The Silent Alpha (Natalia)

Chapter 28

Zane***

“You can use my phone if that helps,”

Talia suggests, pulling out her phone from her pocket and unlocking it for me.

Beads of sweat gather at my temple as I stare blankly at the Notepad app.

She’s not asking for much, Grayson mutters.

Did you miss the part where she’s been married to a perfect Alpha? I snap at him.

What do you think will go through her head when she realizes she’s mated to a freak? You are being dramatic, Grayson groans.

He wasn’t THAT perfect.

He cheated on her! WITH HER SISTER! That’s not the point! The point is my own father refused to recognize meas his son! \retort.

When Talia realizes how truly worthless I am, she’ll reject me like everyone else has.

Do you not trust our mate will treat us fairly? Grayson asks.

I look up at my mate, her smile faltering with my everlasting silence.

She deserves the truth…

Grayson sighs.

And so do we.

We won’t know how she truly feels about us if all we show her is a lie.

But…Anything.

The phone trembles in my hand, my fingers unwilling to type out a message.

Minutes crawl by before Talia finally loses her patience.

“Okay, I think this date is over,”

Talia laughs dryly, my heart sinking as a few tears cling to her eyes.

She wipes at them angrily and starts to get up, disappointed by my lack of response.

“I honestly don’t even know what I was expecting,” she mutters, shaking her head at herself.

“This was such a f*****g mistake and I can’t even be mad at you because I did this to myself,” she huffs, rolling her eyes.

“I should have just kept my mouth shut.”

She presses the palms of her hands against her eyes to stop the tears from flowing down her cheeks.

“Please take me home,” she whimpers.

“I don’t want to be here anymore.”

My mind goes into a panic when I hear the hurt in her voice.I open my mouth to explain but it feels as though the wind has been knocked out of me and all that comes out is a gasp.

Come on! I snap at myself.

Say something! But the harder I try to utter a word, the drier my mouth feels and the heavier my tongue becomes.

All the memories of my father screaming at me to speak come flooding back and the words get caught in my throat, unable to escape.

She deserves the truth, I remind myself, taking a few deep breaths and rising to my feet shoulders and turn her towards me, embracing her in my arms.

I try to hold her to my chest but Talia only shakes her head in anger at me.

“No,” she cries.

“You don’t get to just hug this all away.I told you my story.I shared my pain with you,” she hiccups.

“Why can’t you do the same for me?”

Knowing she is right, I urge her to sit back down, patting the space beside me as my eyes plead with her to sit.

Reluctantly, she settles down, hugging her knees to her chest.

Her brown eyes watch me carefully, scrutinizing my every move.

I pull the phone from my pocket and after she unlocks it, I type out my plan.

“I can’t tell you my story, but I can show you,” She reads aloud.

“Close your eyes.”

She gives me a confused look but I just smile and place my hand over my own eyes to show her what I need from her.

Very hesitantly, she places both hands over her eyes, sighing deeply in annoyance.

Taking a deep breath, I close my own eyes and concentrate, letting down my walls and accepting the river of thoughts coming from my mate.

“This is silly,” her voice echoes in my head.

“Shhh,”

I whisper, Talia suddenly jumping up and looking around frantically.

you hear something?” she asks, her eyes opening and scanning the surrounding

and gesture for her to close

***Natalia***

eyelids when suddenly a little white light appears in the black

voice of a woman echoes from the light, singing a sweet lullaby of sorts, and I

I wonder, looking around the emptiness but only seeing the

I decide to

blinding me for a few moments

spacious with a high ceiling, the decor

on opposite sides of the room, a treehouse sitting on the tree on the left and a slide wrapping around the

rope bridge connects the

there is a large

is what appears to be a small kitchenette equipped with a sink,

left wall and hundreds of books and

to be a child’s room, there are very few toys, only a small stuffed gray wolf

surprise, there are no windows in the room, an air vent the only

a bathroom near the entrance of the room, which appears to be bolted shut with a myriad of locks and chains

is no child’s

This is a prison.

several sheets of paper.He can’t be

to him and to my horror, find that his left eye is completely swollen shut,

furiously wiping at his tears with his sleeve as he scribbles “My name is Zane” over

a pile of

must be Zane’s memories, I

jingle, the little

the locks are undone, the door swings open, a beautiful woman walking

resemble Zane’s whenever he looks

as Zane climbs out of his chair to

boy,” she giggles as she lifts him into her arms, Zane resting his head on her shoulder pushing in

piercing blue eyes like the ocean, and he is

desk, pulling out a small card with a crudely drawn wolf

man’s arm who is busy setting

at

asks, taking the card and reading the words out

Wyatt.You smell very nice and you’re not mean.I like you.” he says,

I’m glad I

I’m not a father

any minute now,” the woman laughs, Zane nodding

sweetie, do you have

slightly but he nods anyway and fishes out another card, this one

to the woman who reads

says, her voice cracking a little as she

a very good boy, my love,” she sighs, trying very hard not to let her tears

is just….” she pauses, searching for

loves you very much.Just in his own way.” see in her eyes that even

have our lunch, okay?” she

two of them enjoying their meal

is very quiet as he eats, careful not to

most of the talking, explaining to him the many birds she saw on

suddenly bursts open, a

bulging muscles and broad shoulders

scar just below

and his eyes are almost black with

to explain why you called me in

due for a meeting in 15

gift for you,” she

She’s his mother?I wonder.

look at Zane who is trembling in his

“Go on, Zane,”

nudges him by the

for him

disobey his mother, climbing out of his seat and timidly holding out the card

flared nostrils keeps his head down, his hand shaking

look me in the eye when addressing me, boy,” the

man then raises his arm and strikes Zane in the face, Zane falling over on the ground with a

on her feet in an

you animal!” she snarls, shoving him though he

just showing you

not look me in the eye!” Sebastian

in the eye

“He’s just a boy!”

helping Zane to his

boy that will one day lead this pack,

curling his finger

I will not leave behind a weak Alpha to take my

his father.He holds his head high, his freshly split lip quivering

holding them back with all of his might so as

heavily, swallowing back the sobs I know

Zane faces his father, my heart swelling with

“Read it.”

“Sebastian-”

he can’t say the words, then he doesn’t

into the abyss, leaving me all alone in the pitch black

I have been unkind to a man who has grown up feeling unloved by someone who should have

open my eyes, I find Zane staring blankly at

know what to say to help comfort him, my mind still reeling from all

a prisoner in

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