Chapter 860 – Hidden Desires of the Werewolf King Novel

Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

Memories of Talia suppressing her on the town square of Darkbourne resurfaced, and Lisa quickly bowed her head. “Please. I know I did wrong. I will do anything. Just… take me with you. I don’t want to stay here.”

“Who are you?” Janine hissed while patting her dress down. She looked at Talia with a scrutinizing frown, and her eyes flashed in delight when she spotted Dayson. She gave him a look over, and she cleared her throat before asking seductively, “How did you get here, stranger?”

Talia saw red.

“Ahh!” Janine cried when Talia’s aura pressed on her, and Janine fell to her knees.

“Your friend?” Talia asked Lisa.

Lisa sneered. “She is the bitch who is sleeping with my mate.”

“Do you want revenge? Beat her up. I will hold her down.” Talia offered.

Lisa wanted to say yes, but she backtracked. Beating up Janine won’t achieve anything. Lisa’s anger was with Tristan and with the Moon Goddess for giving her such a bad mate. And with Stephanie for abandoning her.

Lisa spent her teenage years with her aunt, and she seldom asked for anything from Stephanie. Lisa told Stephanie that her mate was bad news and that she wanted out, but Stephanie rejected her and left her in this hell. What kind of a mother does that?

“I just want to leave,” Lisa said. “When I’m far enough, I will break the bond, and she can have him.”

‘Do you believe she changed?’ Talia asked Dayson through their mind link.

‘I believe that she wants out,’ Dayson responded.

“Is Tristan here?” Talia asked.

Lisa nodded. “Tristan and three more are in the living room. They are his henchmen, but I don’t think they would risk their lives for him.”

“You bitch!” Janine hissed from the floor. She tried to shift into her wolf form, but it was not working. What the hell?

Lisa ignored Janine. She was focused on Talia now. “I… I was the one who told them you were going to the Blue River pack with Dayson. Mom asked me to tell them more and…”

“I know,” Talia interrupted Lisa’s next words.

“I’m sorry for that and everything else. If you give me a chance, I will make it up to you. I know things about Tristan and his group and…”

“No need,” Talia refused. “There is nothing you can do to fix the past. But I want you out of my future.”

Lisa’s face fell. “What do you mean?”

Talia looked at Dayson, silently telling him to take over.

“Let’s talk about this later,” Dayson said. “I want a word with Tristan.” Dayson pinched Talia’s chin and pecked her lips. “Wait for me here, kitten.”

“Alright,” Talia responded.

Talia turned to look at Janine.

‘How is she different from normal she-wolves?’ Talia asked Liseli.

‘Her wolf is feral. That gives her a nasty temper, and she has no loyalty or compassion. She thinks only about her own needs.’

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Wolves are social creatures and being part of a pack gives them purpose and direction. Without it, their wolf will turn feral, and that was a road without going back. That was why werewolves were terrified of being exiled from their packs. Most of the packs wouldn’t take in exiled werewolves, and if they don’t find a new home soon, their wolf will turn feral. Only rogues would accept such a wolf, and that was another type of hell.

Talia turned to Lisa. “You said she sleeps with your mate. You suffered a lot.”

Lisa lowered her head in embarrassment. “Can we not talk about it?”

“We don’t need to talk about it. However, bottling up grievances will cause you mental scars. You need to let it out.”

“There is no point in crying or screaming. No one listens.” Actually, it would just get her into trouble. “What will happen to me now?”

“It will depend on Dayson,” Talia responded. “If it’s up to me, I would send you to a shelter in the Blue River pack.”

Lisa frowned. “You think I should go to a shelter?”

“Another option is for you to go to your aunt in the Lightclaw pack, but I believe that everyone knows what you and your mother did. If you go to your aunt, people won’t look at you kindly, assuming that your aunt wants to take you in. I know that shelter sounds bad, but it’s a place where people go to start over. You can learn new skills and become independent.”

The commotion was heard from the outside, and Dayson entered the room while dragging bloodied Tristan by the collar of his shirt.

Dayson tossed Tristan on the floor, and Janine let out a muffled scream when she saw Tristan’s horrid appearance. If not for shallow breathing, he would look dead.

Talia closed her eyes to confirm that other than the four people in the room, there was no one else alive in the apartment.

“We will take this guy for questioning,” Dayson said, and he turned to Talia. “Can you take us back, or should I call someone to pick us up?”

Talia was not sure if she could do it, but she didn’t want to get close to Lisa or that rogue. “How about you call Jaeden to send someone, and I will extract information from this guy? Lisa will need a ride.”

Dayson nodded in agreement and got his phone.

Talia turned to Lisa. “Are you serious about cutting your ties with this guy?” Lisa nodded without delay. “I recommend you break the bond now. Otherwise, you will feel his pain.”

“I, Lisa of the Shadow Fang pack, reject you, Tristan, as my mate… ugh…” Lisa bent and fell to her knees while clutching her stomach.

“Accept her rejection,” Talia said sternly. Her Alpha command shook Tristan’s mind.

“I… Tristan… Accept your… rejection…” He said with difficulty and then his mouth opened in a silent scream.

“Ahh!” Lisa cried, and she opened her eyes when she realized that the pain had stopped faster than it came. The silvery light surrounding her matched the color of Talia’s hair and eyes, and Lisa bowed her head. “Thank you, Luna.”

Talia approved of Lisa’s attitude.

“Someone will be here in half an hour,” Dayson said to Talia while pulling a chair to the middle of the room.

“This is for you, kitten,” Dayson said softly, and he swatted the invisible dust from the seating cushion before gesturing for Talia to sit. “You should rest.”

Talia didn’t object. She enjoyed it when Dayson went the extra mile to make her comfortable.

Talia’s smile faded as she focused on Tristan, who was sprawled on the floor.

Tristan was still reeling from the impact of breaking his bond with Lisa when he felt a pressure on his mind that threatened to squish his brain. The only thing he could see were Talia’s silvery eyes staring him down, making him feel like she could see all of his secrets. And she did.

Dayson stood next to Talia and looked in Tristan’s direction absentmindedly. Talia was right. Tying up loose ends made him feel better. Dayson hoped that Talia could get something useful from Tristan as they had so much missing information.

What was the connection between rogues and the Guardians? Who was involved in kidnapping members of the Midnight Guardians pack? Was this connected? Were experiments on people with abilities just a horrid rumor, or was there truth to it?

Lisa was catching up her breath as she pushed herself to a seated position, and Dayson threw a side glance her way.

‘You should pack your things,’ Dayson said to Lisa through the pack link.

‘I have nothing.’

‘You can grab anything worth taking. These guys won’t need it. You have ten minutes.’

Without delay, Lisa moved out of the room.

A minute later, Tristan started foaming at his mouth, and Talia slumped in the chair.

“Kitten!” Dayson panicked and squatted by her side.

“I’m OK,” She assured him.

“How can this be OK? Do you need more energy? Use mine!”

“No, no, it’s just…” Talia released a shaky breath and looked at Dayson sadly.

Dayson could feel hairs rising at the back of his neck as Talia’s expression darkened. It was like facing a deadly predator or maybe just royally pissed off Talia.

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“Kitten?”

Talia’s silvery eyes showed black streaks as she squeezed through her teeth angrily, “If you make me watch as you fuck another woman, I will…”

A series of snaps were heard, and Tristan jolted with each sound, and then his body deflated against the floor as a pool of blood under him expanded.

“I would never,” Dayson said with all the seriousness in the world. “You know I wouldn’t.”

Talia’s chin shivered, and the black streaks from her eyes disappeared. She leaned her forehead on Dayson’s shoulder and sobbed quietly as images of Tristan beating Lisa and doing all kinds of atrocities were flashing in her mind.

Dayson cursed under his breath. He knew that Talia was about to look into Tristan’s memories, and he thought it was a good idea because they would find out what he had been up to, and he totally forgot that rogues were despicable and that Talia would see a lot of bad stuff.

He should have known better.

Dayson sat on the ground, further from the blood, and pulled Talia to sit on his lap.

“It’s OK, kitten. I’ve got you.” He touched her chin to make her look at him. “Angry, sad, happy, or anything in between, show them all to me. I won’t love you less.”

Talia knew that he was trying to cheer her up. She put her hand on Dayson’s cheek. “Thank you for being my mate.”

Dayson tilted his head and kissed her palm. “Those are my lines.”

Janine did her best to diminish her presence. By now, she understood a few things. Those were Alpha Dayson and Luna Talia (aka Alpha Natalia). Tristan was dead, and the power couple that appeared with a gust of wind was about to take Lisa away. What about Janine? She hoped that Dayson and Talia would forget about her. Should she play dead?

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Owen was driving through the traffic of the human city, and Zina was in the front passenger’s seat.

Lisa was sitting in the back of the car, clutching a backpack she had taken from the apartment. It had cash, a change of clothes, and some trinkets she thought would be useful to sell.

She also found some photos and notebooks that Tristan kept hidden, and she gave those to Talia and Dayson.

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