Chapter 715 – Hidden Desires of the Werewolf King Novel

Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

“Yes, Jane?” Marcy asked.

The girl extended her arms toward Marcy, silently asking for a hug.

Marcy released a long breath and pulled the girl to sit on her lap.

Silly girl, Marcy thought. Marcy was unable to fix herself, yet here was this girl, asking Marcy to take care of her. Or maybe the girl sensed Marcy’s low mood and came here to comfort her? Anything was possible.

Jane pointed at the television, and Marcy understood that she wanted to understand what was happening there.

“Alpha of the Blue River pack crowned his Luna,” Marcy started explaining. “That makes her the queen of this pack, so people are celebrating. There was a ceremony for everyone to see they are mates, and now they are about to serve dinner…”

Jane hopped from Marcy’s lap and went to the side table to fetch two meat buns. They were never lacking food here, but today was special, for everyone to celebrate their new Luna.

Marcy accepted the meat bun and let Jane sit back on her lap. They both munched on the dough filled with spiced meat, and Marcy continued her explanations.

When Maddox and Tatiana returned, they went straight for the stage where the DJ was.

There was a live music performance scheduled for after dinner, and until then, DJ was ensuring that soft and trendy music covered the murmurs from the guests.

Maddox helped Tatiana climb the stairs and he held onto her tightly as he spoke into the microphone.

“I would like your attention for just a moment,” Maddox said. “We want to thank everyone for coming today and for watching the live stream to make this occasion a grand one. In addition to Tatiana and I tying the knot, we also want to share important news.” He made a dramatic pause. “We just confirmed that Tatiana is pregnant.” He turned to look at the camera. “The Blue River pack has an Alpha pup on the way!”

Humans were a bit confused with the Alpha pup reference, but they just accepted it because everyone clapped and cheered as Maddox was kissing Tatiana like no one was watching.

“Do you feel this, my love?” Maddox spoke into Tatiana’s lips. “People are happy for us.”

Did she feel it? Yes, she did. Since she became the Luna of the Blue River pack, Tatiana’s mood was impacted by the overall atmosphere in the pack. The people were happy and the happiest one was Maddox.

Tatiana and Maddox were still under the shock of this news that came out of nowhere, and anxious about what it meant, but the overall support was encouraging, and Tatiana was confident that things will be alright.

She smiled at Maddox whose eyes were sparkling with excitement, and she couldn’t believe that only two months ago she had a totally different life, a life she was happy with, yet she turned her back to it in exchange for this. And she had no regrets. It was a new home, and they were starting their own family and even though it was totally new and unexpected, it felt right. Everything with Maddox felt right.

Dayson watched as Maddox helped Tatiana off the stage, and then they drowned in the people from the Wilkow and River family who were waiting to congratulate them.

“Do you want to go there?” Talia asked.

Dayson refused. “Not now. We should let their family go first.”

Mindy was there bouncing from excitement, and Varya, Kalina, Tony, and Gideon were there as well, but they were letting future grandparents have the first round of hugs.

Kalina was happy for her sister, she really was, but she was mated to Tony before Tatiana and Maddox met, and Kalina also had her heat (more than a month ago) but no baby on the way. Sure, heat doesn’t guarantee a pregnancy, but the chances of conceiving a child were high, yet Kalina’s oven was empty. Tony told her that this didn’t change anything, and they will try again next time, and she shouldn’t worry because they were still young, but now that Tatiana was baking Maddox’s bun, Kalina felt that she was lacking.

Dayson saw that future grandparents were super-excited, giving hugs and kisses and sharing advice on healthy pregnancy, and Dayson felt a pang in his chest.

‘What’s wrong?’ Talia’s voice sounded in Dayson’s mind, and he turned to look at her.

He was sure that he blocked all negativity seeping through the mate bond, but Talia could always sense what was going on with him. Was it because Liseli was stronger than Sapa?

‘Is there something I can hide from you?’ He asked.

‘That didn’t answer my question.’

He puffed his cheeks. ‘It’s just… Look how happy Max and Tanya are, surrounded by parents and siblings, and we will never have that. No amount of love will be able to substitute a family you lost.’

Talia’s heart shook under the weight of his words. She never met her parents, so any ideas about what family was were just that… ideas. Compared to that, Dayson lived with his parents for seventeen years before they were ripped out of his life, and she knew that he yearned for their presence and things that would never happen. Even with all that, he spoke about her needs, putting her first. Wasn’t he the sweetest?

‘We are a family, Dayson,’ Talia said while squeezing his hand under the table. ‘And we have Maya and Jaeden, and Axel, Yasmin, Mindy, Gideon, Max, Tanya, Tony, Kalina, Meg, Kai, and so many others. We are not alone.’

Dayson stared at Talia and wondered, how did this turn into her comforting him?

‘If you don’t want to expose Talia’s identity, you should stop what you are doing. Right now,’ Jaeden’s voice sounded in Dayson’s head, and Dayson realized that he was inching toward Talia. Was he about to kiss her? Probably.

‘What is it?’ Talia asked when she saw Dayson frowning after his eyes lost focus for a moment.

‘Jaeden reminded me that I should keep my lips to myself.’

Talia stifled a laugh, and then she remembered, ‘Tell him that Maya will go into heat in about a month. We should give them a vacation.’

Dayson was surprised to hear this. ‘You can tell when someone is about to go into heat?’

‘Not me. Liseli can. Oh, and she said that Mindy will go in heat in five days.’

Dayson’s eyes lost focus for a moment, and both Mindy and Gideon froze and then whipped their heads to look toward Dayson and Talia. They just heard that in five days there will be a window open for them to become parents, and that was huge!

But Dayson was ignoring them as he was focused entirely on Talia.

Gideon turned to Mindy. “Did you hear what I heard?”

“I don’t know. What did you hear?”

“I heard that in five days…” Gideon paused to pick his words so that his in-laws don’t think badly of him. “…my pumpkin will be ready for harvesting.”

Mindy’s cheeks warmed as moisture pooled at the cradle of her thighs. She knew that she shouldn’t imagine visuals of Gideon and her entangled, but it just happened, and she was getting aroused. Mindy took Gideon’s hand in hers and pulled him to the side. She didn’t want her parents to smell her arousal, and they needed to talk about babies!

At the table, Dayson was staring at Talia. He just heard that she can not only diagnose pregnancies but also predict heat, and he had to ask, ‘What about you, kitten?’

Talia’s eyes widened in slow motion. Was he asking about her heat? It looked like it.

Did she want to know? No matter if it’s one day, one month, or one year, she will be super-stressed, and she could only imagine how much fuss Dayson will make about it.

Somewhere in the back of her mind, a scary thought appeared. What if she can’t have babies? Will Dayson hate her for it? Before coming to the Shadow Fang pack, her life was not exactly healthy. She was malnourished, surviving on scraps, and didn’t exercise, and even now, her frame was smaller compared to any she-wolf her age. And there was also the point that they marked each other weeks ago (months! If they count time spent in other realms), and she still didn’t go into heat.

‘I prefer not to know.’

Dayson was visibly disappointed but didn’t want to push for it.

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Talia thought that the evening was progressing well.

There was music and people, fancy decorations, food, and drinks. The only thing preventing Talia from enjoying it entirely was that she was repeatedly reminding herself not to get too close to Dayson. He was next to her, right there, holding her hand under the table; however, leaning on him, cuddling, kissing, and feeding each other were off limits. Talia realized how used she was to those small intimacies with Dayson and how awkward it was to stay away.

The good thing was that they were among friends as they shared the table with Maya, Jaeden, Kai, Meg, James, and Cornelia.

Everyone at the table knew who Talia was and her relationship with Dayson, and also about the fact that James and Cornelia were mates.

To the outsiders, James was an interloper at the table that was occupied by the members of the Shadow Fang pack and Midnight Guardians pack, yet James blended in with them quite well.

James made sure not to talk too much so he doesn’t spoil his image of an obedient (and ignorant) son, but if anyone paid attention, they would see that he was relaxed and smiling more than usual.

Alpha Edward was checking on James from a distance. He couldn’t hear anything, but he could see that the mood there was good. Alpha Edward wanted to mind-link James for updates, but that would risk distracting the youngster, and also, people at his table were chatty, and he couldn’t just disconnect without others noticing.

Alpha Edward regretted that he didn’t bring George as part of their group. When he mentioned that they will be attending the Luna ceremony at the Blue River pack, George immediately started talking with Beta Raymond about increased vigilance during the absence of their Alpha, and Alpha Edward got carried away and let George stay to be in charge of security. But now that he thought about it, both James and George spent time in the Shadow Fang pack, and when comparing them, George had better social skills. If George was present, he would have a reason to approach that table and Alpha Natalia and to see what was going on there. Unfortunately, they were already here, so the only thing Alpha Edward could do was rely on James and wait for his chance to approach Alpha Natalia later.

Dayson and Talia were surrounded by friends with whom they talked and laughed, and the close interaction between the couple was easily lost when mixed with everything else that was happening there.

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