Chapter 275 – Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

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“Do you come here often?”, Talia asked Dayson, feeling the lack of conversation p**ssing on her and making her anxious.

The silence bet**en them used to be pleasant, but now she felt the urge to distract herself with chatter.

“There was a time when I would come here almost every day.”, Dayson responded. “I made many decisions here.”

“It’s peaceful. Good place for thinking and deciding.”, Talia said.

“That’s true, but decision-making had nothing to do with the ambiance.”

Talia looked at him questionably, and he explained, “There were cases when I knew what I should do, but I didn’t want to. Mostly related to the pack business.”

“Like fighting another Alpha?”, Talia guessed.

Dayson thought for a moment before responding. “Whenever I received an official challenge, I knew that I will be facing three possible outcomes.

The first one is that I lose, and he takes over my pack. I would be either killed or crippled, and neither of those two was appealing. The second option is that I defeat him and leave him alive.

Alpha wouldn’t be able to live with that shame, and the only way out of it is to get revenge. It took me a few duels to realize that leaving the enemy alive is stupid because they keep coming back until one of us can’t fight anymore. And the third choice”

“Is to kill him.”, Talia said instead of Dayson.

Dayson feared that Talia will see him as a monster, but her emotions told him that she felt sorry for him. Yeah. That’s his Talia. Always finding good in people, even when they are set to kill.

…

Talia felt her heart tightening. She had no idea what Dayson’s state of mind would be when he faced a situation knowing he will need to kill a person or be killed by end of the day.

There was a time when she thought that Dayson is scary and ruthless, but now she knew that he has a kind and gentle side, and she was aware that Dayson wouldn’t extinguish life without a reason.

“Did you come here to calm down before duel?”, Talia guessed.

“In a way.”, Dayson said. “This place helps me put things into perspective and understand what’s important and with my parents here, I would imagine they would approve of my choice.”

Talia was surprised to hear that Dayson would look for his parent’s approval. She saw Dayson as a confident Alpha who is always looking forward and doesn’t need anyone’s support, but then he started leading a pack before he was ready, and he needed someone to assure him he was doing a good job, even if that someone was long gone.

“Can you tell me more about it?”

Dayson glanced down at the water far below their feet. “What do you see?”

“Water. Mist. Rocks.” She focused on the details. Dayson’s exp**ssion told her that she missed something. “What do you see?”

“Answers.”, Dayson said.

Talia didn’t get it. “What?”

“My options were to fight or not, and that would make a difference if I will kill my challenger or be killed. So, how do I steel my resolve and go into the fight prepared to kill?”

“How?”, Talia asked after a few endless seconds that were filled with the clamor of water.

“I would leave it to chance.”

“Chance?”

Dayson turned a bit to face Talia. “Like now. Should I fight for us or give up?”

Talia’s brows came together. Was he thinking of giving up on them?

But something was wrong with his exp**ssion.

Why was her heart aching?

Dayson put his hand on Talia’s cheek, his touch came with addictive sparks and Talia ended up leaning into his palm.

Dayson smiled a little. “If I am alive in a few minutes from now, I will fight for us and no one will stop me from loving you. Not even your wolf.”

Talia was still processing his words when he inched closer and pecked her l*ps once, twice, and then she opened her eyes and the whole world slowed down when she saw Dayson kicking off the rock and falling down the cliff until he disappeared in the white mist the waterfall created.

“Dayson!”, Talia shrieked as her blood froze.

A pair of shoes Dayson left behind on the rock confirmed he did that on purpose. It was NOT accidental!

Why the hell did he jump like that? No matter how good of a swimmer he is, there are rocks down there!

Talia’s anxiety swelled. Why was he not coming out?

He can’t die, right? He is strong and fast and a werewolf, for crying out loud!

With every passing second, knots in Talia’s stomach were increasing.

“IF YOU DIE, I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!”, Talia shouted.

She desperately fought to see his head full of raven-black hair emerging from the water, but her sight was blurry from tears.

What if he was hurt, or dead? What will she do without him?

For years, while hiding in the attic, Talia would pass time by daydreaming about finding her mate, a man who will love her unconditionally, and now that she found him, she gave in to her insecurities and ruined everything.

Suddenly, Talia realized what he meant by putting things into perspective.

Dayson was facing two bad choices, giving up on his life or taking another’s and he used this to leave it to fate if he should live or not. After all, if he died, it didn’t matter if it happened during a fight or like this.

And he said that if he survives this, he will fight for them.

In a way, Dayson was proving his sincerity because he declared that there are only two paths ahead of him; he will either be with Talia or forfeit his life.

Talia p**ssed her l*ps into a line. Isn’t she the same? Can she live without Dayson by her side? What’s the point of dwelling on the past when her soul is crying for his proximity? Isn’t she torturing herself and him by avoiding his touch?