Chapter 347 – Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

“Stop being such a worrywart.”, Kalina frowned at her sister. “What’s a life without some excitement?”

Tatiana cocked an eyebrow. “Some excitement? Didn’t you hear about murky waters and currents that make you disoriented so you get lost in kelp forest? Unless you are a fish, stay out of it. Or even better, tell Tony. If he agrees that you can go mermaid hunting, I will stay out of it.”

“No, no”, Maya was quick to interject. “Let’s not bring guys into this.”

Tatiana smiled smugly, feeling victorious. “And why is that?”

“Guys are overprotective. If it’s up to them, they will jump into a volcano and wrestle rattlesnakes, while keeping us under a glass bell.”, Maya said.

Talia agreed with this. She had a fresh memory of Dayson jumping into a waterfall and then shouting at her for doing the same.

“OK. OK.”, Kalina said while waving her arms between Tatiana and Maya to get their attention. “No more mermaid talk. We said that we are going into the water, so let’s get down to swimsuits.” She turned to Maya and mouthed, “Later”.

“I saw that!”, Tatiana snapped.

Kalina blinked at Tatiana innocently. “What did you see? There was nothing” She pulled her t-shirt over her head and got busy unbuttoning her shorts. Just like other girls, she had a swimsuit under her clothes.

Talia was fascinated by the tattoos that covered Kalina’s exposed back. As Kalina’s body moved, it looked like that artwork came to life.

…

“Are you sure that there are no stands for these umbrellas?”, Axel asked Dayson suspiciously.

“My Omegas searched for them, but they had no luck finding anything.”, Dayson responded with all the sincerity in the world.

Axel didn’t believe him. Dayson was standing on the side and enjoying Maddox’s struggles.

“The stands should be in the same place from where tables and umbrellas came. It’s obvious that they are a set.”, Axel said dryly.

Dayson nodded. “They should. However, it’s been ages since any of these were used, and over time things got lost. Don’t worry, I’m sure they will be found. Or if they are not, we can come up with something that will work.”

Dayson didn’t care about the stands. He asked Omegas to bring a large white canopy that they use in the garden of the packhouse when there is a gathering. That should provide shade for all their towels.

The canopy will arrive any minute, but Dayson didn’t want to reveal that because, just as Axel suspected, Dayson was enjoying Maddox’s struggles.

“I thought that your front is impressive, but your back is even better!”, Talia’s excited voice drifted toward Dayson and his ears perked up. Was she talking about him? Definitely!

He straightened his posture and puffed his chest so that she can get a better view of his back.

“That bird is beautiful”

Dayson’s brows came together. He has a lot of muscles, but he was not aware that any of them resemble a bird.

Dayson turned toward the direction where Talia was, and his expression darkened when he saw Talia fawning over Kalina. Damned tattoos!

By the time Talia finished visually inspecting Kalina’s tattoos, Mindy, Maya, and Tatiana were in the waist-deep water, passing a massive beach ball among each other.

“Are you two coming?”, Maya asked in a singing voice.

“I’m ready!”, Kalina exclaimed and dashed into the water.

Talia realized that she was the only one not ready. She unbuttoned the top three buttons of her dress and pulled her arms out before she shimmied out of the garment and flicked it with her foot on the towel.

Talia made a step toward the water when everything turned dark.

“Ahh!”, Talia screamed and started flailing her legs.

There was a fluffy fabric all around her and she lost her footing!

She didn’t fall, and there were two strong arms holding her, and something firm pressed on her back. Was she being kidnapped? In front of everyone!? And why was no one helping her!?

“Relax, kitten. It’s me.”, Dayson’s voice sounded close to her ear.

Talia was flabbergasted. Dayson? What the?

“I need to talk to you.”, Dayson said.

“Can you let me go first?”, Talia squeaked.

“Sure”, Dayson kept her down and she struggled to remove fabric that was obstructing her face.

It was a beach towel.

Talia was not happy. No matter what Dayson wanted, was there a need to wrap her in the towel and carry her? The beach was packed with people, and they all saw him acting like a kidnapper.

Talia wanted to keep the towel away, but Dayson was quick to grab it and wrap Talia in it from shoulders down.

“What are you doing?”, Talia asked while wondering what got into him.

Dayson looked at Talia and his brows furrowed while he scrambled to find an acceptable answer to her question.

He thought that his biggest problem was Talia admiring someone else’s body (aka Kalina’s tattoos), but then he saw her getting undressed and she was left in only a red bikini and how can he allow others to see her gorgeous body? That is only for him to see, damnit!

If he knew that it will be one thing after another, he would put a stop to the idea of an afternoon on the beach!

After a few torturously long seconds under Talia’s scrutinizing gaze, Dayson thought of something to explain his erratic behavior.

“Your skin is pale. You should cover up so you don’t get sunburns.”

Talia wanted to say that everyone else is down to their swimsuits and just fine, but then she looked at herself. She really was pale. Actually, every person other than Talia was tanned to some degree, and her skin appeared super-white among that bunch of people. That’s because she spent most of the time in the attic, and since she came to the Shadow Fang pack she was busy and didn’t go much in the sun.

Talia wondered if Dayson was right. Will her skin get sunburns?

She couldn’t imagine that he would lie about something like that, and his concern seemed genuine.

Talia was never like this in the sun, so she was not sure, but still “Even if I burn, I will heal quickly.”

Dayson shook his head, indicating how that’s not acceptable. “How can I allow you to suffer? Any scratch or burn on you hurts me thousand times over. I asked Omegas to bring sunscreen. Be good and stay with me until then.” Covered up. And there was no one coming with the sunscreen. Talia should just stay with him for the rest of the day.

Talia couldn’t believe this. “But they are playing with the ball now. By the time sunscreen arrives, the game will be over.”

Dayson was never so conflicted. He wanted Talia to be happy, but he couldn’t leave her so exposed for others to see either.

He got an idea.

“Here”, he reached to the side. “Wear my t-shirt. That should do it.” His t-shirt looked like a baggy minidress on her, so it was acceptable.