Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
‘Talia is sleeping. Considering her wounds, it’s important that she rests. We can shop tomorrow.’, Maya tried to reason with Dayson.
‘No. Do it today.’, Dayson was not relenting.
The truth is that he felt guilty.
He knew that Talia left because of the incident in the kitchen, and he thought that if Maya takes her shopping, Talia will feel better and not try to leave again.
The thought of Talia leaving was creating knots in his stomach.
She nearly escaped, and next time, he might not be so lucky to find her sleeping in the forest.
It was late afternoon when Dayson finished training and returned to the packhouse.
His shorts was sticking to his body, and his bare chiseled chest and abs were glistening due to all the sweat and he was itching for a shower.
Dayson heard Maya’s voice coming from the kitchen, so he took a detour, completely ignoring Cassie who was ogling at him.
“How did the shopping go?”, Dayson asked Maya, interrupting her talk with Omega who was stealing amorous glances at Dayson.
“We didn’t go.”, Maya responded.
Dayson frowned and continued through the mind-link, ‘I told you to go today.’
Maya was irked, but she knew better than to show it, so she plastered a smile. ‘Talia would not enjoy it if I dragged her against her will.’
‘Against her will?’ Dayson was confused. Every girl loves shopping.
‘Talia doesn’t want to leave her room and I don’t blame her.’
Dayson snorted and went to his room.
His steps halted in front of the door, and he went left instead of right.
Before opening the door, he listened carefully. Nothing.
He took a few sniffs and his anxiousness mixed with anger when he couldn’t pick up Talia’s scent.
Did she leave again?
Dayson opened the door abruptly and froze at the sight of Talia who was sleeping on the bed, curled around the pillow.
A slow breath escaped his lips and he backtracked out of her room.
Before closing the door, his sight fell on the empty plate where bread, fruits, and cheese were. He left them there last night.
The fact that Talia ate the food he left, made him feel a bit better.
Dayson went to his room and took a quick shower.
He returned to Talia’s room, but this time, with another plate of food that had fruits and croissants and it was wrapped in plastic wrap so that pastry doesn’t dry off.
Dayson sat on the bed and reached to hold Talia’s hand.
He really needed to touch her, the sparks confirmed that she is there and that she didn’t leave.
He looked at her sleepy face and didn’t move for a long time.
…
Cassie was irritated.
Dinner passed, and Dayson didn’t come down.
She saw him take a plate of food upstairs, the same how he did last night, and she knew that he took it to the third floor, but she assumed that it’s for him, because she was not aware that someone else is on Alpha’s floor (how Cassie calls it).
Only once Cassie made her way to the third floor, and Omegas told her that it’s not allowed, but when she ignored them, Alpha Dayson showed up and chased her away saying that only his Luna will get to climb there.
Well, isn’t that her? It’s only a matter of time, how Cassie sees it.
There are numerous she-wolves coveting Alpha Dayson, but Cassie is the only one who can stay in his packhouse. Doesn’t that make her special?
Cassie went to her room (on the second floor) and called her father.
“Daddy”, she whined. “Alpha Dayson is ignoring me again.”
“What did you do, pumpkin?”
Cassie pouted while trying to think about what she did to offend him. “I really have no idea. Last night, I apologized and he was fine, but then he was not.”
“Hmm…”, Alpha Richard hummed. “Did something happen while he was fine?”
“We went together to get drinks in the kitchen, and there was a girl stealing food. I called her out and she left with that pesky Beta.”
“What did Alpha Dayson do?”
“He asked me if I think that his pack members need to steal food.”
“And? Do you think they need to steal?”
“No, I don’t. But that girl was sneaking in the dark. If she was not stealing, what else was she doing?”
“Sweetie, you are looking at this wrongly.”
“Huh?” Cassie was confused.
“You want to be the Luna of the Shadow Fang pack, right?”
“Why are you always asking me that, daddy?”, Cassie groaned.
“I’m reminding you why you are there.”, Alpha Richard responded. “If you want to be his Luna, you should act like one.”
“I don’t get it.”, Cassie admitted. “Alpha Dayson prohibited me from calling myself his Luna.”
“This is not about titles but about behavior, pumpkin. Luna is the mother of the pack. If her children are hungry, she will provide for them, and not call them out on stealing. You need to be compassionate and gentle. Show him that you can be a good Luna for his pack…”
Cassie listened intently.
She knew what her father was saying, but she didn’t want to be the Luna in order to pamper others.
She is after the power and prestige which comes with that position. She dreams about standing proudly next to Dayson.
Omegas should have their duties and their mealtimes, and that doesn’t include eating from the packhouse because that is for high-ranking members. Any Omega in the packhouse is there to work, and not relax and have snacks.
But she knew that her father was right. No matter what her end goal is, she needs to put on a good façade. After she secures her spot, she can do whatever she wants.
…
Dayson stayed in Talia’s room until she started stirring.
He knew that she will wake up and he wanted to talk to her, to ask for an explanation.
Why did she go to the forest? Didn’t he tell her to stay put?
Was she running away, or warning him that she can leave without him noticing?
A part of him feared the answers.
He didn’t want to hurt her, but if Talia says that she wants to leave, Dayson was not sure how he would react.
While she was missing, he was spiraling into insanity while anger and fear consumed him, and if she says that it was on purpose, he might snap.
And why did she refuse shopping? Was she punishing him by refusing him the chance to repent?
At that moment, Dayson decided to leave.