The Silent Alpha (Natalia)

Natalia***

The bright light peeking through the window stings my swollen eyes and I let out a soft groan.I do not want to wake up, not after the lousy night of nightmares I had.

In need of some comfort, I stretch out my hand in search of Kota.

My eyes bulge open, however, when I find the bed empty, his side of the bed cold.

“Kota?” I whisper, looking around the room frantically, feeling my heart sink to the pit of my stomach.

“Kota!” I scream, tears springing to my eyes as last night’s nightmares flash through my mind.

Zane’s head pops up from my side of the room and I look over to see Kota snuggled up beside him, his stuffed wolf in his arms.

Zane looks equally bewildered to find the pup curled up on his side, his body growing tense with my silence.

How did he get down there? I wonder as I scramble out of bed to pick him up.It’s doesn’t matter ,I scold myself.

I’m just glad he’s okay.I gently pick up the sleepy pup, holding him close to my chest as several tears spill onto my cheeks.

Kota mumbles a hello to me, his sleepy voice soothing my heart.I squeeze him tightly, a slight sob escaping my throat.

“He won’t take you,” I hiccup to myself as I comb my fingers l ignore Zane’s pained look, not caring that I probably looked like a lunatic to him.

“Estas bien Mami? (Are you okay, mommy?)” Kota asks when I finally loosen up my grip.He pulls back from my arms and pokes at my eyes and cheeks, staring at me with cute furrowed brows.

“You don’t look so good.” I feign hurt at his words and hold back my laughter.

“Am I ugly?” I ask.

He shakes his head definitively.

“Bonita, Bonita,” he sings.

“I have the prettiest mommy in the whole world!”

He shouts, my ears ringing from the sudden sound of his loud voice.I shower his chubby cheeks with kisses, feeling relieved to not be alone in this wolf’s den.

“Where did you go?” I ask.

“Why did you go sleep on the floor with Zane?”

Kota fidgets with his stuffed wolf before whispering close to my ear.

“l had a nightmare,” he says, hugging his wolf tightly.

“A big bad wolf came to take me away.”

My heart nearly stops as the blood drains from my face.I want to scream but my words never spill out of my mouth.

All through the night, I dreamt of Christian finding us and taking Kota from me, disposing of me as he did all those years ago training to take over the Alpha title, turning my sweet little boy into a hardened Alpha.

Kota’s large eyes widen and he smiles at Zane who blushes under his gaze.

“But then Zane saved me, mommy.He didn’t let the bad wolf take me!”

He climbs out of my lap and runs into Zane’s arms.

“And then – And then Zane’s wolf carried me home!” Zane’s face freezes, his body tensing at the mention of his wolf.

“Aoh aoh aaooooh!” Kota suddenly howls like a wolf.

“Zane is a wolf, mommy. Did you know that?”

He howls happily again.

I be a wolf, mommy? Can I be a wolf like

Zane is a wolfand how could he possibly know a wolf was after us? I lick my dry lips, unsure how to respond to his

his first shift was so many years away; I thought I would have more time to come up with an explanation as to why

into my soul as I

a good wolf loyal to his family and should he ever

you can,” I finally manage

Kota how is again, crawling on all fours and

I swallow my words and smile at him as he rolls around the covers with his tongue

ignoring Zane’s questioning eyes

to

Kota and I make

skipped dinner last night and gone straight to bed after

onto a hot pan, swirling it around in

looks as beautiful as

a good morning to Kota and I frowns at me when I try to steal a crepe, slapping my hand to not touch

pouts are useless against her and I instead help her pack the cut-up fruits and fillings to take to

are all ready to go, Zane and Agnes carry the food while I lead Kota up to the mansion, squeezing his hand tightly as my wandering

here, Iremind myself as

the door and leads us to a large dining Alpha Oliver sits at the

with a girl we

right is another couple whom we also did not

rest of the

annoying his Alpha who scowls violently at him as he recounts a

for his clothes,” Evan wheezes, Aurora on the verge of tears

His voice comes to a halt when he finally

she instructs, gesturing to the empty

points to the girl beside

She then

Rosalie jumps to her feet and rushes over to us with a kind smile on her lips.Her eyes widen in shock when she

those crepes?”

que nous sommes français? {Did you know we’re French?}.We

and deaf,” I explain when Agnes

she won’t understand

do you say ‘thank you’?” She

show her the sign and Rosalie mimics me, Agnes’s eyes

several omegas bring in dishes of eggs and potatoes for everyone to

Rosalie smiles when everyone’s plates are

pup?”She asks, pointing at

eyes are gorgeous!” She

the opposite side of the table and dig into their

small crepe for Kota and he readily licks the Nutella off, smothering

to make small talk, asking me questions about how I met Gwen or what I do for a living but the last thing I want to

I am as polite as possible, providing as few details as I can to give them a hint that I was not comfortable with

to wane, however,

together?” Rosalie asks,

couple.” I steal a quick glance at Zane who looks petrified by her question anger get the

looks at you…” her voice trails off when she sees the uncomfortable look on Zane’s

rid of,” I mutter, an

eyes on me as I set my silverware down and begrudgingly look up to tell him to quit

our eyes meet, his brown eyes flicker to a bright gold color, his wolf seeming

half but I had already seen the

of Jack replay in my

never hurt me, the one who told me he loved

wolf

would hurt me

that I am in a pack full of wolves and the only human for miles, I begin

to take a walk with you,” she says through

okay with

I look down at my pup