Chapter 635 – Hidden Desires of the Werewolf King Novel

Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

Talia puffed her cheeks in frustration. Why did he have reasonable counterarguments ready? “And? Is there a third thing? A fourth one? Or more?”

Axel reached to hold Talia’s hand. “Just one more.” He clasped her hand between his and instructed, “Close your eyes, Talia. Open your mind and soul to the pack and tell me what you feel.”

Talia closed her eyes and did as instructed.

A few seconds later, Talia was looking at Axel.

“They are happy.”, she said.

“Do you know why?”

“Because of the feast.”, Talia responded.

Axel shook his head. “They are excited about the feast, but it’s not about the food. They are happy because you are here. Our pack worships you. I know that you will say how you barely spent any time here as an Alpha, but you left a lasting impression. You connected with our people, understood what they want and need, and you are working to make it happen, and that’s what a good Alpha does. Do you think I would be a better Alpha than you are? They see me as an extension of our parents while you… you are a fresh breeze that brings exciting changes. Previous Alphas believed they were keeping their pack safe, but they created this cage that was beautiful and suffocating. I can assure you that without you as the Alpha, our people will lose hope, and that will make them suffer.”

He gave her hand a squeeze. “You feel the bond with the pack, right? The thought of abandoning our people is hurting you and they will be hurt if you go through with it. They believe in you, and you should believe in yourself because I know you can do it.”

Axel smirked, feeling that Talia gave up on the idea to step down. “Don’t worry about the workload. I will be your proxy, and with Yasmin, Kai, Meg, and Tyler, we won’t disturb you unless it’s necessary. We can schedule to meet occasionally where we will discuss current issues and plans for the future. We can create instant transportation points between us and the Shadow Fang pack. That will allow our members to mingle, and you can come here in an instant. Of course, we will be visiting as well.”

Talia narrowed her eyes at Axel. “You were preparing for this, didn’t you?”

Axel chuckled. He had a lot of time to think about things, and also… “If I didn’t see this coming, I wouldn’t be worthy of being your proxy, Alpha Talia.”, Axel said smugly. “Meg told us about what happened at the Council of the Alphas. I hear that you are the most powerful Alpha. I would be stupid to let you go without a fight.”

Talia knew what he was talking about. It was about the glowing sphere and the Guardians, and that reminded her… “I want to look into existing records to see if there is a connection between our pack and the Guardians.”

“That’s not a problem.” He stood up and walked to one of the desks and then he got something from the top drawer.

Talia wondered if he had that information handy already, but then Axel handed her a notebook.

Talia opened the first page, and she saw writings organized in bullet points. Names, timestamps, and descriptions.

Axel explained, “The Red Moon pack wants a meeting with the Alpha of the Midnight Guardians pack, and it seems they are eager to meet with you. Among several emails, Beta Raymond called twice, and Alpha Edward personally called once. They also asked for an address where they can send a package.”

“A package?”, Talia asked, confusion obvious on her face. What would Alpha Edward send her? A bomb?

Axel shrugged, indicating that he didn’t know more than that. “Of course, I didn’t give him an address. That’s a human thing and it’s not like we have a post office handy. I asked them what they want to send, but they said how that’s for Alpha Talia to find out.”

Talia frowned at this and continued reading things that were written while Axel spoke.

“You are invited to the party to celebrate the sixteenth birthday of young Alpha James.”

Birthdays of high-ranking pack members were used as a way to strengthen existing and create new connections. She would be invited as Dayson’s Luna anyway. Will she go? James is a nice guy, and by then Dawn will be there also, so Talia could visit her to ensure that her friend was doing well. However, Alpha Edward made Talia’s skin crawl and that packhouse was full of bad memories. What if she bumps into Anna (aka her personal Omega bully) and Anna recognizes her? Will Dayson go?

There were too many things to consider and  Talia decided to think about James’ birthday later.

Talia turned the page of the notebook and paused. “Guardians?”

Talia turned the page and paused. “Guardians?”

“Yes.”, Axel said. “They also want to meet with you. A person introduced himself as Julian. He said he has information that might interest you.”

Talia released a long breath. She wanted to know more about the Guardians, and she would love to meet with them. However, that was before they implied how powerful people would want to get their hands on her and that if she doesn’t join them, she will be either corrupted or killed. And weren’t the Guardians powerful? Also, they concealed their nature as magic users, and Talia didn’t believe that she can join them and swear to neutrality. And there was a problem with her injecting with the memory-erasing potion. What if he remembered, or someone saw it? There could be security cameras they didn’t notice. The more Talia thought about it, the more reasons not to meet with the Guardians piled up. What if it’s a trap? They could use runes or other items to seal her abilities and she would be a lamb going for slaughter.

“Problem?”, Axel’s question pulled Talia out of her thoughts.

Talia didn’t want to share the gruesome scenarios that her mind conjured, and she decided to stick to the facts. “They want me to join them.”

Axel needed a moment to process this. Everyone thought about the Midnight Guardians pack as mysterious, but the even more mysterious were the Guardians.

The Guardians were practically invisible unless there was an important issue that required the involvement of the packs. Axel remembered his parents talking about Guardians with respect and a hint of fear, and that meant the Guardians were dangerous.

It was one thing to meet with them; Talia was a new Alpha of unknown origin, so it would be normal for Guardians to be curious, but to ask her to join them? That was unheard of.

Seeing Axel’s confused expression, Talia confirmed. “After the Council of the Alphas was done, they asked me to stay behind. I told Meg that she can head home because Dayson was accompanying me. At that time, they invited me to join them as a Guardian.” Talia looked at Axel seriously. “They have powers, like witches. When we were in the room where the meeting was held, they used runes to suppress the Alpha aura.”

“My advice is not to meet with them.”, Axel said solemnly.

Talia gestured to the notebook. “They called twice. Ignoring Alpha Edward is one thing, but I fear that ignoring Guardians will come with consequences.”

Axel didn’t like this. “Every pack has its strengths. Are you saying that you will obey Guardians because they have abilities?”

Talia was not sure what to do about Guardians inviting her, and the thought of meeting Alpha Edward again was making her skin crawl. The Midnight Guardians pack was known as difficult to approach. Maybe she can use that and just ignore them.

Talia was glad that Dayson was there. She will talk to him. It’s not that she didn’t trust Axel, but Dayson came with knowledge and experience, and he was her home.

She decided to see if there was something else in that notebook.

One page after another was filled with information.

“What is this?”, she asked.

“Alphas who want to meet with you.”, Axel said, like it was obvious.

Well, it was obvious that people wanted to meet with her, but Talia was wondering if that was normal. She met those people at the Council of the Alphas. She was the youngest, and the only female Alpha, and these were not only messages from Alphas, but other high-ranking pack members also, and the WW Magazine.

Talia guessed that people who attended that meeting were curious about her, and they spread the news how the Midnight Guardians pack has a new Alpha but did she really leave such a good impression? Or were they calling her to trap her somehow? Or was this just curiosity and she was overthinking it?

Talia remembered Alphas who were leaving the Council of Alphas and she felt a headache coming. Who knew what was hidden behind those sickly smiles?

She pursed her lips when she saw that Alpha Richard from the Steelbite pack also wanted to meet with her. Can she secure another tribute?, Talia wondered. That was a possibility. Talia saw that his invitation was for Talia to visit the Steelbite pack with her delegation and to stay in their packhouse. Will Cassie be there? Talia couldn’t imagine Cassie’s reaction if she recognizes Talia (aka Dayson’s date) as the Alpha. That would probably turn ugly quickly.

…

Kai and Meg were giving a tour of the place to Dayson, Keith, Liam, and Sandy.

After going through the few common areas of the main building, they went to the garden and Kai was telling them how that was the place where Talia became the Alpha of the Midnight Guardians pack.

Kai and Meg were visibly excited as they don’t get visitors often, and these people were associated with Talia, their Alpha, so Kai and Meg tried to leave the best impression.

Dayson listened about the ceremony with great interest, and he felt sorry for missing it. His emotions changed into guilt and self-loathing when he realized how all that happened while he was under the influence of the dark magic, unaware of Talia as his mate. At that time, he thought of her as an enemy, someone who tried to seduce him and manipulate him, and the only thing she wanted to do was to help him. His shy kitten even accepted this Alpha position and she stood on her own in front of the crowd and went to a different realm and… he was not there to protect her and to provide support.

Dayson wondered if he will ever be able to make it up to Talia. Well, it was not really making it up to her, because Talia obviously put all that behind them and she was happily planning for their future, but Dayson couldn’t forget how he mistreated her, and he wished to scrape those memories out of his mind so that he could breathe freely again.

He craved Talia’s proximity, to press herself against him, look at him with her doe eyes colored with honey, and tell him that things are fine between them while allowing him to feel her love. Unfortunately, Talia went to the study with Axel, obviously wanting to talk to her brother in private and Dayson forced himself not to go after them.

It was the first time that she asked him to stay behind, and he felt neglected.

Dayson didn’t approve. What did Talia want to say that Axel could hear and not Dayson? Dayson never left her behind. He wanted her to know everything he was up to.

Talia was his mate, but in this place, Talia was the Alpha and he needed to show her the respect she deserved.

Dayson frowned. If Talia was the Alpha, as her mate, wasn’t he the Luna of the Midnight Guardians pack?

Male Luna. That was unheard of!

He was not just any Mike or Joe. He was Alpha Dayson Blake, the most powerful Alpha of their generation, yet now he wondered if anyone would be brazen enough to address him as Luna Dayson. Whoever does that, will get a taste of Dayson’s fist.

Sandy took the opportunity to ask Meg, “Where are the people?” Somehow, she expected a bustling scenery of desirable virgins, yet they didn’t see a single werewolf other than their hosts and Omegas that were moving silently through the main building.

Where are the hot untouched guys!?

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