The Silent Alpha (Natalia)

Zane***

Talia orders a pizza and the three of us sit by the fort and watch Shrek in Spanish.I can’t follow most of what is being said but the subtitles help.

Talia seems restless as we watch, glancing at me from the corner of her eye every so often and shifting on her pillow over and over again.

I know there’s something on her mind but I cannot bring myself to invade her privacy, so I timidly place my hand over hers, Talia flinching as the sparks ignite between us.

Ashamed, I pull my hand away but she takes it in hers and interlocks our fingers, muttering an apology under her breath.

“Sorry…it’ll just take a little getting used to,” she blushes, her thumb caressing mine.

“Your hands are…warm…” she smiles nervously.

She says nothing more, turning her attention back to the movie.

I want to ask her what is on her mind but before I can figure out a way to communicate, there’s a knock at the door.

A bit of dread settles in the pit of my stomach when I see Evan standing in the doorway.

He tries to hide his worried face with a smile, but his eyes give him away.

“The Queen wishes to speak to both of you about today’s… incident,” he says, carefully picking his words.

“Zane didn’t do anything wrong,”

Talia huffs, taking a Grayson practically swoons over the gesture and like a love sick puppy, demands to come out and mark her on sight.

Is that all you can think about right now? I snap at him, knowing we are very likely going to get kicked off the territory for his behavior.

No, I’m definitely thinking about her t**s too, Grayson replies nonchalantly.

Just look at how she’s puffing out her chest.

They look great in this top…

I despise you, I sigh, knowing there is no way to trade wolves at this point.

Trust me, I’d trade humans in a heartbeat, he retorts.

“I never said Zane did anything wrong,”

Evan explains calmly, though I can see the fear flicker in his eyes as he backs away from my small Latina mate who glares furiously at him.

“”Trust me, I would have loved to piss on Benoit Perrault years ago.”

“So then why-”

“Things are more complicated than you think and unfortunately, Zane and his wolf only made things worse,”

Evan interrupts.

“Please, just come to the Pack house so Aurora can speak to you both.”

Seeing that we would have to face Aurora sooner or later, we grab Kota and head to the pack house where Evan takes Kota out to play with Rio on the lawn while Talia and I head upstairs to Aurora’s office.I don’t smell the visiting Alphas anywhere, meaning they nervous.

Talia must be nervous too because she holds my hand as I open the door to the office, giving it a tight squeeze as we enter.

The tension in the room is thick, Aurora resting her head in her hands as she focuses on her breathing while her mate, Oliver, gives me a murderous look.

Carter, their Beta, seems to be the only one not upset at the moment, greeting both Talia and I with a smile.

A spine tingling fear washes over me when Oliver opens his mouth to speak.

“Do you have any idea what you two have done?”

Oliver growls, his blue eyes flickering between sapphire and silver.

“Do you have ANY idea how much you f****d up-”

“Oliver, stop it…”

Aurora warns, her face stern as she looks at her husband.

“Let them speak for themselves before you place blame on anyone.”

“You know as well as I do that it does not matter what the reason was.Zane had no right to pee on an Alpha visiting my territory!”

“Our territory,”

Aurora corrects him, Oliver’s mouth closing instantly.

“You forget, Zane and Talia are my guests here and Benoit, as a visitor, should have respected me by respecting my guests.You and I both know he has not!”

“So what do you propose we do?”

shakes his head in

get away with throwing away everything we’ve worked hard on

retorts, Carter coughing to

a deadly look, Carter holding up his

I need

storming past

pausing at the

you too,” he sighs, closing the door after

bridge of her nose as she once again

Talia says when the suffocating

up her hand, Talia clamping her

what happened,” She mumbles, finally looking

memories as soon as

her hair and leans back in her

not make this situation any

exactly is the issue?” Talia asks for both

just

“What’s the issue?”

laughs sarcastically, sitting

the heir apparent to the Alpha title and has been managing the shares from France.He is set

stops to rub her temples

graciously pissed on Benoit Perrault.Now, not only are all the negotiations

explode with frustration and for a brief moment,

only been Queen for less than 3 months and I’m about to enter another war,” she whispers under breath, Carter walking over to her and patting her

little credit,”

we went to war with the Witches and you took them down in less than 3 weeks.You can

words seem to have given her the comfort she

enormous wave of guilt washes over the

Aurora says

to cause trouble with or without Grayson’s help,” she

did it have to be

was either piss

the f**k up? I snap, Aurora

cae bien tu lobo, {I like

face once

discipline.I wholeheartedly disagree, Grayson replies before I shove him to the back of

have something to discuss with both of you,” Aurora says, her eyes switching between

we being kicked out?” Talia asks, her hand

a

I would keep you safe and I have failed you now

looks like the time of peace

around her waist and pull her close to remind her she has

reservations about wolves, so I don’t

could always make arrangements to place you somewhere else while Gwen completes her mission…But I

wrapping her arms around my stomach and

whispers to herself,

never been around other pups…I had forgotten how much pups need to be around other wolves.He’ll have questions that I don’t know the answer to…And there are

Kota.”She looks like she has more to say before now,

that a yes?” Aurora

what do you think, Zane?” Talia murmurs, slowly tilting her head to look up at

“Should we stay?”

asking your shadow, Grayson grumbles, the desire to punch my

protect Kota and

whispers, her thick

my life, Iwant to say but I only manage to nod my head at her, a small but beautiful smile curling on

Talia replies, turning to

“might like it.”

to it that he’s enrolled.I’m glad to see River Moon is slowly

chuckles, Talia’s cheeks turning

out an

will be a Night of Melodies ritual.Four of our pups will receive their wolves over the next few weeks and will be initiated into River Moon as official pack members.We would be most honored if you would join us in this celebration.It will take place on the Buck Moon, perfect for the pups to test out their new wolves.There

quietly, taking the envelope from my

free

have one more question

she rises to her

in guard training? Now that we have a new enemy on the horizon, it would be nice to have another silver wolf helping to protect the pack.You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to and you don’t have

for my eagerness to be useful.”I mean, yes, your Majesty.I

“Great!”she says aloud.

start first thing Monday morning, 6 am sharp.Evan can pick you up

suddenly fog over and she heaves a heavy

apparently late for a

I collect Kota from the lawn and head back

***Natalia***

of an impending war is

Luna and I’d only ever seen one rogue attack.It was small and luckily no one got hurt but

with me, however, puts my

protect Kota without