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?”

his head

away everything we’ve worked hard on building because he can’t “You’re

retorts, Carter coughing to hold

a deadly look, Carter holding up his hands in

think I

storming past

calls after him, Oliver pausing at

he sighs, closing the door after him as

air, pinching the bridge of her

I can explain,” Talia says when the suffocating silence becomes

just-” Aurora holds up her hand, Talia

what happened,” She mumbles, finally looking up

memories as

hair and leans back in her chair with her

not make this situation any

Talia asks for both of

just another

“What’s the issue?”

laughs sarcastically,

a huge influence over our other shareholders.Alpha Jacques’s eldest daughter, Adeline, used to manage these shares before she went rogue 6 months ago.Benoit is the heir apparent to the Alpha title and has been managing the shares from France.He is set to take the title next month, so we planned to have a formal meeting with him next week to discuss the future of our partnership.His father, however, decided to show up two weeks earlier than

to rub her temples

end the partnership.They came to an agreement this morning until Grayson so graciously pissed on Benoit

young Queen looks like her head might explode with frustration and for a brief moment,

and I’m about to enter another war,” she whispers under breath, Carter walking over to her

little credit,”

went to war with the Witches and you took them down in less than 3

smile but his words seem to have

wave of guilt washes over the

fault,” Aurora says

with or without Grayson’s help,” she laughs

have to

I held back, Grayson snickers.It was

should be thanking me.Would you shut the f**k up? I snap, Aurora bursting into

bien tu lobo, {I

face once

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

you,” Aurora says,

Talia asks, her hand

a shrug as she rests her

keep you safe and I have failed

the time of peace in my

wrap my arm around her waist and pull her close

know you have your reservations about wolves, so

make arrangements to place you somewhere else while Gwen completes her mission…But I would really

wrapping her arms around my stomach and burying

really likes it here,” Talia whispers

how much pups need to be around other wolves.He’ll have questions that I

she has more to say before now, that is all she has to

is that a yes?” Aurora asks

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

“Should we stay?”

No, Zane.She’s asking your shadow, Grayson grumbles, the desire to punch my own

protect

whispers, her thick lashes fluttering

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

Talia replies, turning to

“might like it.”

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

chuckles, Talia’s

rummages through her drawers and plucks out an envelope, holding it out for me to

and will be initiated into River Moon as official pack members.We would be most honored if you would

Majesty,” Talia replies quietly, taking the envelope from my

free to leave

one more question

as she rises to her feet and switches to

a new enemy on the horizon, it would be nice to have another

his eyes at me for my eagerness to be useful.”I mean, yes, your Majesty.I would

“Great!”she says aloud.

6 am sharp.Evan can pick you up and he’ll take it from

eyes suddenly fog over and she heaves

late for a meeting with the other Alpha’s.You

Kota from the lawn and

***Natalia***

an

Luna and I’d only ever seen one rogue attack.It was small and luckily no one got hurt but it pales in comparison to an

me,

would protect Kota without