Chapter 777 – Hidden Desires of the Werewolf King Novel

Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

‘Don’t get hurt. If you do, we can’t have our ceremony.’

Dayson smiled. Her concern was genuine, and he found it cute that Talia was chatty because she was nervous.

‘Kitten?’

‘Yes?’

‘Relax. It will be alright.’

Talia released a long breath. Dayson could pick up her anxiousness, and it was affecting him as well. She needed to be his support and not a burden. Talia had to admit that when they were planning for this, the forest was not this dark and not so scary, and she was definitely not this tense.

Talia admired Dayson. Whenever it counted, he was composed and focused on what he needed to do, like now.

‘You are amazing,’ Talia said through their mind-link.

Dayson paused and looked at her questionably. ‘Where did that come from? I need details!’

Talia was alerted. People behind them also stopped and were looking around, searching for danger, or whatever reason caused Dayson to stop.

‘I was just saying what was on my mind. Can we move before people get suspicious?’

‘I will expect an explanation on that. Later.’ He turned to the front and narrowed his eyes. ‘Stay behind me, kitten.’

‘I don’t think it’s going to work that way,’ Talia protested. If she was behind him, how was she supposed to fight?

‘Fine!’ Dayson snapped. ‘How IS it going to work? How are you expecting me to fight the rogues while I worry sick about my mate and my pup?’

‘Dayson,’ Talia called. ‘I get it. You are nervous. I am nervous as well. But just as I believe in you, I need you to believe in me.’

Instead of answering, Dayson raised his arm, which was a signal to everyone to freeze.

Talia didn’t sense anything, but she trusted Dayson’s instincts.

‘Lis?’ Talia called her wolf. ‘Anything?’

‘Something is messing with my perception,’ Liseli responded. ‘And that means we are close to trouble.’

‘Did we walk into it without knowing?’

‘I don’t think so. The surroundings were clear just a second ago. This is almost like…’

‘They were waiting for us,’ Talia finished what Liseli was about to say.

Talia focused on her surroundings, and she confirmed that everything was fuzzy. The jamming effect was stronger than the one she sensed in the Blue River pack.

Talia tried a few things to confirm that her Alpha aura was obstructed, but the energy flow was normal, which meant she could use her abilities.

‘CRACK!’

A sound of the branch breaking came from the left, and in the next moment, more than twenty rogues jumped from the foliage and went straight for them.

Chaos erupted. Growls and whimpers everywhere.

Talia couldn’t see Dayson anymore, but a black wolf was there, tearing into any rogue who dared to get close.

Talia’s heart was beating wildly, and she could feel her palms brimming with energy just in time when one wolf turned to her.

Talia raised her hands, focusing on causing harm so the rogue couldn’t get to her.

A silent beam of light burst from her palms, cutting through the wolf like a hot knife through butter. He didn’t have time to make a sound when he fell down a few steps away from Talia with his head split open. The nauseating scent of burned flesh and fur filled the space, and Talia swallowed the bile that rose in her throat.

She couldn’t believe she had done that.

Before she could process what happened, a ferocious growl was heard from her left, and she saw a dark brown wolf coming her way. Another beam of light emitted from Talia’s palms, and the rogue was cut in half before he realized what was happening.

Dayson noticed that his mind-link was not working, and he shifted into human form to shout, “LEAVE NO ONE ALIVE!” And then he turned into a black wolf again. He didn’t want to risk any of these rogues fleeing and reporting what Talia could do.

Talia stood in the middle of it with her expression devoid of emotions, and the only thing preventing her from dissolving into panic was that she needed to keep going for Dayson and others who were fighting by her side.

Talia fried and cut three more rogues, and then things turned silent.

Seeing that they ran out of opponents, Dayson quickly got by Talia’s side and put his hand on her shoulder. That point of contact was her anchor, keeping her from falling apart. She would lean into him for support, but he was naked, and they had an audience.

“Casualties!?” Dayson shouted.

“No one died from our side,” Keith said. “And I believe we got them all.”

“My leg is bleeding,” one shaky voice came from the back, and Talia moved that way.

“We can take him to the pack hospital,” Dayson said while tightening his hold on Talia and preventing her from going there.

Talia put her hand over Dayson’s. “I want to stop the bleeding.”

Dayson didn’t want her to reveal her abilities more than necessary, but he saw her determination, so he let her have it.

Talia squatted next to the warrior who leaned away from her.

Talia realized he was afraid. Well, the wolf-frying white laser beams from her palms freaked her out as well.

“I won’t harm you. I am here to help,” she said. “Let me see your wound.”

The guy swallowed hard, but he didn’t dare to refuse or move when he saw Dayson’s fierce gaze locked on him.

Talia checked to see from where the blood was flowing, and then she put her hands above that area.

Dayson squatted next to Talia, observing in silence as her palms glowed. The wound was closing at speed visible to the naked eye.

“Done,” Talia announced. It was a good reminder that her hands were capable of healing.

“Thank you, Luna,” the warrior said.

“I only did first aid. You should go to the pack hospital to get it treated further.”

“Pablo, go with him!” Keith instructed.

Pablo was a guy who had a cut on his arm, but it was not too bad. However, the two of them could leave together as they were not in a position to fight properly.

Talia turned to see Dayson observing her intently.

“How are you doing?” He asked.

“I am… I will be fine.” She looked around. “How come we didn’t sense them? Even if those devices jammed our perception, didn’t Cristian say they have infrared sensors?”

The warrior from the Spring Leaf pack shook his head helplessly. “No alarms sounded in this area.”

Keith was inspecting one dead rogue, putting his hand on the body. “Infrared sensors detect heat. These guys are cold.”

Talia went there to touch the rogue’s shoulder. It was icy.

At a closer look, she saw runes drawn on his body, and she assumed that those were causing their body temperature to drop.

“How did they know they should stay cold?” Talia asked.

Dayson rubbed his face with force. “They were ready for this. Cristian said that they set up infrared sensors in the last few days. Someone leaked the information.”

The thought of traitors was unsettling.

“Is it possible that they assumed this would happen after the outcome at the Blue River pack?” Talia asked.

Dayson was not sure. “If that’s the case, they have someone who can see the future.”

“Or a good strategist,” Talia said, and Dayson frowned.

If the rogues had someone like James on their side, that could be disastrous.

Dayson tried not to think about it and to focus on the pressing matter. “No matter how they found out, we need to inform others. They could be walking into traps.”

If not for Talia and Dayson taking out several rogues each with ease, the rest of the group would be in serious trouble.

“Let’s find those devices and turn them off, so our pack links work,” Dayson instructed, and people spread around to inspect the foliage.

It didn’t take long to find two devices, and the pack link was established with people from the Blue River pack. Beta Oliver confirmed that everything was quiet there.

The pack link with the warriors from the Shadow Fang pack was spotty, and the ones who were in groups with Cristian and Tony were unreachable. However, they couldn’t contact anyone from the Lightclaw pack or from the Spring Leaf pack.

From the information they exchanged, no one else was fighting.

“Let’s hope we were the only ones who met rogues,” Talia said. “Cristian and Tony probably walked into areas that are being jammed.” Talia turned to Dayson. “Does any of them know how to find these devices?”

Dayson was not sure.

It was one thing to identify that the pack link was not working, but finding these gadgets was a different issue. If Talia didn’t figure out a way to find those at the Blue River pack, the casualties would be multiplied.

Sure, they can comb through the foliage to find them, but what if they are up in the trees or buried underground? Will rogues stay still and wait for their devices to be found and disabled?

The biggest problem was that Cristian was confident the infrared sensors would alert him of any dangers, and Tony and Kalina were not experienced in these types of fighting.

“We need to send someone there,” Talia said.

Dayson’s stiff expression told her that he disagreed.

“There are eleven of us,” Keith said. “We can send a few people…” His voice trailed when Dayson growled.

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