Chapter 877 – Hidden Desires of the Werewolf King Novel

Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

Olivia didn’t want to burden her parents with what she went through. It would only make them feel bad, and it’s not like they can take it back. “Thank you, Travis.” She will tell her parents how awesome mate Travis was and that she was working in the pack hospital as a medical assistant. She had so much more to learn!

Travis noticed that Olivia became stiff. “If I knew that you would be so cautious because your parents are here, I wouldn’t tell them anything.”

Olivia realized he was right. But there was nothing she could do other than… She raised her arms, and her fingers laced behind Travis’ neck. She got on her toes and spoke against his lips, “You should do your best to loosen me up, Doctor Travis.”

Travis smiled into the kiss, and he loved the way she melted into him. In less than a second, Olivia kissed him back, and she forgot that her parents were watching (and recording) them.

Tony and Kalina were also in the dancing crowd. Tony raised his hand to spin Kalina, but she didn’t respond as he expected.

“What’s wrong?” Tony asked while wondering if he did something to upset her.

“I don’t think I should perform vigorous movements, considering my condition,” Kalina said.

Tony frowned, and he looked at her legs. “Are you hurt?” Those were super-high heels, and Kalina was a sportish type.

“No.”

“Then? Why can’t you make vigorous movements?”

“Just tell him!” Tatiana chimed in from the side. “Your dumbass mate won’t get a hint.”

Tony’s frown deepened. Did he hear her right? “Dumbass?”

“Tony has a wonderful ass, and he is not dumb,” Kalina snapped at her sister.

Tony glared at Tatiana and spoke to Kalina, “I know she is your sister, and I know she is pregnant, but it seems she doesn’t know that every man has a line that shouldn’t be crossed.” And he was an Alpha!

Tatiana wanted to bicker, but Maddox sealed her mouth with a kiss. He didn’t want their sister-squabbling to escalate, and it was obvious that Tony was irked.

Tatiana’s temper was getting more explosive as her pregnancy progressed, and she was stressed after working on all the outfits for this event. Maddox hoped she wouldn’t cause a war before their baby was born.

Maddox relaxed when Tatiana’s arms tightened around him, and he took a mental note to apologize to Tony later.

Kalina cupped Tony’s cheeks with his palms and forced her to look at him. “Ignore her and focus on your mate.”

Tony released a sharp breath. “You were about to tell me something. It seemed important.”

“We are pregnant,” Kalina said.

Tony’s eyebrows went up until they reached his hairline. “What?”

Kalina laughed at his comical expression. “We are pregnant.”

“Are you sure?”

Kalina nodded, and before she could finish that nod, Tony was kissing her like there was no tomorrow.

Tony regretted that his parents were not there. Ever since he became the Alpha of the Lightclaw pack, Alpha Magnus and Luna Alicia have been traveling. Tony was confident they would be excited about a grandchild.

George was swaying slowly with Dawn in his arms. That was his cinnamon-infused mate, and her scent became sweeter due to pregnancy.

George was perfectly happy to be an Alpha without his pack. It gave him time to be with Dawn, and he still had their little town without the politics and paperwork a pack would require.

George was Dayson’s second in command regarding warriors, and Jaeden was Dayson’s Beta in charge of other matters related to the pack.

James was the Gamma, handling finances and strategizing, while Maya, Cornelia, and Mindy took care of housing, events, and anything else pack members would need.

Zina was the main person in the matters regarding the packhouse, with Trisha, Dawn, and Rose helping her out.

This division of work was good for everyone.

Talia knew she couldn’t be a good Luna of the Shadow Fang pack without neglecting the Midnight Guardians pack, and leaving Dayson was out of the question. She was considering options of giving Axel the Alpha position (which he refused repeatedly), and merging the Midnight Guardians pack with the Shadow Fang pack.

Merging packs would require a lot of logistics due to the time difference between the two realms, and James came up with a few suggestions on how to make it work. However, Talia was hoping that her father would accept to take over his rightful position as the Alpha of the Midnight Guardians pack. She didn’t talk about it with Valerian because she was waiting for him to recuperate.

Dinner was like a massive buffet with only the main table with the wedding party being served.

They had much more people than invited, but there was food for everyone. People without assigned seats got prepackaged food, and they went into the forest to have a picnic-style dinner.

The food was delicious, and the cake was massive. Dayson and Talia cut the cake together, and they fed each other the first pieces.

“Now, this is a human custom I support,” Dayson said while feeding Talia cake.

Talia hummed in satisfaction as chocolate cake melted on her tongue.

“Do you like it?” Dayson asked.

Talia smiled. “I like you more.”

Dayson approved. He liked her the most.

With the corner of his eye, Dayson saw Ashton. That pesky boy had come to them three times already, always with some excuse to talk to Talia. Luckily, his mother was sensible enough to take him away. Dayson smiled when he saw some girls chasing Ashton, so the snotty boy disappeared into the crowd.

“Are you comfortable in that dress?” Dayson asked, and Talia knew that he was eager to undress her.

“It’s a beautiful dress,” Talia responded. “It’s a pity I got to wear it for a short time.” And she hoped Dayson wouldn’t rip it.

“How much longer do you want to wear it?”

“Can we dance to a few more songs? After that, you can accompany me home to slip into something more comfortable.”

Dayson put another piece of chocolate cake in Talia’s mouth, and she leaned on him as the chocolate goodness coated her taste buds.

Talia closed her eyes and focused on their surroundings. She smiled while confirming that people were eating, dancing, talking, and laughing… they were happy.

“Is something wrong, kitten?” Dayson asked when he sensed that her mood was off.

“My father. He is upset.”

“Is he still salty about the dancing?”

“No. This is different,” Talia responded. “He is in the forest, to the South. With… Sophia and Isaac.”

Dayson had an idea what that was about. “Do you want to check it out?”

“Can we?”

“You can do whatever you want, kitten.”

Talia didn’t want to meddle, but she was curious. So far, Valerian showed disapproval of what Sophia and Isaac did, but he was not interested in meeting with them or with members of the Midnight Guardians pack. This could be big.

After the cake was served, Cassandra approached Sophia and Isaac to say that Valerian wanted to talk and that they should follow her.

Sophia didn’t want to. She already knew what this would be about. But did she have a choice?

She thought it would be something in private, but she didn’t expect them to walk into a crowd of people, and they were all from the Midnight Guardians pack. Sophia didn’t like the audience, but Isaac told her that was a good thing.

‘He won’t do anything drastic in front of so many people,’ Isaac told Sophia through their mind link.

Sophia was not so optimistic. Her brother was always a rebel, doing whatever he wanted. Just as he left the pack to explore the world beyond the portal in search of his mate, he was gone for a long time, only to return with a baby and disappear again!

People formed a circle around Sophia, Isaac, Valerian, and Cassandra and observed the situation from behind bushes and trees, curious to see what would happen next. No one knew the circumstances that caused Valerian’s prolonged absence.

Valerian stood in silence while observing Sophia. He didn’t care much about Isaac. Valerian met him two decades ago, and he knew that Isaac was Sophia’s mate. Anything beyond that, Valerian found out from Cassandra’s stories that told him how his parents left to search for him, and then Sophia took over as the Alpha with Isaac by her side and the isolation that got worse after they gave Talia away.

Did Sophia and Isaac tighten security out of fear that Talia will return? Cassandra didn’t know, but Valerian thought how that was a possibility.

Cassandra didn’t know where Talia was in the human realm. As an Oracle, her duty was to share divinations, deal with ceremonies, and provide guidance to members who were discovering their abilities.

Dayson told Valerian that Talia was placed with a family of humans who were aware of creatures and that Alpha Howard took Talia from there. They had no information about how Alpha Howard found out about Talia and if he knew how special she was, but it all pointed out that he had some awareness because he kept her hidden. The Red Moon pack emphasized warriors, so if he took her as any other orphan, Talia would end up in the barracks and not hidden in the attic.

The more Valerian thought about it, the more suspicious he became.

Sophia fidgeted under Valerian’s unyielding gaze. She didn’t know why he was standing there without a word spoken. He didn’t seem to be mind-linking anyone and she had no idea that he could hear the thoughts of everyone around him, Sophia’s included.

Isaac couldn’t take it anymore. “Why are we here?”

“Shouldn’t you greet your brother-in-law?” Valerian asked. “Or did you forget who I am?”

“That…” Isaac was unsure what to say. He and Sophia spoke through the mind link so much this evening that it seemed like it was days since they realized that Valerian was alive and present at the ceremony.

“We didn’t forget,” Sophia said. “We are surprised to see you here. Where have you been? Why didn’t you come home?”

“I bet you are surprised, my dear sister,” Valerian’s words were dripping with sarcasm. “Where have I been? If you used your ability, you would be able to find me.”

Sophia’s eyes widened, and then she glared at Cassandra who was standing behind Valerian. Other than Alphas, only Oracle knew about the abilities of the pack members because she was in charge of guiding them on how to discover and perfect their unique traits.

Valerian sneered. “Instead of searching for me, you decided to restrict usage of the portal. Why? Were you afraid that people would leave? Or were you preventing someone from coming back?”

Sophia shook her head. “You have no right to judge me. You left. Mom and dad left. I did…” She paused to glance at Isaac. “WE did what we thought was the best of the pack.”

Valerian was about to say something, but then he turned to look to his right with a frown.

Sophia and Isaac looked in that direction, and a few seconds later, they could see the crowd parting and bowing while creating a path for Talia and Dayson.

“Are we late?” Talia asked Valerian.

Valerian released a long breath. “I didn’t want to interrupt your party.”

“The party is not interrupted,” Talia said and turned to look at the people around them. “It seems that the party is here. Please, continue.”

“Do we need to do this in front of our people?” Sophia asked.

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