Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
“Mindy!”, Maddox shouted. “This is not the time for your feminist crap! Tanya is not some random girl. She is my mate. Your future Luna! Do you know what the consequences are if she rejects me!?”
Mindy narrowed her eyes defiantly. “Shouldn’t YOU worry about those consequences?”
Maddox balled his hands into fists. “If you are not my sister, you would end up in the dungeon for plotting against your Alpha and future Luna. Behave or I will send you home, and you can guess which side our parents will take after I tell them that I found my mate and you were not supportive.”
Mindy was dejected. She was tired of always being reminded how Alphas have all rights while she needs to follow orders. “You messed up, why would I help you clean up?”
Maddox closed his eyes and exhaled sharply. Mindy was always a willful she-wolf, and he either supported her or didn’t care because he saw her as his little sister, a cute pup that is all bark and no bite, but this time he had enough.
“Damn it, Mindy! Why are you always opposing me?”
“How did I oppose you?”
Maddox narrowed his eyes at Mindy dangerously. “Do you think I’m stupid? Do you think that all the shit you say behind my back doesn’t reach my ears? I can only imagine you girls making a sistership circle around Tanya like I am some kind of a villain who should be castrated.”
His nostrils flared in anger. “Do you think it’s a good quality to say whatever comes to your mind? Look around, Mindy. How many long-term friends you have? Why are Claire and Rachel avoiding you? How long will this group of women tolerate your brash way of talking? Yes, you are only telling the truth, but you are not a child anymore and you should learn that some things should be left unsaid. Your words matter and they can cause harm. I allowed you to tag along with me because mom and dad pestered me, but if I knew it will explode in my face, I would leave you behind regardless of the consequences. Go and manage your charities and leave me alone.”
Maddox’s voice shook as he struggled to suppress his rising temper as he continued, “I fail to understand why would you side with a bunch of women you just met and disregard me? Do you even know what happened, or did you just assume that I hurt my mate because I am an asshole? I don’t expect you to help me, but at least don’t work against me. Why do you have so much hate when it comes to men in power? Aren’t you benefiting from being part of the Alpha family? Why can’t you see me as a brother? If my own sister won’t speak up for me or show respect an Alpha should get, how can I expect others to think of me as anything more than a scoundrel?”
Mindy looked at Maddox whose rage was turning into sorrow as his fierce glare was replaced with disappointment and her eyes prickled from tears that were threatening to fall.
She wanted to tell him that he was wrong, but she couldn’t.
…
Mindy’s gaze fell on the carpet between the two of them as his words echoed in her mind and she remembered the last few hours.
Mindy didn’t say anything bad about Maddox in the van or during their shopping in the mall, but she said some quite nasty things before he came down for breakfast. Why did she say those things?
Maddox is a brother to her, but he is an Alpha to everyone else and she failed to give him the respect that his position as an Alpha demands or the love a sister should give. And she knew that Maddox was right if she was not his sister, her careless way of talking would get her in trouble many times before.
If she didn’t speak about Maddox as a womanizer, maybe Tanya wouldn’t just leave without giving him a chance to explain things when those two she-wolves appeared.
And in the van, she didn’t speak up for him either because because because she assumed that he is an asshole who hurt his mate.
This was the first time for Mindy to see Maddox so upset, but what stung fiercely was the grief that laced his every word. She really messed up.
Maddox was her older brother and she always saw him confidently moving forward, celebrating his victories, and brushing off failures like they were not important because he would stand up and try again and again until he overcomes that challenge.
She believed that there was nothing that can diminish his spirit, and now she confirmed that she was wrong.
Tatiana was important, probably the most important thing Maddox encountered so far, and instead of supporting him, Mindy made it worse.
Will saying sorry fix anything?
Mindy looked up only to see an empty doorframe.
Maddox left without punishing her and that created painful knots in her stomach.
If he shouted more or maybe if he hit her a few times she would have a reason to be resentful and to say that he was bullying her, but now she was left alone, feeling deflated with this feeling of guilt that was eating her alive.
In the master bedroom on the third floor of the packhouse
Dayson kept the shopping bags on the ground and started peeking into them like a child looking for candies.
“Where is the thing you bought for me?”
Talia giggled and pushed him to sit on the sofa. “Wait a minute. Let me find it.”
She didn’t want to tell him that girls went lingerie-shopping and if he sees it now, it will spoil the surprise.
Dayson was super-excited. Talia bought something for him! Whatever it was, he will treat it as a treasure. “What did you get?”
Talia shook her head helplessly. She realized that Dayson doesn’t have a neutral state. Everything he does is extreme. Happiness, anger, dejection, playfulness, jealousy, whatever it is, it’s maxed out. And right now, Dayson was impatient.
She hoped that he will like the coffee mug she picked for him. Girls suggested that she buys Dayson a necktie and other clothing items, but she was not sure if he will wear those, so she went with a mug. It came with a matching pen, so it was a set.
Did she really buy so many things? And they were wrapped in colorful tissue paper that made it difficult to find something specific.
The mug was white with a silver outline of a wolf, and when a hot beverage gets poured in, the ceramic will heat up and turn black, emphasizing the outline of a silver wolf howling at the moon that’s not visible when the mug is cool and white.
Talia knew that Dayson enjoys his morning coffee and she really-really hoped that he will use the mug she got him.
She was nervous.
…
While waiting for Talia to find the right item, Dayson saw on the sofa two plush toys. Blackie and Cinna.
He glared at Cinna. Will he ever be able to get rid of that wretched toy that came with the ghost of coach Keith?
At the sight of all the shopping bags and colorful tissue paper, Dayson got an idea.
Cinna is on the smaller side. Would it be strange if she accidentally ends up lost in those bags and colorful paper, and gets trashed? That sounded like something that could really happen. And Omega in charge of the cleaning will take the trash out tomorrow and no one will find her. Ever!
But for that, he needed more bags and tissue paper, and then he will ‘accidentally’ push Cinna into one of the empty bags and stuff the colorful paper on top. Brilliant!
Dayson groaned. “You are too slow! Let me help you get things out.”
Talia couldn’t believe him.
“Wait! Wait!”, Talia exclaimed while slapping his hands away from the bags. “You should learn to be patient.”
Damn it! Dayson cursed internally. Talia is doing everything neatly and is not allowing him to make the mess that will sweep Cinna away.
“Let me open something.”, Dayson insisted.
Talia didn’t understand what got into him. Why can’t he sit tight for a minute?
She remembered that Mindy delivered a mini-mountain of presents and Talia kept them on (and around) the sofa chair. Dayson didn’t enter their bedroom until they returned from the Shifters nightclub, and the morning was busy so no one paid attention to those presents.
“Why don’t you open your gift from Mindy while you wait?”
Dayson was alerted. “A gift from Mindy? Why would she give me anything?”
“She got us matching wristwatches.”, Talia explained while putting two boxes in front of him. “This one is for you.”
Dayson was interested. “Matching wristwatches?”