The Silent Alpha (Natalia)

Chapter 20

Chapter 20: First steps

***Jane***

Agnes and I spend the morning with Kota, Rosalie, Rosalie’s baby Emile, and Evan, fighting our own anxiety from our lack of activity.

In all my life, I had never had a moment to rest, to just sit and watch a movie or play games without a care in the world.

Even if there was chance that I completed my chores, my mind and self-hatred would torture me relentlessly.

As a pup, my father put me through rigorous schooling and speech therapies to make me the best Alpha I could be.

Of course, I could never live up to his expectations.

He would make me stand before him once a week to recite the history of our pack or the laws that governed it and the kingdom.

If I faltered in my pronunciation, I would be struck with a whip.

There was never a day that I made it out of a recital without shedding blood.

My mother would weep sorrowfully, begging my father helplessly to have mercy.

She would sometimes be beaten herself for attempting to shield me.

It hurt my soul to fail her so miserably but no matter how hard I concentrated, my tongue would only grow stiffer, and my words would slur like a drunk.

After I was demoted to Omega status, I became a field hand, carrying weapons for the warriors in training or helping maintain the equipment in the hot sun or cold winters.

As I grew older, I learned many things to make myself useful such as plumbing, mechanics, painting and other basic maintenance jobs.

Agnes is no different.

With her hearing gone, she had to make herself useful to earn her meals.

No one wants an extra mouth to feed.

She was beaten relentlessly by other Omegas if she slipped up.

She learned to be quick in the kitchen, never resting for fear she would be cast out or killed by the Omegas.

So, as we sit comfortably on the couch watching Aladdin with Kota, Agnes and I find it hard to rest, wondering if at any moment, this pack’s kindness would run out.

Even Grayson could not find the words to soothe my racing thoughts.

Feeling myself about to break, I get up quietly and search for a pen and paper before approaching Rosalie with a note.

“Are you sure there is nothing we can do to be of service 2” Rosalie reads aloud before raising an eyebrow at me.

“Are you bored?” She asks nervously.

“W-we can go to the park if you like.Kota could stretch his legs and play with some other pups.Let me just get the stroller for Emile,” she says as Evan gets up from his spot to find said stroller.I shake my head at her, writing out my response.

“We just don’t want to be a burden.”She stares at the note before smiling up at me.

“You are our guests, not a burden,” She chuckles.

“Gwen asked for this favor and need,” She smiles.

“Just relax and enjoy yourselves. Take this a small vacation while Gwen finishes up her work.”

Just then we hear the door open, and Natalia appears on her own, a thoughtful look in her eyes.

“You’re back!” Rosalie chirps.

“How was the walk? Did you see all of River Moon?” She asks with a cheerful smile.

Talia smiles sheepishly, her eyes staring at her hands.

“It was …eye opening…” she replies quietly.

“Aurora just had an emergency to deal with.”

There’s a serious tone in her voice and Rosalie appears to understand the true meaning behind her words.

“Well, you’ve come just in time.I think Kota might enjoy some time at the park,”

She gestures to Kota watching the movie on the floor with Rio lying lazily next to him.

“Yeah, mommy!” Kota cries, scrambling to his feet.

“Can we go to the park?”

consent,

the stroller for Rosalie’s pup, some

explaining their purpose to us

like a hawk whenever he runs ahead of us with Rio reassure her that her

park, I help Evan set up a picnic for the girls, spreading out a blanket with

through the open field to the playground, several pups

sorts where they run after

could

She is already frightened.

need to scare

the perimeter of the park, picking flowers, thin sticks,

her nimble fingers

over her shoulder, praising her incredible

the crown to Rosalie, placing it on top

smile as she

you,” she says, remembering the

another flower crown and places

with fright at the gesture, having been so focused on her pup and not noticing Agnes getting near

Agnes “Sorry,”

signs with a

before taking the

scared me, is all,” Talia apologizes, turning to me to

apologizes once again

before asking a question I

of werewolves?” She asks bluntly, placing her chin in her hand and

you attacked?” Talia shifts uncomfortably on her pillow and shakes her

pup…” she says with a forced

“How old is he?”

tight line, as if holding her

months

smiles proudly before

to us about her

you are safe here so you can stop looking

would have hurt you already if we

remains silent and watches Kota play with

for the time being.We remain at the park for lunch and a few hours thereafter until Kota

but I can see the hurt in her eyes at being pushed

us to the guest house can feel a small pain in my heart as we make the small trek in silence and try

Maybe hold her hand…

Grayson suggests.

pick up my pace until I walk alongside her, Kota

of courage I have, I touch her hand, Talia flinching away at

heart nearly stops as I mentally prepare for her to snap at me but instead, she just

to apologize when she suddenly takes my hand, interlocking

but I can still feel her

as a small whimper escapes her throat and she squeezes

me for a

her hand as if it

f**k!” she groans, wiping a few stray tears that

face and

tired,” She whispers,

She instructs as she

me wash him in her place.Talia looks like she might burst into tears

do it?” She asks, her

as she looks at me with glossy brown

his mother’s heart, but I know he is truly unaware of

stay in there too long,” she says

clean up if he makes a

down the hall, leaving me alone with the cheeky

and climbs into the bubble filled tub, grabbing a

work to wash him so that he can enjoy the

me many times, but I grab his two little hands and place them over his

Kota,” I

he can protest, I pull the plug in the tub, the water slowly draining down the hole much to Kota’s dismay glance at the door and listen for any sounds

the little

is s-sad,” I whisper to

his blue

mommy sad?” He asks, a patient look

s-she miss-misses home,”

“Oh,” he sighs.

I hide my smile and finish putting

i-it t-t-too,” I

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