Chapter 104 – Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

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Talia’s mind worked a million thoughts a second. “My parents were killed by rogues when I was a baby. They were together for less than a year before they perished, so there was not much to tell.”

Axel could see that Talia was not comfortable. “I apologize for asking personal questions.”

“It’s not a problem. It happened a long time ago.” This part was the truth. A long time ago Talia accepted that she doesn’t have parents or a loving family. She was anxious about another thing… “Why are you curious about my background?”

“When I saw you last night, you reminded me of someone.”, Axel responded right away. “Let me ask you one more question. Are you happy here?”

Talia opened her mouth to respond, but a low voice came from behind her, “Are you trying to poach my people, Axel?”

Talia whipped her head in the direction of the newcomer, and she saw Dayson walking toward them while his glare didn’t leave Axel. It was obvious that Dayson was angry.

Dayson ended his talk with Alpha Maddox and then Maddox stood by the window and said, “It seems that your girl is attracting attention…” And that’s how Dayson saw Axel and Talia sitting on the bench in the garden, and Dayson hurried to see what the heck was going on.

Dayson reached in time to hear Axel’s cheesy line how Talia reminds him of someone and asking Talia if she is happy. What was that supposed to mean? Was he trying to pick her up? Isn’t Axel supposed to live as a celibate until he finds his mate? And Talia was obviously NOT Axel’s mate because each person can have only one mate and even if Talia can’t feel who her mate is, her mate is Dayson! What was Axel trying to do?

Axel smirked. “I was only asking the lady if she is happy here.”

Talia sucked in a sharp breath. First, ‘Miss Talia’, and now, ‘lady’.

Why would Axel, the future Alpha, treat her with such respect? Maybe that was normal for him, but for Talia it was new, and she liked it. After a second of soaking in this new way of addressing her, Talia became cautious. What if Axel is nice because he wants to trick her?

By now, Dayson was standing next to Talia.

“Is she happy? Of course, she is happy.”, Dayson grumbled while pulling Talia to stand up from the bench and pushing her roughly to stand behind him.

“She doesn’t look happy to me.”, Axel said.

Dayson’s frown deepened. “What does that mean?”

“She is obviously hurt.”

Dayson turned to look at Talia. “You are hurt?”

Talia was quick to deny it. “No, no. I’m not.” Why was Axel getting her in trouble with this Devil?

“Talia is so scared of you that she won’t say it openly.”, Axel said. “Last night she was fine, yet today she is barely walking.”

Dayson’s face fell. How he saw it, there was only one reason why she would be hurt so bad that she can’t walk properly.

“I’m sorry Talia. I didn’t mean to spank you that hard.”

Talia’s eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets from shock. Did she hear him right?

“I know it’s none of my business what you do in the bedroom, but you can’t be so rough with your women.”, Axel said, and his grimace showed how disgusted he was with Dayson’s behavior.

“I’m not his woman!”, Talia squeaked. If Miss Mindy or someone else heard this, Talia was sure that her head would be detached from the rest of her body, soon.

Dayson glared at Axel. “It’s not what you think.”

“And what am I thinking?”

Dayson wanted to say how it was none of Axel’s business, and even if Axel’s insinuation was correct, it wouldn’t be a big deal because werewolves talk about sex openly. But Axel was different and he was making it sound like Dayson was using Talia for some twisted activities, so Dayson had to explain. “I was carrying Talia, and she was moving too much. I spanked her so that she stops squirming.”

“Why didn’t you keep her down or ask her to stop moving?”

“I was in a hurry.”, Dayson said.

“And when you are in a hurry, you hit women?”

Dayson’s irritation swelled. “Don’t twist my words. That’s not what I said.”

“That’s exactly what you said…”

Talia listened to this bickering with her mouth half-open. How come she doesn’t remember any of it? Was Dayson making this up? Or did he spank her… Wait! That would explain her butt-ache.

Talia inhaled forcibly. “Please, can you stop talking about it?”

Both Dayson and Axel turned to look at her and she continued, “I am fine. Can you just forget about this? I need to go and prepare breakfast.”

Talia took a step back and in a moment, Axel was next to her, holding her hand in his.

“Miss Talia, please, don’t make life-changing decisions rashly. I want you to know that you have options. You can always find a refuge in the Midnight Guardians pack.” Axel paused and reached for the pocket of his pants before handing her a business card. “Here is my personal number.”

Dayson saw red. He shoved Axel away from Talia before standing between the duo with Talia behind him.

“Axel, you are here as a guest. How dare you suggest that Talia leaves me when I’m right here?”

“Would you rather I do it behind your back?”, Axel asked without flinching under Dayson’s pressure. “How I see it, Miss Talia is not having an easy time here. Unlike you, I’m not trying to force her into anything. I don’t think that a lady like her should settle with belief that this is as good as it gets. If you want her to stay with you, you should treat her well.”

Talia’s mind was spinning. She didn’t understand what was going on, but she had an urgency to leave. “I’m going to the kitchen.”

“Miss Talia!”, Axel called after her. “Call me anytime. We can stay in touch even if you are happy here…”

Talia gritted her teeth to suppress the ache in her legs while speeding up toward the kitchen. What the hell was going on?

Talia reached the kitchen that was already bustling with activity. Stephanie, Zina, and Dawn were working in full swing, and based on the mess, Talia could see that they started a while ago. Talia felt guilty for coming late.

To her surprise, no one scolded her.

“Oho! I was not sure if you will make it!”, Dawn exclaimed excitedly, and Talia frowned at the loudness of Dawn’s voice.

“Looks like hangover…”, Zina said and pushed a small packet with pills in Talia’s hand. “This will help. Take two right away and in fifteen minutes the headache will subside.”

Without a word, Talia opened the packet and Dawn was already handing her a glass of water with advice, “It’s important to stay hydrated.”

Talia gulped the pills and then thanked Zina and Dawn while Stephanie was ushering them to continue with their breakfast-preparing activities.