Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
She thought that coming home will give her a breather, but Talia’s presence was unexpected.
Lisa didn’t like that Talia was here, acting like she owns the place, but she hated the most that everyone seemed to like Talia for some unknown reason. How Lisa saw it, there was nothing special about Talia.
And how is it possible that Talia knows all those impressive people?
Lisa pushed herself into a seated position and reached for her tablet.
She avoided going online because she didn’t want to see messages and emails from her friends, and she definitely didn’t want to see news related to Tony and Kalina, but now she had to check something.
Lisa navigated to the web page of WW Magazine (the source of news and gossip for the werewolf community) and Lisa’s stomach cramped into a hundred painful knots when she saw that trending topic was the newly mated couple, Tony and Kalina.
There was a photo of Tony and Kalina holding each other, locked in a gaze full of emotions, and on their left and right were Alpha Magnus and Luna Alicia.
Lisa wiped the tears with the back of her hand. That was her spot, damn it!
She looked at the next trending topic and she saw that it was related to Alpha Dayson and Talia (aka Lia).
Lisa couldn’t believe that there were several articles covering Dayson and his date for Kalina’s Luna announcement ceremony. There were photos of them in various intimate poses that showed how Talia is much more than just Dayson’s assistant. They were feeding each other, dancing, kissing
What the hell?
Jealousy swelled inside Lisa.
Talia was on those photos smiling not only with Dayson, but with Mindy and Kalina, and Lisa could clearly see that they were sitting at the same table and having a blast. The caption under the photo was: “New generation that will shape our society”.
Lisa gritted her teeth while looking at the smiling faces that seemed to mock her misery.
That was supposed to be her!
She was supporting Tony for years! How can she be forgotten overnight?
Why was no one seeing Kalina as an impostor?
Lisa never liked Mindy. On a few occasions they met, Mindy always acted high and mighty, treating Lisa like air.
And Talia Lisa’s insides burned, and she thought that she might vomit from anger. How can a lowly Omega end up with so much glory?
To sprinkle salt on Lisa’s wound, since Tony found out that Lisa was not his mate, Tony didn’t bring Lisa to any of those high-profile events. Lisa became invisible, but she swallowed it all while convincing herself how Tony will realize that she is the best choice to be his Luna, and then all her suffering will be worth it.
Kalina showed up and ruined everything!
Lisa imagined her Luna party many times. The mood would be good, Tony would hover around her, and everyone would want to suck up to future Luna Lisa.
Unfortunately, those were just dreams because the reality was that when the day of that party came, Kalina took Lisa’s place, and Tony celebrated with hundreds of people, while Lisa was drowning in her sorrow.
Where is justice?
Then next morning
Talia and Dayson were in bed, holding each other and discussing their plans for the day.
Normally, they would spend the day together, but Dayson had several things to handle outside the packhouse, and considering that Talia was making arrangements as the host for their guests, it was inevitable that they will spend some time apart.
“Rose will wait for you after breakfast to get instructions about the rooms.”, Dayson told Talia.
Dayson could feel Talia’s displeasure at the mentioning of Rose, but unless Talia spoke up, he was determined to push Rose in front of Talia. He was hoping that Talia will tell him what’s wrong with Rose, but she just sighed with a “Fine”.
“If something is bothering you, you can tell me.”, Dayson urged her.
Talia didn’t want to tell him about her interaction with Rose. Actually, other than being nosy and scarcely dressed, Rose didn’t do anything wrong. Sure, that irked Talia, but she didn’t want to nitpick.
“I was just thinking about Lisa.”, Talia diverted the topic.
“What about her?”
“I’m sure that she is uncomfortable with Tony and Lina coming here.” Talia looked up at Dayson. “You said that you will talk to her.”
Dayson made a face. He really didn’t want to talk to Lisa, but he promised to Talia so “After breakfast, I need to do rounds with warriors. It should be done within an hour and after that, I will talk to Lisa. Or after lunch. Today, definitely.”
“Are you procrastinating?”, Talia asked in a teasing voice.
“Me? No. I’m just… prioritizing.”, Dayson responded matter-of-factly. “Soothing Lisa’s heartbreak is not on my list of important tasks, but I know that you want to avoid drama when Tony and Kalina come so I will talk to her today.”
Talia’s heart was moved. He was doing it for her. Can he be any sweeter?
Dayson thought how Talia was adorable, thinking about the comfort of others, like a real Luna she is.
“You shouldn’t worry too much about Lisa. She will get over it. After all, she is young with plenty of time to find her mate, and until then, Lisa has a loving mother, and all the resources she wants.”
“But she doesn’t have Tony.”, Talia said.
“You are talking like you know how it feels to be dumped.”
Dayson frowned while thinking that someone would dare to dump Talia. And then his frown deepened at the thought that Talia had a romantic interest. Dayson felt an urge to spill the blood of Talia’s imaginary ex-boyfriend.
Talia was not sure why Dayson was frowning, so she quickly explained, “I don’t know how it feels to be dumped, but I know that it’s easy to get used to good things in life. You might think that Lisa will look at her situation objectively, but she is hurt, and the only thing she can think of is what she lost when Tony found Lina.”
“True. But it’s up to a person if one will succumb to negativity or focus on the positives. Every situation has two sides. When my parents died It was hard. But I focused on the living people who needed me to tell them that things are going to be alright. Whenever I thought about giving up, I imagined what would happen with my people if I failed to guide them as their Alpha. If I was weak, other packs would divide my land and my people, and I believed that if that happens, then the people who killed my parents truly won.”
Talia didn’t breathe while absorbing every Dayson’s word. She knew that he was opening up to her and this was important.
Seeing that Talia’s honeyed eyes were waiting for him to continue, he tapped the tip of her nose with his index finger before saying, “Lisa needs to decide if she will stay in that room and feel sorry for herself, or will she come out and do something. No one can make that decision for her. By continuing with her current behavior, Lisa is only harming herself and her loved ones.”
Talia thought how Dayson was wise. “You should tell that to Lisa.”
Dayson cocked an eyebrow at Talia. “Do you really want to talk about other women while we are in bed, naked?”
Talia swallowed hard when she felt his erection pressing on her lower belly. They were having a serious conversation, but now it took a sudden turn.
“I thought we were talking about our plans for the day.”, Talia said, slightly breathy.
Dayson smiled slyly. “Yeah. We discussed what we will do after breakfast, but there is still this gap before breakfast that needs to be filled with activities.”
Talia wanted to say how they don’t have so much time until breakfast, but before she could say anything, her arms already moved around Dayson and his toe-curling kiss erased any thoughts that were not related to Dayson, Talia, or the bed they were on.
…
With Jaeden back in the packhouse, breakfast was lively again.