Chapter 587 – Hidden Desires of the Werewolf King Novel

Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

Keith smiled a little when her hand touched his cheek.

“I’m glad you are OK.”, he said, and he grimaced when he moved.

Talia was quick to put her hands on him.

“Shh…”, she urged him not to move. “Relax and let me in.”

Talia’s hands lit up in a silvery light that spread to envelop Keith, and a series of crunching sounds were heard, as if someone was cracking knuckles, but the sounds were coming from Keith’s back.

Keith felt warmth spreading through his body, from the points where Talia’s palms rested on his skin. The sensation was comforting and numbing, and somehow, he knew that she was mending his bones and muscles. As a werewolf, he would heal, but she reduced a few days (or maybe weeks) into a minute, and Keith admired her even more. He always knew that Talia was special, but at that moment, Talia looked like a fairy.

“How is that?”, Talia asked.

“Thank you.”, Keith responded breathily. He wanted to get up, but Talia was quick to press on his shoulder.

“Don’t move.”, she said to Keith and glanced at Maya. “Call Doctor Travis and tell him to bring a stretcher. Keith needs a full checkup.” She turned back to Keith. “Only when Doctor Travis says you are fine, you can resume your duty as my guard. Is that clear?”

Keith nodded obediently.

Dayson was observing the scene from the side and jealousy was eating him alive. Why was Talia so warm toward the measly coach? Can’t she see that he was smitten with her? Was she encouraging him?

“Does he deserve your care?”, Dayson squeezed through his teeth.

Talia whipped her head that way, just in time to see George’s fist connecting with Dayson’s jaw.

‘POW!’

Dayson stumbled backward. “What the fuck is wrong with you!?”, Dayson raged at George.

“That’s for treating your mate like shit.”, George said grimly. George could feel Dawn’s anger and dejection, and he had to let out some steam, for both of them.

More than being angry at George for hitting him, Dayson turned to look at Talia, desperate to get her forgiveness. He needed to hear her say it was OK, and that she was not upset about what happened.

“I’m sorry for pinning you down like that.”, Dayson said. “You know I wouldn’t go through with it if you were not willing. I would never force you.”

This was not just about Talia, but about any woman. Dayson did many things he was not proud of, but he never did anything against a woman’s will. A no was a no, no matter how angry, drunk, or horny he was.

When Talia didn’t respond, Dayson asked, “Are you affected by the dark magic? Is that impacting your behavior?”

“There is no dark influence in her energies.”, Cornelia said.

Dayson frowned at the witch. “Why is she not by my side then?”

Cornelia cocked an eyebrow at him. “Do you really need me to answer that?”

“You went too far.” It was Maya who said this and Zina’s stubborn expression showed that she agreed.

Dayson gritted his teeth. “I was confused, and I didn’t remember Talia. I was confident that she just wanted to seduce me, that she turned you against me and…” He was not sure how to finish this.

“If your goal was to humiliate her, congratulations on a job well done.” This came from James. “You were a prime example of why women with self-respect stay away from Alphas.”

Dayson groaned in frustration and turned to Talia. “You know that was not me.”

Talia gave Keith a comforting tap on his hand, and then she stood up to face Dayson.

‘No, Dayson. That was you.’, she responded through their private mind-link.

Dayson’s stomach fell. ‘Kitten…’

‘Don’t.’, she interrupted him. ‘I couldn’t make myself hurt you, and instead of seeing that as my care for you, you saw it as a challenge, and in the end, you made me feel… not safe.’

Dayson gasped as anger, anguish, and helplessness poured into him through their mate bond. He could feel all the love Talia had for him mixed with embarrassment and fear and many other emotions he couldn’t identify, but he knew they were not good.

Dayson was her home, yet he made her feel not safe, and he had no idea how to fix this.

“Don’t follow me.”, Talia said. “I want to be alone.”

“Talia…”, Dayson called and moved toward her, but instead of grabbing her arm, he grabbed only an afterimage as Talia was already gone among bushes, proving that in their previous spar she held back on her speed. Actually, she disappeared from sight so quickly that Dayson suspected that might be one of her magical abilities, but he didn’t want to clarify it in front of everyone present. They already saw too much.

“Go after her!”, Sandy exclaimed at her fellow guards while approaching Keith who still didn’t move from the ground how Talia left him. “I will stay with Keith until Doctor Travis reaches here.”

At Sandy’s words, Liam, Pierce, Caleb, and Lulu dashed in the direction where Talia went.

“Where are you going!?”, Maya shouted after Dayson.

“What do you think?”, Dayson asked without stopping his steps. It was obvious that he was going after Talia.

“What about the pack run?”

This question made him pause and look at Maya. “Nothing matters without Talia.”

“What are we going to tell the pack?”, Maya asked. “You know that Elders are only waiting for you to slip and call you incompetent?”

“Tell them that their Alpha screwed up. I am incompetent. If I can’t keep my own mate, how can I take care of the pack?”

Maya wanted to tell him to stop, but she could hear how broken he was, so she only nodded in understanding.

‘Jaeden!’, Maya called through the mind-link when Dayson disappeared from her line of sight. ‘We have a problem!’

‘Now what?’, Jaeden asked anxiously. ‘The ceremony is almost done. Don’t tell me that you couldn’t remove dark magic from Dayson.’

‘It’s the opposite.’, Maya said. ‘The runes are gone, and Dayson now knows how badly he treated Talia. Actually, he added to his endless list of offenses. Talia left, and he went after her. What should we do?’

After a few seconds of cursing, Jaeden responded, ‘You are asking the wrong person. Don’t you have a genius there next to you?’

James was looking at his chocolate-skinned Goddess who was collecting energy crystals from the ground that Talia left behind, when he felt hairs rising at the back of his neck. James turned in slow motion to see Maya looking at him with sparkles in her eyes. He had a bad feeling about this.

“What?”, James asked.

“We need your brilliance.”, Maya responded.

James was on high alert. No one would flatter him like that without reason. He didn’t want to meddle with these needy people anymore, and he had a hunch regarding what Maya wanted, but Cornelia was right there, and if he refuses Maya, won’t that make him look like a weakling?

James raised his arms, palms toward Maya. “I can give you advice, but I am not a miracle worker. If you need me to turn back time, that’s out of the scope of my abilities.”

“Well, it’s a good thing I don’t need you to turn back time.”, Maya said. “I need you to save the future. Our whole pack is depending on this but I know you can do it.”

James groaned. “Stop buttering me up and get to the point.”

Dayson walked through the bushes while following the pull of his mate bond. Talia didn’t leave a single trace and her scent was impossible to track. She was fantastic.

Dayson could track Caleb, Pierce, Liam, and Lulu, but there were no guarantees that they were actually following Talia, so he disregarded their traces.

Talia shut down her emotions, and Dayson couldn’t sense her current state. Was she upset? That was very likely, and Dayson realized that by keeping him out, she was telling him that he was not worthy of sharing her anything, and she was right.

‘I can’t believe you messed up so badly!’, Sapa grumbled in Dayson’s head. He finally got a chance to be with Liseli, and Dayson spoiled it!

‘Shut up and help me track mate!’, Dayson grumbled back. ‘And help me figure out how to apologize.’

Sapa snorted. ‘Get on your knees and beg. Let her sense how guilty you feel, and the mate bond will do the rest.’

Dayson was not sure that will be enough this time. Should he jump into a waterfall again? Or maybe he should find an active volcano.

In truth, Dayson didn’t understand what the big deal was. It’s not like he violated her. It was just a game of dominance he played many times before.

If this was a guy challenging him, Dayson would beat the crap out of him. But Talia was a girl, and Dayson was not a woman-beater, so he pinned her under him in order to show that he was in charge. But she was his mate he couldn’t remember, and things escalated.

Dayson released a long breath. Maybe this mate business was too much for a knucklehead like him. Or was this Moon Goddess’ idea of a joke?

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