Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
An image flashed of a young woman in a revealing red babydoll-style garment. Her face was hazy, but he knew that she was looking at him shyly. ‘Is it working?’, she asked. ‘You asked me if I’m trying to seduce you…’
Dayson blinked when the vision disappeared, and he realized he was hard. What the hell? Why did his body respond to that image? She was not tall nor super-curvy, yet he was confident that he has never seen a more attractive woman in his life.
He looked around the closet, trying to see if anything else will trigger more images, and when that didn’t happen, Dayson walked back to stand in the middle of the bedroom.
And there she was again, right in front of him, and this time he could see her face clearly. She had honeyed eyes and copper-colored hair and he heard himself talking, ‘I really want to kiss you, but I fear that you won’t like it. I fear that you will reject me. Tell me, kitten, can I kiss you?’
He rubbed his face with force. When on Earth was he the one to ask permission to kiss a girl? Dayson was not sure if the memory was real, but he knew that emotions were real. He was really afraid that she will reject him.
“Kitten…”, Dayson murmured and his eyes fell on the side table where a headband with cat ears was resting and somehow it made him think about an amusement park and sitting with a girl on his lap in the shade of a tree.
‘Old guy!’, Dayson shouted in his mind. ‘I need you to wake up and tell me what’s the truth!’ But his wolf didn’t respond. It was like he was not there at all.
Dayson turned to look at two plush toys, hoping they will tell him where they came from, but then he heard a female voice, ‘We don’t need to think about moving. Daddy Dayson won’t kick us out when he finds his Luna because it seems that’s me…’ And his heart cracked because he could feel her love and sincerity, and… he fucked up big time.
Dayson’s head hurt like it was about to split open, and he pressed his palms on his temples firmly when he fell on his knees as images flashed in front of his eyes, always the same girl, blushing, smiling, crying, bruised up, surprised, determined, bashful… and he knew her name, Talia.
Each of those images came with a surge of emotions and tugged on his heart, ripping it into pieces, and he really wanted to touch her and hold her and make things better because he could see her shock and feel her desperation as she called for him after he pushed her away in that cave.
He curled on the floor in the fetal position and chanted, “Talia… Talia…”
‘Don’t leave me… I promise that you will be my last. No one will come after you… Do you accept me as your mate willingly?… Say that you are mine… Do you trust me?… I would flip the heaven and earth to find you, and I wouldn’t stop until I do… I want to love you in every way possible…’, those were his words directed at the little woman who looked at him with eyes full of love and hope.
Even when she was scared and insecure, she chose to believe him and he betrayed her trust.
He said that he will protect her forever. She was his most precious person in the world, yet he left her behind in the enemy’s territory like she was not important. She told him they were hunted, that it was dangerous, and he left!
He was such an asshole!
Dayson had an urge to scream and howl, but he was unable to make a sound. His body refused to move, and then everything turned dark.
Talia ran up the stairs like the wind with Maya struggling to catch up to her.
Talia could feel Dayson’s pain clearly which came with his internal scream that threatened to break her heart into pieces. Regret. Sorrow. Desperation. Self-loathing. And she knew that he remembered, at least some of it.
“Dayson!”, she called from the door, and she crumbled to her knees by his side.
He was lying on the floor with a layer of dark mist around him.
‘What is this?’, Talia asked Liseli with her hands hovering an inch above Dayson, fearing that if she touches him she might make it worse.
‘He is fighting the dark magic.’
‘Can we help him?’
‘His Betas are watching.’, Liseli said. ‘I thought you wanted to keep your abilities a secret.’
Talia lifted her gaze to see Maya and Jaeden at the door with confusion and concern obvious on their faces.
‘It doesn’t matter.’, Talai said to Liseli.
Jaeden wanted to go by Dayson’s side, but Maya held him back. Somehow, she had a feeling that Talia’s got this.
Talia’s hands started glowing in silvery light that mixed with the dark layer around Dayson, making it turn grayish.
‘More, we need more…’, Talia urged Liseli.
Liseli didn’t respond, but Talia knew that Liseli agreed. Dayson was fighting not only with the dark magic, but also with the negativity because of what happened, and this was Talia’s way of assuring him that she was by his side.
Maya and Jaeden stared at the scene in front of them that looked like it came from a science fiction movie.
Talia’s whole body was glowing in silvery light that was merging with the darkness around Dayson, making them look like a real-life Yin Yang sign.
‘Dayson… Dayson… Do you feel me?’, Talia spoke without using any words. ‘I need you to wake up. I’m here. I need you. It’s OK. Please, wake up.’
Talia didn’t know if he can hear her, but she hoped she was helping him dispel the wretched magic that shut down the amazing connection they were sharing.
Talia’s body trembled from exhaustion, days without sleep and not enough food took their toll on her body, but Talia didn’t give up. She couldn’t.
Some of his darkness seeped into her hands, but she didn’t care. For weeks, Dayson was by her side, patiently waiting for her to feel the bond and recognize him as her mate, and this was her turn to show support, in the only way she knew how.
She remembered when they met in the kitchen of the Red Moon pack. His expression was stern and scary, but later Talia realized how that was his way of showing concern. Dayson wasn’t upset that she was in the kitchen getting food, he was upset because she was hurt. She knew that now. From that moment onward Dayson was obsessed with Talia’s wellbeing, and even though there were moments she didn’t know why he was doing things he did, now she was confident that he was doing everything he could to keep her safe.
In his silly, overbearing, reckless way, he was protecting her even when he jumped on rogues only to get himself stabbed with a wolfsbane-laced knife. Silly Alpha.
“Come on, Dayson…”, Talia spoke in a whisper. “You can do this. I am here. We can do this. Come back to me.”
The silvery light was bright to the point of making everything in the room turn white and then it flashed in a blinding surge before it dimmed completely.
Maya hovered above Talia who was now slumped above Dayson.
“What do you think?”, she asked Jaeden.
“They are alive.”, Jaeden responded and visually inspected two unmoving bodies, happy that they stopped glowing and the grayish mist was gone, and he hoped that was a good thing. “Let’s move them to bed.”
Maya and Jaeden lifted Talia with ease and placed her on the bed, and Dayson was next.
Without opening her eyes, Talia scooted closer to Dayson and put her hand on his chest.
Maya shook her head while observing the duo.
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