Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
‘Where are you!?’, Dayson roared into the mind-link.
‘Study.’, Maya responded before adding with difficulty, ‘Alpha, Talia found a video you took of Marcy.’
Dayson didn’t get it. What video? But there was no time to think about it. Talia was in trouble, and he was already running up the driveway and entering the packhouse.
Dayson stormed into the study, and he found Talia and Maya sitting at his desk.
Nothing would look out of place if not for Maya’s face that was pale as a sheet of paper, and she was drenched in sweat with her back curving down. She was not bowing in submission. It looked more like she wanted to k**s the floor, but her sitting position prevented her from doing so.
Talia’s exp**ssion was unreadable, but Dayson’s survival instincts kicked into overdrive, telling him that he was facing grave danger with every wave of Talia’s aura that washed on him.
“What’s going on here?”, Dayson asked while trying to read the situation.
Talia’s eyes moved to look at him, and Dayson paused when he saw specs of silver flashing in her honeyed eyes that were full of unshed tears.
“Maya, leave us”, Dayson said, and Maya stumbled off the chair, using her arms and legs to cross those endless several steps of distance and reach the exit.
Dayson closed the door behind Maya and turned to Talia.
“Kitten, what’s going on?”
His steps toward Talia halted when he faced her icy exp**ssion. That was not Talia he knew.
Talia’s mouth opened and it took her a second to make a sound, “I don’t know what bad karma this girl accumulated to have you as her mate.” Her voice was strained as she struggled to speak.
Dayson was taken aback.
He could feel his wolf trying to stir from his slumber and Dayson’s heart thundered wildly in his ch*st when he realized
“You are Talia’s wolf.”
Dayson swallowed hard at the hostility that was tangible. Surely, this must be a misunderstanding. Why would Talia’s wolf be aggressive toward him?
Dayson reminded himself to leave a good first imp**ssion. “Hello. My name is Dayson Blake. I am the Alpha of the Shadow Fang pack. As you probably know already, Talia is my mate. I was looking forward to you waking”
“Save it for someone who cares!”, Talia’s wolf cut him off angrily. “You are a stinky boy, not worthy to be her mate.”
Dayson was flabbergasted. This definitely confirmed that the hostility was real.
He was not sure what’s going on, but his instincts told him that if he retaliates, it won’t end well.
“I know. No one is worthy of Talia.”
“You are less worthy than the others. Promiscuous bastard.”
Anxiety swelled inside Dayson. He could clearly feel the loathing directed his way. “Unfortunately, I can’t do anything about my past. However, since Talia came to this packhouse, I didn’t touch any other woman.” This was the truth.
Talia’s wolf narrowed her eyes at him.
While Talia’s emotions went haywire due to the video of Marcy that Dayson took at the Red Moon pack, Talia’s wolf stirred right on time to hear Talia’s thoughts about how Dayson was at the Red Moon pack only three days, and that he bumped into Talia on the first day.
Even if Talia’s wolf ignores the fact that their first encounter included Marcy giving a blow job to Dayson, the timestamp on the file confirms that the video was taken one day AFTER Dayson and Talia met, and that is one full day AFTER Dayson identified Talia is his mate.
And Talia’s wolf found in Talia’s jumbled thoughts how Dayson said that since he met Talia, no other woman exists for him. If that was the truth, how could he touch Marcy like this? And who knows what else Dayson and Marcy did after the video was cut off?
Talia’s wolf doubted that a scoundrel like Dayson would pass on the chance to sleep with a naked she-wolf who was m**ning words like, “I want you to put your big c**k in my p**sy and f**k me hard, Alpha Dayson.” Disgusting.
No woman with self-respect will say such words aloud. And she knew that she was being recorded. Slut.
The only good thing was that Talia didn’t feel the bond at that time, because the pain of her mate being with another woman would be unbearable. Talia only watched a video and her heart shattered.
Talia’s wolf had no intention of letting Dayson get close to Talia.
“You recognized her as your mate before she came to your packhouse. Are you saying that the video of a naked woman begging you to f**k her while you fondled her generously was taken before you met your mate?”
Dayson’s brows furrowed in confusion. What video? Maya also mentioned a video, but nothing made sense.
After two seconds of silence, Talia’s wolf continued, “Are you pretending that you don’t know? Selective amnesia? How convenient.”
“I don’t know what are you talking about.”, Dayson said. “Since I met Talia”
Dayson’s voice trailed when Talia’s wolf rotated the monitor in slow motion for Dayson to see the screen.
It was a frozen video at the scene of Marcy’s bare ass and Dayson’s hand reaching at the cradle of her th**hs. Dayson’s face was not in the frame, but Dayson recognized the situation, and he knew that he is the other party involved.
He forgot about this.
Dayson cursed internally as pieces fell into place.
“This is not what it looks like. There is nothing going on bet**en Marcy and me. I will make sure that Marcy never comes here, and Talia won’t see her ever again.”
“Marcy”, Talia’s wolf said thoughtfully, like she was trying to memorize the name. “Will you tell this Marcy person that you found your mate?”
“Absolutely!”, Dayson said without missing a beat. “Not just to her, but to everyone.”
“Don’t.”, Talia’s wolf said curtly. “I don’t want you to label this girl as yours. She put her trust in you and this is what she got. Do you plan to humiliate her in front of everyone? How much will you hurt her until you are satisfied? You call yourself her mate but…”
Talia’s face scrunched into a grimace for a moment and the silvery glow faded. Dayson knew that Talia was fighting her wolf for control.
Things shouldn’t be like that.
Talia’s wolf should be her ally, her best friend, and not someone she fights against. And Dayson knew that the ongoing fight was because of him.
Dayson was convinced that Talia’s wolf coming out will solve their problems and not add more to them. And he felt like crap because his past actions were hurting both of them.
Talia had nothing to do with it, yet she was suffering over and over again because of him. Talia’s wolf was right. Dayson doesn’t deserve her but he was not willing to give up either. Nothing made sense without Talia.
Dayson was exasperated. He didn’t sleep with Marcy at all, and this video was only to expose Marcy! But he had a feeling that Talia’s wolf won’t listen.