The Silent Alpha (Natalia)

Chapter 15: The Earth Witch Part 1

***Jane***

“Who in the bloody f**k are you?” the woman growls, the golden flecks in her green eyes glittering like flames.

Before I can respond, the small woman has a silver dagger pointed at my throat as she pins me with her elbow against the door.

“You better talk fast, wolf.Talia doesn’t take kindly to your kind so I doubt she let you in willingly.Who the f**k are you and what are you doing in her house?”

She snarls, pressing the dagger harder against my neck.

“Are you one of Christian’s mutts? Have you come to take her back? Are you with Cillian because I’ll bloody kill you where you stand if you so much as touch her!”

Who are Christian and Cillian and where are they taking our mate? Grayson asks.

Agnes rushes towards us and the woman turns to face her, lifting her hand up in warning.

“Unless you want me to gauge your pretty little eyes out, wolf, BACK THE f**k UP!” the woman screams, her hand emitting green light.

Witch! Grayson snarls.

Taking advantage of her distraction, I hook my ankle around the that it points to her instead.I then use my body to slam her against the wall, the woman groaning as her head bangs against the wall.

Completely infuriated, she wraps her fingers around my wrists.

Her palms become scorching hot as they emit a green light and I flinch away from her in pain, stepping back a few paces and shielding Agnes with my body from the furious witch.

The witch waves the dagger in front of me, her teeth clenched in anger.

“Don’t make me repeat myself.Who are you and what have you done with Kota and Talia?”

Realizing this might be Talia’s witch friend, Gwen, I raise one arm in surrender and then point to my throat, mouthing the word MUTE to her before gesturing to Agnes and pointing at my ears.

“DEAF,” I mouth, praying to Moon Goddess that she gets it.

She narrows her eyes in confusion and I hear Agnes shuffling behind me.I don’t dare look at what Agnes is doing, afraid to take my eyes off the witch.

Just speak! Grayson snaps in frustration.

I open my mouth to take his advice but as always, my tongue grows stiff and heavy in my mouth, the words stuck in the back of my throat.

Agnes walks right past me and holds out a piece of paper to the witch.

“You’re deaf and you’re mute…?” the witch mutters, pointing to satisfied, she slowly lowers her dagger.

“Of course you f****”g are,” she grumbles, storming past us to the kitchen.

She sees the pen and notepad on the counter and tosses it to me.

“Go on then.Explain yourselves.Who are you?” She says, crossing her arms and tapping her foot impatiently.

Knowing she could go off any minute, I scribble a response to her and timidly hand the notepad back to her.

She snatches it out of my hand, grumbling to herself in annoyance.

“My name is Zane.I am Talia’s mate.This is Agnes, my mother.You must be Gwen…” she reads aloud, her body tensing up at the last sentence.

“S-She told you about me..” She grumbles, a bit of anger flashing in her eyes.

“She must trust you then…She doesn’t give my name out to just anyone.”

My heart nearly skips a beat when she says that.

Talia trusts me? Gwen eyes me up and down, a murderous chuckle escaping her lips.

“Moon Goddess must be testing us both,” she says to herself.

“Oh Talia…looks like we are both on the same bloody boat,” she sighs, taking a seat at the counter.

Agnes being Agnes, she rushes to grab the witch a glass of water and hands it to her with shaking hands.

The witch smiles softly at her and thanks her.

After taking a drink and gathering her bearings, Gwen looks up at me with a “I apologize for attacking you.I’m a little on edge as it is.It’s been a rough couple days,”

Gwen says to me, wiping her face in exhaustion.

Tell me about it, I want to say but instead just nod politely.

Ask her about Christian and Cillian! Grayson snaps.

Who the f**k are they and why would they take Talia? I take the notepad from the counter and write out my question to her, When she sees what I wrote, she shakes her head at me.

“Cillian is my problem, not Talia’s so don’t worry about him.I-I’ll take care of him on my own,” she says, nervously smiling at me.

don’t know who Christian is, however, it’s best I not say a word.That’s Talia’s business and only she has the right to disclose that information.It should be she who tells

her answer.If Cillian is her problem, why would he be after

shake a little as I take the pen and paper

know if Talia is safe.Who

page, there’s a knock at the door, both Gwen and I jumping

says, pushing me back as I try to push past

“Stay here.”

follow her to the door, ignoring her

and she left it in my care.I should protect The witch cautiously turns to

skin, strong build and dark brown hair.His green eyes settle

Earth are you

pushing the door open and glaring at

did you find

mutt, Gwen?” he says, never taking his eyes

beneath the surface, ready to tear me to pieces.He’s a silver wolf Grayson

Salvador.What the hell are you doing here? How did you find me?” She snaps, her fists

waves his phone

know the great thing about having a 300 year old mate is that she hasn’t got

dryly at him but he keeps his cool

bag.Now…” he says, stepping closer so that he stands

“Who’s the mutt?”

met him,” she says

You jealous?” she

looks me up and down and smiles with satisfaction at her, leaning his face down so that his lips hover over

Asshole…

pound in her chest as he gently

visibly blushes and pushes him

I can’t stand you, Salvador,” she mutters, the wolf grinning from ear to

sighs, taking her

let me in or

she mutters to

after I told you

he growls, pulling her to

“If he finds you…”

this on

sentence, the wolf named Salvador crashes his lips

and examine the wall, inspecting

a sturdy wall we

Very sturdy…uh..Very clean…

understand now why

from the witch, her body trembling in his

not yet come and I could only hope

leading him into the

protests but one kiss from him has her completely under his spell

his eyes

wolf,” he states as he

she is not,”he says, nodding at

doing outside of its clan with an omega?” I

won’t respond to you,” the witch sighs

for the intrusion.I was not expecting this i***t to

smirks triumphantly at her and she groans, wiping her tired face and

introduces us to the wolf who appears to be her mate that followed her from her trip

the gift of thought projection, capable of turning his

come to life with

around the room before landing on

the beautiful

its wings to

“She can keep it,”

as he watches Agnes play with

long as she doesn’t crush it, it will stay with her

explain the gift to Agnes, tears springing to her eyes

not understanding why his

life and that his simple act of kindness was one that was rarely granted to her by a

of the way, I hand the page with my question back to Gwen and give her a stern look to let her know

only be putting Talia and Kota in danger.Just settle with knowing that I plan to take care of it immediately.In the meantime, I need you to get them to safety in California.There’s a pack there that

Danger?

is difficult to understand,”Gwen

Dakota on a plane tonight.I’ve already made arrangements with a pack and they are

to know who would be willing to accept a human into

mate was involved, humans were forbidden

for her, his chest puffing up

“The Ivory Queen.”

***Nataliat**

finish sending the last X-ray referral down to

lunch Zane gave me sits in my cubby and I contemplate throwing it out

remember they were

the lunch and grab a seat in the breakroom, pulling out the carefully wrapped sandwich from the bag along with some cut up fruit and cheese and one of Kota’s