Chapter 272 – Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

Dayson was confident that Talia’s wolf can feel his emotions through the mate bond, but maybe regret doesn’t count after the harm was done.

The thought of him shagging Nora flashed from the back of his mind, preventing him from saying how he kept it in his pants since he met Talia. Damn it!

Talia’s wolf sneered. “Your conscience is not clean.”

Anxiety swelled within Dayson. Is she going to reject him?

“Don’t worry, I won’t reject you.”

Dayson paused. Can she read minds?

“I don’t need to read minds. It’s all over your face.”

Dayson was confused. Does this mean that she CAN read minds, or not?

“You are lucky that this girl loves you. You better prove your sincerity and be the man she needs. But if you harm her again, I won’t hesitate in taking her away. She is better on her own than with a cheating bastard like you.”

Dayson ignored the cheating comment. “How do I prove my sincerity?”

“Invite Marcy here and clear the air in front of everyone. If you mess up, there won’t be the next chance.”

And with that, the silver from Talia’s eyes disappeared and Talia slumped back into the chair, exhausted and covered in sweat like she just ran a marathon.

“Kitten”, Dayson rushed to kneel next to Talia, cupping her cheeks with desperation to see her loving eyes directed at him.

‘What did you do?’, Talia asked her wolf mentally.

‘I did what you should have done a long time ago. Mate or not, he doesn’t get to mistreat you. That is not why I gave my vitality so that you can survive.’, Talia’s wolf said, and Talia could feel through all that grumpiness genuine concern that moved her.

‘If you were not on the verge of collapsing, I wouldn’t come out, but it was too soon. I need to rest more. Don’t let him mark you until he deals with that slut, and if he just looks at another woman in the wrong way’, the voice drifted away.

‘Hello? Are you still there?’, Talia called, but there was no response.

Talia met Dayson’s icy-blue eyes full of questions and her chin shivered.

Her wolf woke up and took over, and even though Talia didn’t have control over her body, she was able to see and hear everything that happened.

Talia knew that Dayson has a past, and she thought that she made peace with it because they are mates and none of the women who passed through his arms previously matter, but that video was a bitter pill to swallow, and it made Talia die on the inside.

The feeling of his hand on her face, the same hand that fondled Marcy’s private parts, got Talia’s bile rising and she pushed his hands away.

“Don’t touch me.”, she said, her voice barely above a whisper.

She got up from the chair with difficulty and made her way around him.

“What are you doing?”, Talia asked when Dayson hugged her from behind.

“I took that video only to incriminate Marcy. I never slept with her.”

Talia snorted. “Was something wrong with Marcy? You slept with pretty much everyone else.”

“Not after I acknowledged we are mates.”, Dayson could say this with sincerity but he knew that was not enough. “I admit.

When I saw you the first time my wolf told me we are mates but I didn’t know what to do with that information. I didn’t understand what it means to discover your other half and until I met you, I was convinced that I don’t want a mate.

Two days later, I found you in the attic and I realized that I can’t move on without you. Your scent, the sparks, and the sudden need to care for you were overwhelming and I felt like a teenager who fell in love for the first time as every next day confirmed that you are my only one that matters.

Since you came to this packhouse, you were with me most of the time. If I was not working, I was with you. I didn’t touch any other woman, no matter how many of them were around me. You need to believe me.”

Talia’s heart ached as she was unable to erase from her mind graphic images and sounds of Dayson and Marcy, and the floodgates of her insecurities collapsed.

“I am trying to understand you, Dayson. I really am. But you need to understand me also. How would you feel if that was a video of me and some other guy touching me while I am saying how my body belongs to him and I want him to?”, Talia couldn’t finish. “I need space. This is suffocating. Let me go, Dayson.”

“Ask me for anything, except for that.”

In one swift move, Dayson turned Talia to face him, and his hug was tighter than before.

“I’m never going to let go of you, kitten, but if you are set on leaving, I can’t stop you. The only thing I will ask you is to take my heart with you because it’s yours. Everything I have and everything I am belongs to you.”, he spoke into her hair, just above her ear. “There is no point in overthinking this. Both of us know that there is only you and no one else. I know you are angry, scared, and disappointed. I can feel it. Curse me, hit me, do whatever you need to get it out of your system, but don’t leave me. I will endure your wrath gladly, do your worst.”

He really feared that she will give him a sl*p and he won’t find her.

“Just an hour ago, in this room, you promised that we will do everything together. Let’s deal with this together. I need you”, Dayson’s voice cracked as his desperation mixed with Talia’s anguish and Talia fisted his shirt angrily.

Talia was angry because she couldn’t tune out the negativity that surrounded her. She didn’t want to be cautious. She wanted to trust him. She wanted to believe that there is such a thing as a happy ending and that she will reach there with Dayson by her side.

Talia could feel Dayson’s sincerity and anxiousness and she knew he meant it. She knew that he loved her with every fiber of his being. She knew that he would give his life for her, and she would do the same for him. Why was that not enough?

She didn’t want to think about the past that can’t be changed or dread the uncertain future.

Talia spent most of her life alone and now she had a man who would do anything for her. Why can’t she just be happy?

“Let’s go.”, Dayson said.

“Where?”, she asked.

“Into the forest. Isn’t that a place where you go to calm down? Let’s go. Together.”

Yes, Talia wanted to leave the packhouse, and she was thinking about the forest, but “I will go alone.”

Dayson cupped Talia’s cheeks with his palms and planted a light k**s on her forehead. “We are mates, kitten. If you leave, I will look for you and not stop until I find you. You will never be alone because I will be with you, no matter where you go.”

With that, Dayson scooped Talia into his arms and carried her out of the study, down the hallway, outside of the packhouse, through the garden, and into the forest.

“Do you know where you want to go?”, Dayson asked.

“Not really. I would go wherever my legs carry me.”

“OK. I will pick a spot.”, Dayson said and increased his pace.