Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
And this is mate. If he stays close to her, he WILL fall for her. Completely. She will manipulate him, and he will be happy to do cartwheels every time she feels like watching a circus. Isn’t that dangerous?
Dayson decided to leave these thoughts for later. Or maybe for never.
The best thing to do is to focus. He came here for a reason. Once he completes his task, he will leave and forget that he ever saw that copper-colored hair, and those big doe eyes.
To keep himself busy, Dayson grabbed his laptop and started working.
He is a busy Alpha and there is always something that requires his attention.
…
Later that afternoon, Marcy came to Dayson’s room again.
He was working and he acknowledged her presence with only a quick glance.
Marcy understood that whatever he did, it was something important, and she didn’t want to interrupt.
Marcy sat on the sofa chair opposite Dayson and observed him in silence. This gave her ample time to take in his features, and the more she looked at him, the more attracted she was. Dayson is very handsome, and his stern expression while focusing on work left her breathless.
She could literally feel the power radiating from him, and she was excited at the thought that she will be his Luna. Marcy will be able to walk with her head held high and no one will dare to look down on her because her possessive Alpha will grind them into a meat paste.
Marcy found her favorite pastime: staring at Dayson.
She could do that all day and not get bored of it. Occasionally, the image of George would show up at the back of her mind, but Marcy suppressed it quickly. She is the princess. How can an Omega compare to an Alpha?
Marcy wondered why Dayson didn’t ask about the girl who interrupted them earlier that day.
She would tell him that she found out it’s a lowly girl who hides in the attic and no one likes her. Omegas told Marcy that Talia is sneaky and skims at work, and Marcy went to deal with her only to find that the door of the attic was locked. Marcy used her sweet voice, and after a short persuasion, Talia opened the door, and then Marcy showed Talia her place.
Marcy was confident that Dayson would approve how she dealt with the scrawny girl who intruded on their time, but he didn’t ask about it, so Marcy assumed that Dayson already looked at her as his Luna, someone who would deal with issues within the pack and not disturb him. She liked that.
‘KNOCK! KNOCK!’
The light knocks on the door sounded louder than normal in the otherwise silent room.
“Alpha Dayson, dinner will be served in ten minutes…”, a female voice was heard from the outside.
Marcy stood up and opened the door.
“Thank you for letting us know…”, Marcy said to the Omega who was flustered. “Tell mother that will be there on time.”
The Omega nodded fervently, like chicken pecking rice, and left with hurried steps.
Dayson smirked when he noticed Marcy’s prideful posture. By answering the door, Marcy sent a message that she was in his room, and she spoke for both of them, like they are a couple.
This confirmed his suspicion that Marcy is not a simple girl.
‘Jaeden…’, Dayson called his Beta through their mind link. ‘We need to wrap this up quickly. We are leaving tomorrow morning.’
‘I thought…’
‘Tomorrow morning.’, Dayson interrupted Jaeden.
Dayson confirmed that both Alpha Edward and Marcy are scheming something, and he didn’t want to stay longer than necessary.
If all goes according to plan, by tomorrow morning he will tarnish Marcy’s reputation and find out more about Alpha Edward’s plans. After that, they will leave.
The additional complication was the copper-haired girl. Her existence made Dayson restless. That girl was an unexpected variable and for the first time in a long time, Dayson was not sure how to deal with the situation.
Dinner was similar to lunch, with the addition of Alpha Edward, his son James, and Beta Raymond joining them.
The sitting arrangement was different, with Alpha Edward at the head of the table, Dayson on his right, and Marcy sitting next to Dayson.
‘What happened?’, Maya asked Dayson through the mind link.
‘Why do you think that something happened?’, Dayson responded with a question.
‘Because Marcy is talking to you and you are not acknowledging her presence.’, Maya responded.
Dayson realized that she was right. Marcy was talking something, yet he was spacing out. He was not even sure what he was eating.
Dayson forced himself to focus. It’s not like him to be absentminded.
‘What did you find on Marcy?’, Dayson asked both Maya and Jaeden.
Jaeden responded. ‘Nothing we could use. She came back a few days ago from Europe, and since then she is the perfect daughter of an Alpha.’
Dayson frowned. ‘What does that mean?’
‘Marcy obeys her parents and does what she is supposed to do. She is not even bullying the servants.’, Maya said. ‘Alpha’s daughters are usually haughty, but maybe life with humans changed Marcy’s personality and she is kind.’
Dayson glanced at Marcy and smiled while talking to Maya and Jaeden. ‘Keep digging. Contact our people in Europe and see what they can find out. Marcy is a white lotus, and I don’t believe that she has no skeletons in her closet.’
‘Aye-aye, boss!’, Jaeden responded jokingly. When he saw Dayson frowning at him, Jaeden cleared his throat and said seriously, ‘I’m on it. Don’t worry. Our people are already working on it, from the moment Elder Parker sent his first request. I will tell them to prepare reports and by morning we will know exactly what this Miss was doing in Europe in the last ten years…’
Their plan was to find dirt on Marcy and discredit her as Dayson’s Luna. In this way, they will slap Alpha Edward and Elder Parker as well. This strategy has yielded the best results so far.
Sure, Dayson can just reject Marcy and skip these silly games, but that will label him as a rebel, and other than, “Because I felt like it”, he won’t have any other explanation for his outrageous behavior while Alpha Edward can accuse him of being unreasonable and bullying Marcy.
Alpha Dayson is a powerful Alpha, and members of his pack respect him, but there are many who are lurking in the shadows and waiting for Dayson to cross the line, to make a mistake, to provoke someone he shouldn’t… and Dayson is aware of this.
Normally, Dayson would be more enthusiastic about this play. After all, Marcy is a fine-looking she-wolf, and pretending for a day or two to indulge Alpha Edward will pay off several folds once Dayson bares his teeth. But today, Dayson was restless and he couldn’t wait to get out of this situation where he doesn’t have full control.
After dinner, they all moved to the living room where desserts and drinks were served.
Jaeden and Maya had a mission, and after one drink they went to take a stroll in the garden before heading to bed.
Before calling it a night, Jaeden and Maya will roam through the packhouse of the Red Moon pack, looking for an opportunity to eavesdrop on some conversations from the Omegas, or maybe even join in and ask questions.
Dayson’s wolf was fidgety, craving to inhale the sweet citrusy scent of freesia and locate its source, despite Dayson telling him how that’s not going to happen.
After an unknown measure of time, Dayson stood up abruptly. “I will retire for the night.”
Everyone looked at Dayson with confusion obvious on their faces, but Dayson pretended like he didn’t notice.
He turned to Alpha Edward. “I hope that after breakfast we can continue our discussion from this afternoon.”