Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
He k**sed her forehead and thought about what caused this mess.
“I will delete all files that might upset you.”, Dayson said with finality.
Dayson didn’t need those files anymore, and he forgot about them, but then he forgot about many things since he recognized Talia as his mate.
It was just like jumping into the waterfall, when he faced something daunting, all the noise disappeared, leaving only important things in focus. Like Talia.
“You don’t need to delete them.”, Talia said. She wanted all that gone, but she also knew he held that ‘Evidence’ in case one of those women comes after him again.
“I want to.”, Dayson said with all the seriousness in the world. “You are the only woman in my life, the only one in my heart, and you will be the only one on my hard drive. There will be no more games. I am about to get married and I don’t want to risk upsetting my wife. I am grateful that she accepted me despite my dirty deeds, but that doesn’t mean she will tolerate if random things remind her that her husband has a past full of mistakes.” His l*ps lifted into a smile. “You see… my Mrs. Blake is a jealous woman.”
Talia would be glad if Dayson can erase all evidence of his previous hookups, including her memory. If she could believe that she was his first, just how he was hers, that would be perfect. But just deleting files won’t be enough. “What about Marcy?”
“Your wolf wanted me to deal with Marcy without announcing we are mates. I will do that.”
“Aren’t Elders working on getting Marcy to back off?”, Talia asked. After Elder Samson and Elder Charlie left the packhouse, Talia didn’t hear anything about them.
Dayson sneered. “They are a useless bunch of cowards who only care about saving their behind. If they were any good, I wouldn’t disband them as my advisors.”
“You are saying that they didn’t make any progress with declining Marcy’s visit.”, Talia summarized to what Dayson confirmed with a nod.
“As I was saying, I will deal with Marcy. If your wolf is anything like mine” Dayson paused. “Is she listening?”
“I don’t think so.”
Dayson cleared his throat awkwardly and Talia understood that Dayson wanted to badmouth her wolf, and he was afraid of consequences if her wolf finds out.
Dayson spoke in a low voice, “If your wolf is anything like mine, she will be a grumpy existence who looks down on others’ intelligence.”
Talia was surprised by this. She thought that her wolf was defending her, and that was not wrong, but under that protection was a condescending attitude as she looked at Dayson like he belongs to a lower species.
“I want your wolf to approve of me.”, Dayson said. “I don’t want you to fight with your wolf because of me and the best way to accomplish that is to indulge her. I will do what she asked and fulfill her conditions. Once she accepts me, things will be smooth.”
Dayson sounded magnanimous, but the truth was that he didn’t have a choice. If Talia’s wolf takes over again, the stubborn beast might reject Dayson as her mate and then he didn’t want to think about it.
The other option was to ensure that Talia’s wolf can’t take over, but that would include Talia overpowering her wolf, and Dayson didn’t want to put that p**ssure on Talia. Her wolf just returned, and they need to learn how to communicate with each other, how to shift from one form to another, and how to tap voluntarily into those mysterious powers her wolf carries, but the most important part for Talia will be to build a good relationship with her wolf because her life might depend on it. Literally.
Besides, Dayson is the one who messed up and he will own it.
Talia’s heart swelled with warm and fuzzy emotions. Dayson was willing to follow the ridiculous rules her wolf set, and he was doing all that for Talia. Of course, it was for her.
“Thank you.”, Talia said.
“There is no need to thank me. I’m doing it for us.”, Dayson said matter-of-factly.
Dayson decided to work on this as soon as possible. The sooner he starts, the sooner he will finish, and if he needs to wait for Talia’s wolf to soften up her attitude before he can mark Talia, there was not a minute left to delay.
Ah, if he knew it will end up like this, he would put his mark on Talia a long time ago, and then her grumpy wolf wouldn’t have a way to force him into this ridiculous game!
Dayson had no idea how to deal with rejecting Marcy without introducing Talia as his mate, as he had a feeling that saying how he doesn’t like Marcy won’t work. He needed something more solid.
This will be a disaster! Dayson was never the planning guy.
Dayson told himself to take this one step at a time. He had a starting point of Marcy coming to the Shadow Fang pack, and an endpoint where she will leave with the knowledge that she won’t be Dayson’s Luna, as for anything in-bet**en, Dayson will figure it out, eventually. Hopefully.
Talia put her hand on his cheek and her honeyed eyes smiled at him.
“Don’t overthink it.”, she said. “The important part is that we are together. My wolf didn’t say that I can’t help you.”
Talia was dazzled by the smile that bloomed on his face.
“If I knew that your determination to stick to me will soar after I jumped into the waterfall, I would do that a long time ago.”
Talia’s brows came together. “Don’t joke about it.”
“I am not joking, kitten. I would do anything for you to be with me.”
Talia p**ssed her l*ps into a line. “Promise you won’t do it again.”
“That will depend on circumstances.”
Talia understood that as a, no, for the promise. “You are blackmailing me.”
He didn’t deny it. “I told you. I would do anything. Blackmail included.”
“I’m sure you have other ways to keep me by your side.”
Dayson’s l*ps lifted into a sly smile. “That I do.”
Talia’s whole body shivered when she felt his hot palm gliding over her th**h higher, under her sk**t. And the fact that she didn’t wear any pa**ies only made her arousal swell faster.
She wanted to say how that’s not fair. He was using the sparks of their bond to muddle her head, but then he k**sed the base of her neck, where his mark should be, once, twice, and then his l*ps latched right there and he started s**king harshly, and Talia clutched his shoulders to steady herself because the whole world was spinning with her and Dayson at its center.
Dayson growled when the scent of her arousal hit him, and he was quick to unb**ton his pants and get on top of her.
“Mine”, Dayson sq***zed through his teeth while his scorching gaze bore into hers, making it impossible to break eye contact.
He was halfway in when he paused.
“Say that you are mine, kitten”, he demanded.
Talia squirmed under Dayson. Why did he stop moving? Ah, he wanted something “Yours. I am yours.”, she said breathily.
“Ahh”, a lustful sound escaped her l*ps when he was sheathed all the way in, just how she wanted him, hard and hot and deep inside her.