Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
“We should get ready.”, Talia said.
“We should.”, Dayson confirmed, but he didn’t move.
He looked into her honeyed eyes that were clear after a good night of sleep and his sight moved to her lips.
He really wanted to kiss her.
Dayson put his hand on Talia’s cheek, and he saw her shrinking. He cursed internally at the realization that even though they are in the bed, holding each other, there is still an invisible wall between them.
“Do you want to shower in my bathroom?”, he asked.
Talia’s eyes widened as his words sank in. “What?”
“You slept in my bed, do you want to get ready in my bathroom? We can take turns or to save time…”, his voice trailed, and Talia’s face turned red again.
Talia knows that for werewolves nudity is not a big deal, but she never shifted into her wolf form or mingled with others, so she was not used to those things.
Talia remembered that on the previous night Dayson slept in her bed, and then in the morning, she saw him getting out of her bathroom. Did he treat this as a sleepover? Maybe.
“No need. My bathroom is fine.”
“OK.”, he said and reluctantly released his hold on Talia. “I will see you at breakfast.”
Talia scooted out of the bed and froze when Dayson chuckled.
“Blue. It fits you.”
Talia’s face fell when she realized that the only blue thing she had on herself was panties. Ah! The tank top hitched higher and exposed her buttocks!
Talia swiftly tugged the tank top lower and dashed out of Dayson’s room, followed by his hearty laughter.
She closed the door of her room and leaned on it while telling herself not to overthink it because Dayson definitely saw much more than a female panty-covered behind. Besides, if they are on the beach, she would be exposed more than that. The fact that she was this flustered, only served for his amusement.
In the hallway…
Jaeden stood frozen and blinked a few times while confirming that he saw what he saw: Talia dashing from Dayson’s room into hers.
He normally doesn’t come to the third floor, but now Jaeden climbed there because he wanted to confirm that Dayson is awake since Dayson told him that he will be out after breakfast, so they had an early start.
Of course, Jaeden would use mind-link, but Dayson shut down his side.
Jaeden was not sure why would Dayson be unreachable, but now that he saw Talia scarcely dressed coming out of Dayson’s room, Jaeden understood what’s going on.
Jaeden turned on his heel and went down the stairs with the spring in his step.
He opened the door of his room and sashayed toward Maya who was fixing her hair.
“Is Dayson awake?”, Maya asked.
“Mhm”, Jaeden responded with a hum.
Maya eyed Jaeden and she could see that he was nearly bursting from saying something, seemingly important.
“What happened?”
“I won the bet.”
Maya didn’t get it. “What bet?”
“When Talia came here, I said that Dayson will get her into his bed within a week.”
Maya frowned. “What?”
“Don’t try to deny it. I said, one week, and you said, no way. I just saw Talia escaping from Dayson’s room into hers and based on her appearance, she slept in his room.”
“Poor girl. He is fast.”
Jaeden didn’t understand Maya’s reaction. “Why, poor girl? They are mates. Actually, I was wondering what took him so long. It’s obvious that the bond was driving him crazy because whenever Talia was not with him, he was distracted. She was just across the hallway and considering that our Alpha has no concept of patience and self-restraint, it’s a miracle that he didn’t drag her into his room on the first night she came here. Now that they are together, Dayson should be more… normal.”
Maya thought that some things don’t add up. “If they are together, why did she leave his room? We both know that mates have difficulty staying away from each other, especially while the bond is forming because the initial flow of emotions is fueling up insecurities. And if they are sharing a bed, why is Talia trying to leave the packhouse?”
Jaeden didn’t have answers to Maya’s questions. “You should talk to her again and see if she changed her mind about leaving.”
“I will.”
After breakfast…
Maya was frustrated that she didn’t get a chance to talk to Talia.
Dayson was hovering around Talia, putting food on her plate and feeding her, and as soon as they finished with breakfast, they headed out.
Dayson didn’t even tell them where they are going or how long they will stay, but based on the instructions he gave, they will be back later in the day, in the evening probably.
“It seems that our Alpha wants to disconnect with his mate.”, Jaeden said to Maya when it was just the two of them. “That’s what I would do.”
“Don’t you think it’s too soon to celebrate?”, Maya asked.
“What do you mean?”
“Talia didn’t reject his pampering, but she didn’t look like an enamored girl who spent the night with her mate.”, Maya voiced her observation. “Is it possible that she doesn’t know what Dayson’s intentions are?”
Jaeden burst into a hearty laugh.
“Maya… my sweetie pie…”, he said while catching his breath. “I don’t think that even our Alpha knows what his intentions are.”
Jaeden saw that Maya was not amused, so he cleared his throat before continuing, “What I was trying to say is, if Dayson wants Talia to be our Luna, he should just announce it to everyone. With that, the pack would be aware of her existence and protect her while she takes the place that belongs to her. And if he wants to reject the bond, he should have done that a long time ago and not let her stick around.”
“You are saying that Dayson is toying with Talia.”
“Well, not exactly toying, but maybe he has a plan and he is making the situation ambiguous until he figures out… yeah, toying is the right term.”
Maya made a face. “What happened with you messing with Dayson until he spills that Talia is his mate?”
Jaeden spread his arms, palms up, showing her that he has nothing. “Come on, sugarplum. It’s been only a few days, and I didn’t get a chance to work on that.” He saw that Maya pursed her lips and there was a familiar spark in her eyes, so he asked, “Are you going to interfere?”
Maya didn’t respond, but Jaeden took her silence as a, ‘yes’.
Ah, he loves when Maya makes a move. His brilliant mate always knows which strings to tug on and how hard in order to get the desired result.
“Did you call Alpha Edward?”
Jaeden’s question pulled Maya out of her thoughts, and she frowned.
“Not yet. I guess I should get that out of the way first…”