Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
Mindy’s insides trembled. His punishments included a lot of sex and him telling her when she can (and when she can’t) have an orgasm. Those sessions were torturous, but at the same time, they were the most pleasurable she had ever experienced. She loved when Gideon bossed her around.
“Please,” Mindy squirmed because Gideon stopped moving. “I will be a good girl, just… let me have this one.”
“How will I teach you obedience if I give in that easily?”
“Double my punishment. I will do anything.”
Seeing his pumpkin-infused princess beg for his cock was the best turn-on ever.
“Tonight, your punishment will begin,” Gideon said, and he spread her legs as far as they went. “Not a sound or you will miss the event you planned for,” Gideon warned, and Mindy nodded with urgency. She would do anything for an orgasm.
Mindy bit her lower lip, and her eyes rolled at the back of her head when Gideon started rocking into her. The sparks and the friction were getting stronger by the day due to her pregnancy, and holding back sounds was more difficult than she thought it would be.
The containers that were still on the counter clattered against each other, and a few fell on the floor and made a mess, but Mindy and Gideon didn’t care about those.
Mindy was on the verge of passing out, and she held her mouth closed tightly out of fear that Gideon would stop if she made a sound. And just when she thought she reached her limit, Gideon pulled her into a kiss, and he swallowed her cries as she fell apart right there, on the counter in a shed that was used as temporary storage for ceremonial items.
“You did good, princess,” Gideon rasped.
Mindy leaned her forehead on his shoulder while catching her breath. She loved that he praised her, but part of her was hoping he would increase the punishment further.
Now only if she could find a cloth to wipe his seed that trickled out of her, that would be perfect.
…
In one of the guest bedrooms on the second floor of the packhouse…
Talia was sitting in front of a mirror with Meg and Sandy styling her hair in a French braid with little flowers in it.
Talia was delighted to have her Beta and Gamma from the Midnight Guardians pack with her. Kai and Tyler were mingling with guests.
Maya, Tatiana, Kalina, Dawn, Michelle, Cornelia, Amelia, and Darya were in the room as well.
Jaeden, Max, Tony, and Cristian were with Dayson in a different room. Others were either getting ready or were already in the garden.
Three Wilkow sisters were asking Meg and Sandy about Varya and Grady, and they knew that Lidia and her mate will be at the fair. The event was organized as a mixer for unmated werewolves, but anyone could attend.
“Why is Yasmin late?” Talia asked.
“She should be here by now,” Meg responded.
Just as Meg finished saying that, there was a knock on the door, and Yasmin peeked in.
“Oh, I thought I would never find you,” Yasmin said before opening the door and waddling inside. “I took a left instead of right, and I got lost. This pregnancy is messing with my sense of direction.”
Talia wanted to ask, how can anyone get lost in this packhouse where staircases were in the middle of a building and straight hallways go left or right? But then her attention fell on Yasmin’s belly, which looked like she was about to blow any minute.
Yasmin paused. “Is there something wrong?”
“Uhm… Your stomach,” Talia said.
Yasmin grinned and rubbed her big bulge. “Thanks to you teaching me how to channel energies, I was able to advance my pregnancy.”
Talia was still processing this information. She saw Yasmin only two weeks ago, and at that time, Yasmin had a flat stomach, and this… this was huge!
Talia remembered that the time in the Midnight Guardians passed differently and that Yasmin was carrying twins, and she reminded herself not to stare. She gave Yasmin a big hug.
“You are glowing,” Talia said to Yasmin.
“And you are beautiful,” Yasmin returned the compliment.
Talia suddenly became aware of her outfit.
Meg, Maya, and Sandy also wore ceremonial outfits, but Talia’s stood out with black embroidery that formed shapes of wolves and a moon above them.
Talia turned to the mirror and ran her hands over the soft brown leather that covered her chest and made a skirt. She wore that same outfit for the Shadow Fang pack run, and there was a ceremony as well, but Talia missed it because Dayson didn’t remember her, and she needed to prepare for the magic spell that would snap Dayson to his senses.
This time, Talia was determined that this will be successful. She will have her Luna ceremony, and everything will be great. It had to be.
Dayson said that her Luna ceremony was low-key, and if anyone wanted to cause trouble, they would be targeting the fair. Talia was unsure about redirecting attention of bad people to the fair, where a lot of civilians were, but Dayson assured her that they had plenty of warriors standing guard and mixed in with the crowd, and it will be OK. Besides, with so many Alphas in the area, no one would dare to act rashly.
Yasmin and Mindy would also be there, but Yasmin had difficulty moving around with her huge belly, and Mindy will be at the ceremony with Gideon.
Of course, Tatiana, Kalina, Cornelia, and Michelle wanted to be part of that event also, but Talia said that they will get to participate in the ceremony when the big party happened. This was the formal part of her becoming a Luna, so only her Betas and Gammas (aka her official aides) would stand by her side.
Mindy was not officially a Beta or a Gamma, but it was just a matter of time.
Every pack had its own customs, and that applied to the Luna ceremony as well.
This was not a wedding where Talia gets to walk down the aisle to meet Dayson, who was waiting in the finely pressed suit. This was a werewolf ceremony for a new Luna of the Shadow Fang pack to be crowned.
Dayson accepted Talia as his fated mate and as his Luna, but the pack needed to accept her as well.
Talia was set to take a roundabout way toward the garden. She will move through the forest and face challenges set by pack members in order to prove she is worthy of being their Luna.
She didn’t know who or what was waiting for her. Her challenges were selected by the Shaman and Elders.
Talia released a long breath and closed her eyes while sensing the surroundings of the packhouse. People, plants, objects… there was nothing suspicious for miles. The only people she saw were from the Shadow Fang pack, and her senses were not disturbed, giving her confidence that rogues or Guardians won’t meddle with this.
This was it.
What could go wrong? Even without enemies, plenty could go wrong.
Talia was mostly worried about her body rejecting two pack links. What if her bond with the Midnight Guardians pack gets severed? Or what if this fails?
‘It will be alright,’ Liseli comforted her. ‘You and your pup will be alright. If the Moon Goddess didn’t think you could handle it, she wouldn’t make you the Alpha of the Midnight Guardians pack and give you Dayson as your mate.’
‘Thanks, Lis.’
“Ready?” Maya asked Talia.
“As ready as I will ever be,” Talia responded.
“We’ve got your back!” Meg exclaimed.
Talia’s brows came together in concern when she saw Meg’s belly. She was not super-pregnant like Yasmin, but anyone could see Meg was with a child.
“Be careful, Meg. If anything happens to your baby…” Talia stopped talking when Meg raised her hand, palm toward Talia.
“I am your Beta. Kai agrees that I can accompany you on this task. I am attending daily training without any issues. Besides, if I can’t protect you, no one can.” Meg declared proudly, and then she glanced at Maya guiltily. “No offense.”
“None taken,” Maya responded and turned to Talia. “It will be fine. It’s just a ceremony, for show. Besides, if anyone gets too excited, just push them down with your aura.”
“And don’t forget that I’m here!” Sandy exclaimed excitedly.
Talia smiled gratefully at her three friends while wondering what the challenges could be. They were all talking like fighting would be involved, but the truth was that it could be anything.
Hand-to-hand combat, hunting, preparing a meal, a math problem… MATH!? Talia felt her insides tightening. She will definitely fail if they ask her something from academics!
‘Kitten?’ Dayson’s voice sounded in Talia’s mind.
‘Yes?’
‘Hurry up.’
Talia couldn’t believe this. ‘Seriously? Is that how you are encouraging me?’
‘This is to prove you are worthy of being my Luna, and I know you are overqualified. What I don’t know is how delectable you look in that outfit.’
Talia sucked in a breath when Dayson sent her mental images of two of them naked.
‘Stop that!’
Dayson chuckled. ‘I wish I could. You and me is all I can think about. Well, mostly me inside of you.’
‘What am I going to do with you?’
‘I can suggest a few ideas if you have none. But my ideas are mostly about the two of us, naked.’
Talia was about to respond snarkily, but then she realized that this little banter helped dispel the last traces of anxiousness she had.
‘Dayson?’
‘Yes, kitten?’
‘Thank you.’
‘You are welcome.’
Talia walked out of the packhouse to see that Keith and Arya were standing on the right, where the forest started.
“This way, Luna,” Keith said and gestured in the direction Talia should go. “Unfortunately, we can’t accompany you. The path will be marked with black scarves. There are twenty of them, and you need to collect at least ten in order to gain the Elders’ approval. We will wait for you on the other side.”
Keith and Arya bowed when Talia stood in front of them.
This was the first time for Talia to see Keith and Arya since they left for their solitude, but she could see they were happy.
Talia walked into the forest first, with Maya, Meg, and Sandy behind her.
Four ladies could see well in the darkness, but the shadows played tricks on them. Talia didn’t tell her three helpers that she could clearly see every strand of grass all around them.
Talia led the way around traps; one big hole covered with thin branches and dried leaves, and some wires that would trigger simple mechanisms.

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