Chapter 862 – Hidden Desires of the Werewolf King Novel

Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

“NO!” Dayson shouted. “You did what YOU thought was best at the time! What gives an Omega the right to think she knows better than her Alpha? We are leading this pack as Alpha and Luna for a reason. Your options are to follow us or to leave.”

Stephanie lowered her head. “I will leave.”

“Too late.”

Stephanie looked at Dayson warily, and her eyes widened in horror when she felt his Alpha aura pressing on her.

“Killing me won’t fix anything!” Stephanie said with panic in her voice.

“I won’t kill you. Yet,” Dayson responded icily. There were fates worse than death, and if Stephanie thought this would be easy, she was gravely mistaken.

“Stephanie of the Dark Howler pack,” Dayson spoke while using his aura. “I, Dayson Blake, the Alpha of the Dark Howler pack, find you guilty of the highest treason against your Alpha and Luna. As a punishment, I banish you from my pack.”

‘ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ N(ov)elBin’,

Stephanie fell to her knees, clutching her chest as she felt a gap where the pack bond used to be. It was painful, but the truth was that Stephanie was prepared for worse.

“Thank you for showing mercy,” she said in a strained voice.

“Mercy?” Dayson sneered. “The Shadow Fang pack knows of your betrayal. I will notify all other packs that if anyone else takes you in, they will be going against the Shadow Fang pack. You have half an hour to leave the territory of the Shadow Fang pack, or you will be hunted and killed on sight.”

Stephanie looked up at Dayson, and her expression changed in slow motion as she realized what was happening. With her being banished and no one taking her in, she was doomed to become a rogue. She will suffer as her wolf turns feral, and there will be nothing she can do about it. And once she becomes a rogue, everyone will set to kill her. Even her own wolf might turn against her.

“They wouldn’t hurt you,” Stephanie said pleadingly. “If they got their hands on Talia, they would leave us alone. I did it for you. Didn’t you say that you always put the pack first? I have been watching you for more than a decade working hard for this pack and everyone in it. Are the lives of thousands less worthy than one female? You know what I did was right. You can find another mate, and you can have other pups, but you can’t replace the pack!”

Talia felt that Dayson’s control was snapping, and she grabbed his hand, which was trembling as the darkness started spreading around him.

It took Dayson a second to acknowledge the sparks of their bond where they touched, and he opened his palm to allow their fingers to interlace. He held her firmly as if she was his lifeline, the only thing preventing him from destroying everything in sight… and she was exactly that and so much more.

“A powerful Alpha doesn’t choose between his mate and his pack because he will save them all or die trying,” Talia said while her silvery eyes made Stephanie unable to breathe. “You forgot that Dayson is not alone. He has his warriors and allies, and he has me. You had no right to take away Dayson’s choice on the matter. Even with you backstabbing him, he still saved us all.” Unfortunately, Dayson’s parents were not so lucky.

Dayson was moved by Talia’s words that were enforced by the pure love and complete trust she had for him.

“You have twenty-nine minutes, Stephanie,” Dayson said. “From one minute ago, you are an outsider without authorization to be here. I suggest you start running. If my warriors catch you, they won’t grant you a swift death.”

Stephanie opened her mouth to say something, but then she closed it.

Dayson watched as Stephanie scurried away, and he waved at the warriors who were hiding nearby to go after her with, ‘Make sure she leaves the territory.’

Dayson turned to the gravestone and stared at it. His legs shook like the fatigue of ten sleepless nights crashed on him, and he fell to his knees.

“Mom, dad, you heard it all. I’m sorry it took me this long to find out who betrayed you. I hope that with this, you can rest in peace.”

Talia got down on her knees and hugged Dayson tightly.

“It’s OK,” Talia said softly. “I’ve got you.”

”,

That’s what he would normally say to Talia to comfort her, and he wanted to be her rock all the time, but this time she offered comfort, and he took it.

Dayson leaned his forehead on her shoulder, and then he nuzzled her neck as he buried his face into her hair while fisting the back of her blouse desperately.

His shoulders shivered, and Talia pretended not to notice he was crying.

Talia could feel Dayson’s grief and guilt. It was like his parents had died all over again. She guessed that he was replaying in his mind the last moments with his parents and many scenes which happened after that with Stephanie.

He was blaming himself for not seeing it sooner. For not realizing how toxic Stephanie was. He was taking the burden that shouldn’t be his to carry, and Talia’s heart cried for him.

The strong and willful Alpha looked so soft and fragile at the moment, and Talia was moved that he allowed her to see him like that, vulnerable. It was a sign of ultimate trust, and she loved him even more for it.

After an unknown measure of time, Dayson pressed a kiss on her neck. “Thank you, kitten,” his lips moved against her skin.

“You are a wonderful man, Dayson Blake. I am honored you are my mate, and this pack is blessed to have you as their Alpha.”

“Keep talking,” Dayson said, and Talia could hear he was smiling.

“I would like to talk to your parents,” she said, and he loosened his hold on her so she could turn sideways.

“Mr. and Mrs. Blake,” Talia started officially. “Dayson and I are expecting our first pup. I didn’t discuss this with Dayson yet, but I was hoping that if it’s a girl, we will call her Violet, and if it’s a boy, it would be Jacob.”

Talia turned to Dayson. “What do you think?”

Dayson glanced at the gravestone briefly, and then he looked at Talia seriously. “Now that you said it in front of my parents, I would be an ass if I objected.”

Talia’s eyebrows shot up in surprise. “You don’t like it?”

Dayson broke into a bright smile. “I love it.”

“You do?”

“I do.” He loved everything about her, and he couldn’t wait to be a father.

A month had passed…

New buildings in the Shadow Fang pack territory were being completed one by one, and newcomers from the Red Moon pack were not newcomers anymore. They were leaving the packhouse and other temporary accommodations as they moved into their new homes, and they all had jobs.

It was an adjustment compared to what they had in the Red Moon pack, but it was not hard to make changes when it was an upgrade.

Some even expressed a desire to open their own businesses with storefronts in Darkbourne.

Dayson converted one receiving room on the first floor of the packhouse into an office. It was used exclusively for paperwork related to new buildings, businesses, supplies, and other things related to the recent influx of pack members.

Talia loved to go through the documents, fascinated with all this behind-the-scenes work necessary to make the pack function.

Talia was surprised that Chef Page submitted a request to open a ramen restaurant in Darkbourne. The request itself was not surprising. However, she saw that besides listing his adopted daughter, Jane, as a co-owner and part-time employee, there was one more name on the document, Clarissa.

“Who is Clarissa?” Talia asked James, whose head was barely visible from behind the documents on his desk.

James glanced at the paper in Talia’s hand. “She is an Omega who came from the Red Moon pack.”

Maya bobbed her head and smiled slyly at Talia. “Yes, yes. It’s exactly what you think it is. Malia strikes again!”

“No way!” Talia said in disbelief.

“Yes, way!” Maya responded. “Chef Page found his second chance mate. You should see how adorable they are, always trying to hold hands and touch each other. And they are both so caring toward Jane. If I didn’t know better, I would think that Jane is their biological daughter.”

“Aww…” Talia’s chin was shaking. After hearing how Lulu’s mother abandoned them and then Lulu died, Talia wished for Chef Page to be happy. Talia thought that Chef Page bonding with Jane and adopting her were good things, but him finding his second chance mate went beyond Talia’s wildest dreams.

“Enough!” Dayson grumbled while waving at Maya to go away. He grabbed the document from Talia’s hand and put it in front of James. “Expedite this, so it’s done as soon as possible.”

James cocked an eyebrow at Dayson. “It’s done. The only thing missing is your signature.”

Dayson’s expression stiffened, and he grabbed a pen that Maya was holding so he could sign it. “There. Done. It’s approved.”

Talia looked at Dayson dreamily. “We should go to their grand opening. I would love to eat ramen.”

“Which one? Pork? Chicken?” Dayson asked.

Talia licked her lips. “I like their combo that has a bit of everything.”

“Let me ask Chef Page to make you ramen and send it here,” Dayson said without missing a beat.

Talia gaped at him. She didn’t mean right now!

But Dayson’s eyes had already lost focus, and she knew there was no point in arguing.

With Omegas from the Red Moon pack accepting the Shadow Fang pack as their new home, the word spread that Alpha Dayson was not Black Demon and that living conditions for Omegas were favorable. Due to this, several additional groups of Omegas decided to join the Shadow Fang pack from the crowded shelters in the Blue River pack.

The pack was growing in numbers, and the borders between the allied packs were fading with each passing day. Dayson, Talia, Maddox, Cristian, and Tony collaborated to protect their borders.

The previous packhouse of the Red Moon pack was within the territory of the Lightclaw pack, and Tony was the Alpha in charge of protecting its neutrality.

Ex-Luna Layla accepted Talia’s offer, and she was staying in that packhouse with her fated mate, Chester, and a handful of Omegas. Layla reached out to James, inviting him for a visit because his father wanted to meet him in person. James said he was not ready for that step, and they left it at that.

James was now the youngest high-ranking member ever, the first one to assume a position of a Gamma before reaching adulthood. James was pleased with the respect he was getting and happy that Erik, Petra, and Zack were still hanging out with him like equals. James couldn’t wait to end his daily duties, so he could join Cornelia for cuddles, snuggles, and sex.

The Gamma couple was staying in a suite on the second floor of the packhouse in the Shadow Fang pack, and they were planning to transform an adjacent room into a nursery.

Dayson and Talia made several visits to the Midnight Guardians pack to verify things were going well and to give Axel a break from Alpha duties so he could be with his mate and kids.

Per Valerian’s request, Axel didn’t reveal to his parents that Valerian was alive and recovering in the Shadow Fang pack.

Axel was keeping an eye on Sophia and Isaac as he suspected that they aided in kidnapping Yasmin and the twins and delivering them to the Guardians. However, the ex-Alpha couple denied any involvement, and Talia refused to deal with them, saying that they were Axel’s problem. She didn’t want to interact with Sophia and Isaac.

Before the fight with the Guardians, Cornelia and Amelia were close to figuring out how to open the portal. When Edgar (aka the portal expert) joined them, they successfully connected the Silver Flame Coven in the witches’ realm to the castle that belonged to the Guardians, now officially named the Silver Flame Castle.

Evanora and Edgar spent most of their time in the Silver Flame Castle, and they made a few short trips for Evanora to experience life in human cities.

Declyn and a few other Guardians were around, mostly observing the changes without interfering. Since Axel and Evanora didn’t find conclusive proof that the Guardians were involved in experimenting with people with abilities, Talia suspected that the lingering Guardians hid the evidence. However, without proof, Talia didn’t want to spill more blood, and Evanora agreed that witches would be keeping an eye on them.

About fifty witches from the Silver Flame Coven volunteered to stay in the Silver Flame Castle and participate in restoring the balance to nature.

Everyone was busy.

Dayson and Talia spent most of their free time bonding and planning for their baby’s arrival. Dayson’s old room was devoid of furniture, with a fresh coat of pale green paint, and they were discussing ideas on how to decorate the nursery. Talia’s stomach was showing a bit, and Dayson was super excited.

Dayson used to run his hand through her hair a lot, but now his hands would often find their way to her stomach and stay there. Talia thought how he was adorable.

Every few days, Dayson and Talia went on a rogue-hunting mission while using Janine.

Talia would focus on Janine as a destination and teleport there with Dayson. As expected, they would end up in another lair full of rogues, and Dayson and Talia would take them out with ease while “accidentally” allowing Janine to escape.

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