Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
Dayson gritted his teeth while thinking how Cassie and Alpha Richard will pay for this. How dare they put a target on Talia’s back!? It was one thing when Maddox told Dayson about it earlier that morning, but now that he heard it from some sketchy strangers, Dayson felt the urgency to deal with the situation.
Another worrisome thing was that the leader of their group was contemplating getting his hands on Talia.
The guys confessed that they saw Dayson with Talia during lunch, but they were not sure if she is the target because she was the MVP of the tournament and other Alphas were also present. However, when they spotted Dayson and Talia in the evening, that confirmed Talia is the girl they were looking for.
Dayson’s heart was racing. If they were following them, doesn’t that mean they know that Talia is at the bonfire?
“We need to go…”, Dawn told Talia while tugging on her arm.
Talia was swept away in dancing, and she needed a moment to comprehend that Dawn and Zina were next to her, urging her to leave.
She had no intention of going anywhere without an explanation.
“Where are we going?”, Talia asked.
“Alpha mind-linked us.”, Zina said in a hushed voice. “Everyone who can’t fight needs to move to safe houses. He told us to take you with us.”
“What? Why?”
“We don’t know why.”, Dawn said. “As Omegas, we need to follow orders. There is a security issue, and we can’t fight. If we linger and things escalate, we will only be in the way.”
Talia looked around and noticed that the number of women dancing reduced visibly. Does that mean the festival is over? What about Dayson?
Talia glanced in the direction where Dayson was, and she only saw a bag where he used to stand.
“Come on, we need to move.”, Zina pulled on Talia’s hand. “Don’t run. We don’t want to alert outsiders. You never know if troublemakers are watching us.”
“My bag…”, Talia cried while looking behind, in the direction where Dayson used to stand.
“Leave things. Safety first.”, Dawn said and pushed Talia to move.
Talia moved robotically while anxiousness swelled inside her.
Troublemakers? What if something happens to Dayson? What if he gets hurt?
Talia was never in such a situation, and she had no idea what to expect.
“Do these things happen often?”, Talia asked.
“Don’t worry too much.”, Dawn said with a comforting smile. “It’s probably nothing.”
Talia didn’t believe her. “If it’s nothing, why do we need to leave?”
“Our Alpha doesn’t want to risk anyone’s safety. We have these drills regularly. They will investigate and let us know when it’s OK to return to our routine.”
Talia didn’t like this. She didn’t like it, not even a little bit.
Why does she need to hide?
Sure, she can’t fight, but hiding and waiting for things to settle while Dayson and others are risking their lives didn’t sound right.
She was imagining a fierce fight and numerous guys jumping on Dayson and her heart ached. What if baddies have weapons? What if there are too many of them?
Yes, Dawn and Zina said that it’s nothing, but if it’s nothing, why would Dayson leave that bag behind?
The bag! What if someone takes it?
Blackie and Cinna are there, and the insulated lunch bag that has food and juice and a hundred dollars in ten dollar bills that Stephanie gave her and Talia still didn’t get to use any of it.
How can Talia face Stephanie if she loses that bag?
Cinna is her first toy ever and Blackie is a plushie that Dayson won for her.
Each and every item in that bag was precious to Talia and she had to get it.
But Talia knew that Zina and Dawn won’t let her go back. They were moving through the people on Alpha’s orders and Talia used the crowd to give them a slip.
Talia moved to the left to disappear between the people and then she turned and dashed back to get her bag.
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Dayson worked swiftly with his warriors. With children, elderly, and non-fighting members out of the way, and many warriors mixed among the people, they could easily identify their own pack members. That didn’t guarantee that some of them are not traitors, but it narrowed down the list of suspects significantly.
Dayson also reached out to Alpha Maddox, Axel, and other Alphas, asking them to do the same.
In less than one hour, Dayson had five people sent to the dungeon to be interrogated.
Dayson was pleased to confirm that one of those five people was the main contact to two sketchy characters that general Ryder caught in the forest.
Dayson’s men knew that the priority will be to find out why those men were at the festival and with whom they worked. Dayson was confident that he will get a report as soon as they find something, no later than the next morning.
It was not the first time for the Shadow Fang pack to go through this exercise as it’s not uncommon for them to have spies infiltrating and rogues attacking.
This was like a fire drill but with werewolves and on a scale of a whole town.
With that business settled, Dayson mind-linked Zina and Dawn to confirm their location and to tell them to stay put, and then he went to go to the safe house, to get Talia.
Dawn and Zina were contemplating escaping the safe house, or maybe escaping the planet, but they had a feeling that they can’t escape their Alpha no matter where they go.
He told them to watch over Talia and to take her to the safe house, and they failed. The two of them huddled in the corner and waited for their doom.
Dawn and Zina looked like their souls were about to leave their bodies when Dayson appeared at the door. Most of the people left the safe house by now, so it was just the three of them in the room.
Dayson glanced around and his face darkened. “Where is she?”
Zina inhaled a shaky breath. “We lost her.”
Dayson was sure that his ears malfunctioned. “You what?”
“On our way here…”, Dawn spoke in a shaky voice. “We lost her. We went back to find her, but it was in vain. Talia disappeared.”
Dayson told himself not to panic. Even he was unable to find Talia (more than once), so he shouldn’t expect that two Omegas could accomplish where he failed.
Actually, Talia escaped under Dayson’s nose (more than once), and even his own warriors had difficulty finding her. She might be weak and skinny, but Talia is not easy to capture.
It was only about one hour, and his warriors were surrounding the Darkbourne, checking everyone who was entering and leaving the perimeter, via the road or through the forest.
Dayson was confident that Talia was still in town. Every person living in Darkbourne belongs to the Shadow Fang pack. If Zina and Dawn lost Talia, there is a chance that someone else offered Talia a place to hide. After all, Talia is the MVP of the tournament, and many would recognize her as such.
Dayson was confident that Talia is somewhere of her own free will. If she was in distress, he would feel it through the mate bond.
But, where could she be?