Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
Maya inhaled a choppy breath. “Nothing would happen.”
“YOU DON’T KNOW THAT!”, Dayson roared.
“Alpha!”, Jaeden stood up in Maya’s defense and Dayson glared at him.
“What!? Are you going to justify what she did?”, Dayson’s voice was low, but he was shaking with anger. “If I didn’t step in at the Shifters, Talia would be manhandled by some bastard who was not willing to take ‘no’ for an answer. Even if her drunk friends intervened, Talia would be caught in the middle of a fight. And can you guess what would good coach Keith do with Talia at his hookup spot after they finished a sixpack of beer? Tell me, Jaeden, how would you feel if I put your mate in a situation where a bunch of unmated guys surrounds her? What would you do if you find Maya with a random guy laughing and drinking, and I label it as making friends?”
“That wouldn’t happen if Talia knew she is your mate.”, Maya said, and Jaeden facepalmed. Why can’t she stay quiet?
Dayson was obviously angry, and an angry Alpha doesn’t listen to reason.
Did Maya forget that werewolves are possessive?
Jaeden will start a fight in a heartbeat with a guy who dares to make a move on Maya, and Alphas have stronger animalistic instincts compared to other werewolves. Actually, Jaeden was surprised how Keith walked away unscathed after Dayson caught him with Talia in a secluded spot.
Dayson looked at Jaeden with an icy expression and spoke in a flat tone, “Take your mate from here because I don’t want to ruin our friendship by crippling her.”
Jaeden knew that Dayson is more dangerous when he speaks calmly in monotone than when he is raging, so he pulled Maya up to her feet and practically pushed her out of the study with haste.
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Dayson’s shoulders heaved as he tried to get a grip on his anger.
First Maddox brought up the point of taking away Talia, and now he remembered that Maya was the one who put Talia among unmated guys, more than once. What the hell? What was she thinking?
Maya would know how to extract herself from the situation where a drunk guy is making unwanted advances, but Dayson saw Talia’s panic when she tried to push away the guy in the Shifters nightclub and the drunk bastard wouldn’t budge. And then that cheery lovey-dovey mood with Keith at the lake. What would Talia do if Keith made a move on her? Would she refuse? What if Keith didn’t want to hear ‘no’ for an answer?
Just winning over Talia was hard enough because he had to chip away her insecurities carefully.
If people who are close to Dayson are against him, what can he expect from his enemies?
Dayson wanted to find Talia and snuggle until he calms down, but he didn’t want her to see him in this state. Rage rippled through him in waves, and he didn’t want to scare her.
He walked to the window and opened it. A fresh morning breeze hit his face, but he didn’t care to enjoy it.
Dayson pulled the gray polo t-shirt over his head and jumped out of the window.
Four paws landed on the neatly trimmed lawn and a majestic black wolf dashed into the forest, leaving rags of what used to be Dayson’s jeans behind him.
A good run will help him let out the steam. Hopefully.
After Dayson’s aggressive display, Jaeden and Maya went into their room to regroup.
“I messed up, right?”, Maya asked Jaeden.
He responded with silence.
Jaeden told her more than once that she was going too far, but she responded with, ‘you guys always stick to each other’, and continued doing her thing.
Maya is the smart one, and her schemes usually work without a hitch, but this time her own Alpha took the burn of her actions.
Both Maya and Dayson are hardheaded and willful, but Dayson is above Maya in the hierarchy, even though Maya is above Dayson in Jaeden’s heart.
To say that Jaeden is torn between the two is an understatement.
“Aren’t you going to comfort me?”, Maya asked.
Jaeden sat on the sofa and patted a spot next to him, for Maya to join him.
Once Maya was in Jaeden’s embrace, she spoke, “You know that I didn’t mean for Talia to sleep with some random guy, right?”
“Your intentions don’t matter, sweet cake. What matters is that you took Talia out twice, and both times Dayson found her with some guy getting his hands on her. If it was any other girl, we could find a way to pacify him, but Talia is his mate and things are not simple.”
“Why doesn’t he tell her they are mates? Don’t tell me you believe his crap how Talia will run away?”
“I don’t know how she would react”, Jaeden said with honesty. “But I know that she is his mate. And I also know that I wouldn’t want anyone to meddle in our relationship. Dayson can feel the bond and he is probably aware of her emotions so…”
“You are coming up with excuses for him.”, Maya cut him off.
“Excuses? At the end of the day, it’s his relationship. Will it fly or sink, it should be his doing. Or do you want to be responsible?”
Maya pressed her lips into a line. Of course, she didn’t want to be responsible.
To be honest, Maya didn’t think that things will escalate like this, but she didn’t like how Dayson was raging like it’s the end of the world. And he threatened to cripple her. That was a hard pill to swallow.
“Now what?”, Maya asked irritably. “Am I to hide until our Alpha calms down?”
Jaeden let out a long breath. “I hope that will be enough.”
“What do you mean?”
“Dayson is an Alpha. He might take your actions as insubordination; acts against Alpha and future Luna.”
Maya couldn’t believe this. “You are kidding, right?”
“Do you think I would joke about something like this? Talia and Dayson are mates and you exposed Talia to quite a number of guys.”
Maya didn’t deny it, but… “How is that insubordination?”
“You acted against your Alpha. Dayson has a small circle of people around him because he prefers trust compared to submission and you…”
“I blew it.”, Maya finished Jaeden’s sentence. “My intention was for Talia to see the world on her own, without Dayson’s shadow above her.”
Jaeden knew that Maya was thinking about Talia, but she made a mistake by neglecting Dayson’s existence. In a pack where Alpha’s word is law, Maya ignoring Dayson’s interests could be costly.
Maya was always a rebel, a free spirit who does what she thinks it’s right, and Jaeden loves that side of her. As her mate, he loves every side of her.
Jaeden hoped Maya will understand that as a Beta, she needs to consider how her actions are impacting the pack.
A pack is like an army and a lieutenant can’t act without considering the consequences.
“Dayson was backstabbed too many times and he has scars to prove it. On a scale of getting a girl out for some fun, what you did, was not much. But you are Beta, and your actions were against your Alpha.” Jaeden paused and picked his words for the next part. “If I’m Dayson, I would think about a variety of scenarios. What if we are facing a crisis with rogues, and you decide to do what you believe is best without considering how that might impact Dayson? If Dayson is indisposed, the whole pack will be vulnerable. We are not prioritizing Dayson because we worship him as our tyrant. Alpha is our pillar, and we are the foundation. In order for the pack to stay strong, it’s our duty to support our Alpha.”
Maya pouted at Jaeden’s words. Why is he making everything so dramatic?
But it’s true that Dayson is overly cautious and that he will rather cut off suspicious people than have them nearby and risk their betrayal; and for Dayson, what Maya did, might be interpreted as a betrayal.