of licking other wolves. She didn’t want to lick Dayson either. She wanted to give him a kiss, but her lips were strange, and her tongue came out on its own and it happened.

Ah, this whole wolf thing was completely new to Talia, and she was not sure if she can handle it, but she had a feeling that as long as Dayson was by her side, things will be alright.

From the crowd, a brown wolf with black patches was watching, and if wolves could pout, that would be it. It was Lisa.

She sensed that something was off when Dayson was attending the ceremony on his own, and then he left without explanation, and Lisa was confident that her hunch was right.

People around Lisa spoke about Talia being Dayson’s fated mate and their Luna, yet Lisa was confident that was wrong because Talia was a wolf-less she-wolf. How can she be Luna? Luna should be beautiful and powerful, able to contribute to her Alpha, and Dayson would never accept as his Luna someone without background who had such a big defect. That would be suicide for the whole pack, and Lisa knew very well that Dayson prioritized his pack above everything else.

Lisa was aware that Dayson was cold and calculative. If he allowed his emotions to guide him, with all the voluptuous she-wolves throwing themselves at Dayson, one more impressive than the other, Dayson would have had a Luna a long time ago, and not wait for his late twenties to name as his Luna a weak she-wolf.

Lisa remembered her mother’s warnings about not stirring trouble, so she held her thoughts to herself while eagerly waiting for the evening to unfold. No matter what Talia was scheming, once the run starts, she will be exposed, and Lisa will be there to see it.

The Shaman ended the ceremony with all pack members feeling high due to the boost of energy from the Moon Goddess, and then Jaeden announced how the pack had a task to find their Alphas.

Lisa couldn’t believe this. Alphas? Like, two of them? What kind of nonsense was that?

But everyone was cheering and getting excited, and she followed the crowd by shifting into her wolf form and following after Jaeden. They didn’t run much when they met Maya and Zina, and a few more figures were further away, but they were not Dayson or Talia, so Lisa didn’t care much about them.

Lisa was delighted to see Dayson and Talia in the river, both in their human form, which proved that Talia can’t shift. Talia was definitely a wolf-less she-wolf, and Lisa was confident that the whole pack will ostracize her. Surely, no one will accept a Luna with a critical flaw, and Dayson won’t make her his Luna under all that pressure. Assuming that Talia was Dayson’s fated mate, at most, Talia would be Dayson’s mistress while a more prominent she-wolf takes the spot of his Luna.

Lisa remembered how she was discarded by Tony, and how all her so-called friends turned their back on her the moment they heard that Tony found his fated mate. No one cared about Kalina’s background, it was all just because she was Tony’s fated mate. Lisa came home only to see a no-name Omega sticking to Dayson and pretending that she was important. And how can Talia be Dayson’s fated mate if she didn’t have her wolf?

Lisa’s belly full of grievances was directed at Talia as she recollected numerous scoldings she got because of Talia, and Lisa even ended up in the dungeon! Someone applied tremendous pressure on Lisa when she confronted Talia, and even some of Lisa’s bones cracked, but Lisa didn’t think it was Talia. It must be Maya or Dayson or some other powerful wolf, and not a wolf-less she-wolf like Talia.

Lisa couldn’t wait for Talia to be exposed as the weak fraud she is. Everyone will get to see that she was no one, and then Lisa will proudly say, ‘I told you so!’, and people will know that she was not just bitter because she lost her chance to be the Luna of the Lightclaw pack, but they will know that Lisa was right.

To Lisa’s horror, Dayson gave a speech where he said that he and Talia were equals and how Talia was important, and he gave her his necklace, and then they both emerged from the river as two wolves, and Lisa couldn’t believe this! Was that a substitute?

Before the pack run, Lisa heard Stephanie say how Elders might spoil the mood because Dayson didn’t accept the Luna of their choice. Elders didn’t approve of Talia as their Luna, yet now everyone was excited and no one whispered a word of displeasure. Even the mighty Generals were squirming feverishly and Lisa couldn’t believe that the whole pack turned ga-ga just because Dayson announced he found his Luna.

Lisa gritted her teeth. Was this how Kalina was accepted in the Lightclaw pack?

‘Waaaah! Isn’t she beautiful!’, Ester gushed next to Lisa. ‘Our Luna’s fur is glowing under the moonlight like she is the blessing from the Moon Goddess herself!’

Lisa needed a moment to collect herself. ‘Why are you so excited?’

‘How can you not be excited? Didn’t you see Alpha doting on her? She is so lucky!’, Ester spoke breathily, and her tail was waggling wildly just like many others. ‘It proves they are fated mates!’

‘Do you expect me to be happy because Alpha is doting on a random she-wolf?’

Ester paused. ‘Random? Don’t tell me you have a thing for our Alpha?’

Lisa rolled her eyes. ‘Of course, not. Alpha Dayson is like my brother.’

Actually, he was like Lisa’s brother while she called him Dayson, but then Talia appeared and Lisa was kicked out of the packhouse, and Dayson ordered Lisa to use his title when addressing him, and she even ended up with the duty to clean the dungeon!

How can Lisa not hate Talia?

Her life turned bad when Tony found his mate, and it all became worse when Talia appeared!

Lisa thought that she will see Talia fail and that will make Lisa feel better, but now Talia stood there like a shiny wolf and Dayson was rubbing himself on her while everyone gushed how amazing their Luna was, and warriors were chattering that this was the first time for any wolf to get close to their Alpha in wolf form, and Lisa was on the verge of exploding!

‘It is time!’, Dayson’s voice sounded through the mind-link for the whole pack to hear. ‘Prove your loyalty to your Alpha and Luna by following us and marking the territory of the Shadow Fang pack with our presence!’

“AWOOOOO!”, the whole forest shook with the howls of agreement, and then two wolves moved away from the river to disappear into the nearby bushes.

Jaeden and Maya were quick to climb the rock where Talia was sitting previously and they used it to jump over the river cleanly and land on the other side. A few high-ranking warriors followed them, and then the mass of wolves raced to cross the river and go after Dayson and Talia and their Betas.

‘Lisa?’, Stephanie’s concerned voice sounded in Lisa’s head, and she looked around, but she couldn’t see her mother.

‘Yes?’

‘Where are you?’, Stephanie asked.

‘I’m here.’, Lisa responded dryly as she guessed that probably Ester ratted on her that she was lagging behind. Lisa was still among wolves, but Ester and other enthusiastic wolves were far ahead now as Lisa didn’t care about the crowd that was milling much faster than she was.

Lisa was not in the mood for this socializing, but she knew that her mother will give her a hard time if she just bailed on the pack run, so she decided to make a quiet exit.

‘Don’t worry about me, mom. I’m not used to being so close to other wolves and staying in my wolf form this long is making me uncomfortable. I’m thinking of heading back. I will see you at home!’

Stephanie knew that Lisa rarely shifted in her wolf form, so she didn’t want to pressure her to stick around. The fact that Lisa stayed this much was progress.

‘Are you sure?’, Stephanie asked with concern in her voice.

‘Yes. I am fine, I promise. Enjoy, mom. I know you were looking forward to this. Who knows, maybe you find your second chance mate?’

With that, Lisa took a right turn and got out of the crowd.

Lisa felt relief when the noise from the wolves disappeared into the night, because she didn’t need to pretend to be excited about this. But the truth was that she also didn’t feel like going home.

Lisa found a hollowed tree trunk with clothes. They were all over the place as the Shadow Fang pack had these stashes of clothes for werewolves to put on so that humans don’t see them wandering around naked like exhibitionists.

Lisa shifted in her human form and pulled one oversized dark gray t-shirt over her head before finding a spot on the grass to sit.

The forest around Lisa was quiet as the full moon was hanging low on the starry sky without a single cloud, but Lisa was not in the mood to appreciate the scenery. She stared in front of her blankly while wondering if this is how her life will be from now on. People looked at her like she was an Omega and expected her to do menial work, and that was such a difference from what she had before Tony found Kalina, that Lisa couldn’t shake off the feeling how things shouldn’t be this way. Why was she the inadequate one? Why was a skinny no-name wolf-less she-wolf like Talia getting all attention while Lisa was invisible?

A rustling sound from Lisa’s left got her attention. She groaned. Now what? Did her mom come to check on her? Or was it Ester? Or a patrol? Or… why didn’t they mind-link her?

Lisa raised her head to look in that direction and she saw three shadows emerging from there, humanoid figures, definitely not Ester or Stephanie.

‘I’m resting here.’, she spoke to them through the mind-link, but there was no response.

“It’s just a she-wolf.”, one of the guys said. “Was there a need for us to reveal our presence?”

Lisa’s eyes scanned three figures, and then her gaze stuck to the one in the middle. He was tall and muscular and even through the darkness she could see that his intense gaze was trained on her behind dark brown strands of hair that partially covered his eyes.

He moved toward Lisa stealthily, and her throat went dry. The strangest thing was that her wolf was stirring, as if she was trying to say something and this didn’t happen even with Tony around.

“We need to leave before we are found out.”, one of the guys from the back said. “Do you hear…?” His question was cut short when the middle guy raised his hand to shut him up as he continued walking toward Lisa and he crouched when he was only one step away from her.

From this distance, Lisa could see his face. He had a strong jaw covered in stubble, and a straight nose; she would place his appearance in his late twenties.

His musky scent made her dizzy, and she heard a voice in her head, ‘Mate!’

Lisa’s heart was thundering against her chest. Did she hear a voice in her head telling her how the guy in front of her was her mate? She stared at the completely naked male whose intense gaze made her skin break into goosebumps.

Her impulse was to call for help and alert the patrol because these guys were definitely not from the Shadow Fang pack, but then Lisa remembered that they connected borders with the neighboring Spring Leaf pack, and she assumed that these guys were from there. Besides, it’s not like anyone would care even if these guys were trespassing because everyone was drunk with happiness about the pack run.

When coming here, Lisa just followed the crowd, and she was not aware of how close to the border she was and that this was far from the Spring Leaf pack.

“Why are you here alone?”, he asked.

Lisa swallowed a mouthful of air before responding, “I didn’t feel like socializing.”

“Isn’t your Alpha leading the pack run with his Luna?”

Lisa’s insides stiffened at the thought of Talia. “How is that related to me?”

His expression darkened. “Are you jealous that your Alpha is taken?”

Lisa shook her head like a rattle drum. “Jealous? No. Dayson is like a brother to me.”

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