The Silent Alpha (Natalia)
Chapter 33
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?”
his
just let Zane get away with throwing away everything we’ve worked hard on building because he can’t
to hold
deadly look, Carter holding up his hands in
think I need
storming past
after him, Oliver pausing at the door and taking a deep
too,” he sighs, closing the door after him as he steps
the bridge of her nose as she once again
Talia says when the suffocating silence becomes
her hand, Talia clamping
She mumbles, finally looking
your memories as
runs her fingers through her hair and leans back in her chair with
does not make
is the issue?” Talia asks
just
“What’s the issue?”
sarcastically,
apparent to the Alpha title and has been managing the shares from France.He
stops to rub her temples
has been negotiating with Jacque all week to come up with a finalized plan to end the partnership.They came to an agreement this morning until Grayson so graciously pissed on
Queen looks like her head might explode with frustration and
I’m about to enter another war,” she whispers under breath, Carter
a little credit,”
Witches and you took them down in less than 3 weeks.You can handle
seem to have given
wave of guilt
your fault,” Aurora says after a
with or without Grayson’s help,” she laughs
it have to
snickers.It was
you shut the f**k up?
lobo, {I like your
before her face once again
Grayson replies before I shove him
of you,” Aurora
we being kicked out?” Talia asks, her hand squeezing
Aurora responds with a shrug as she rests
I would keep you safe and I have failed you now on two occasions,” she
looks like the time of
wrap my arm around her waist and pull her close to remind her she has
you have your reservations
while Gwen completes her
arms around my stomach and
here,” Talia whispers to herself, though
be around other wolves.He’ll have questions that
be good for Kota.”She looks like she has more to say before now, that is all she
a yes?” Aurora
you think, Zane?” Talia murmurs, slowly
“Should we stay?”
ather.She’s asking me? No, Zane.She’s asking your shadow, Grayson grumbles, the desire to
protect Kota
thick lashes fluttering
nod my head at her,
Talia replies, turning
“might like it.”
glad to see River
chuckles, Talia’s cheeks turning
young Queen rummages through her drawers and plucks out an envelope, holding it out for
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 will be lots of food and music and plenty of pups for Kota to play with.It
you, your Majesty,” Talia replies quietly, taking
free
I just have one more question
to her feet and switches
training? Now that we have a new enemy on the horizon, it would be nice to have another silver wolf helping
almost too quickly, Grayson rolling his eyes at me for my eagerness to be useful.”I mean, yes, your Majesty.I would like that
“Great!”she says aloud.
start first thing Monday morning, 6 am sharp.Evan can pick you up and he’ll take it from
fog over and she heaves a heavy sigh,
I’m apparently late for a meeting
and I collect Kota from the
***Natalia***
of an impending
reign as Luna and I’d only ever seen one rogue attack.It was small and luckily no one got hurt but it pales in
with me, however, puts my mind at
protect Kota
The Silent Alpha Chapter 33
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