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.

a wolf

know Zane is a wolfand how could he possibly know a wolf was after us?

shift was so many years away; I thought I would have more time to come up with an explanation as to why he’d feel another presence

bore into my soul as I

a good wolf loyal to his

you can,” I finally manage to

be Kota how is again, crawling on all fours

but I swallow my words and smile at him as he rolls around the covers

ignoring Zane’s questioning eyes

to

fills the house as Kota and I make our way into the kitchen, both of us

had skipped dinner last night and

crepe batter onto a hot pan, swirling it around in circles to make a

looks as beautiful as ever in a pretty blouse and

frowns at me when I try to steal

I instead help her pack the cut-up fruits and fillings to

the food while I lead Kota up to the mansion, squeezing his

can’t find us here, Iremind myself as we enter

omega meets us at the door and leads us to a large dining Alpha Oliver sits at the head of the table, his

is Evan along with a girl

another couple whom we

rest of the

job seems to be annoying his Alpha

through the entire school butt-naked looking for his clothes,” Evan wheezes, Aurora on the verge

so mad-” His voice comes to a halt when he finally notices us, Aurora rising

she instructs, gesturing to the

the

mate and my cousin.” She then gestures

little sister.” Rosalie jumps to her feet and rushes over to us with a kind smile on her lips.Her eyes widen in shock when she sees the food in Agnes

crepes?”

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

is mute and deaf,” I explain when Agnes stares blankly

she won’t understand

you say

the sign and Rosalie mimics me, Agnes’s

crepes around while several omegas bring in dishes of eggs and potatoes for

smiles when everyone’s

pup?”She asks, pointing at Kota who climbs onto my

are gorgeous!” She squeals, waving over to Kota who

of the table and dig into their food, Zane translating for Agnes as more

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 do is talk about my life to a bunch of

polite as possible, providing as few details as I can to

however, when

two been together?” Rosalie

I steal a quick glance at Zane who looks petrified by

voice trails off when she sees the uncomfortable

of,” I mutter, an awkward silence enveloping us as I eat the last of my

me as I set my silverware down and begrudgingly look up to tell

flicker to a bright gold color, his wolf seeming to fight

away to hide his other half but

memories of Jack replay

and Jack, my wolf mate who claimed would never hurt me, the one who told me he loved me every day…hit me…rejected me…humiliated me…and betrayed

his wolf would be no

hurt me

for miles, I begin gathering my dishes to leave when

take a walk with you,” she says through a small

that’s okay

voice I look down at my pup clinging