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, Kota bouncing with excitement while Rio jumps at his

Rosalie’s pup, some blankets,

their purpose to us to

like a hawk whenever he runs ahead of

I help Evan set up a picnic for the girls, spreading out a blanket with snacks and pillows for them to

field to the playground, several pups gathering

and they begin a game of sorts

vigilant, and I wish with all my heart that I could help comfort in some way, but I know better than to

She is already frightened.

do not need to scare her any

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

foliage and begins weaving them into crowns, her nimble fingers delicately folding the flower stems and blades of

over her

the crown to Rosalie, placing it on top of

with a smile as she puts her now sleeping

the

yet another flower crown

the gesture, having been so focused on her pup and

Agnes “Sorry,”

with a trembling hand,

at her for a few moments before taking the

just scared me, is all,”

apologizes once

watches their interaction with intrigue before asking a question I had been asking myself since I first met

are you so afraid of werewolves?” She asks bluntly, placing her chin in her hand and looking at

shifts uncomfortably on

have a lovely pup…” she says with a forced smile,

“How old is he?”

a tight line, as if

months

proudly before

hard time talking to us about her story,” she says with

it if you don’t want to tell us.But just FYI, you are safe here so you can stop looking at us like

you already if we wanted

Kota play with the

at the park for lunch and a few hours thereafter until

the hurt in her eyes

and walks on ahead of us to the guest house can feel a small pain in my heart as

Maybe hold her hand…

Grayson suggests.

pace until I walk alongside her,

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

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

to apologize when she suddenly takes my hand, interlocking our fingers

I can still feel her

lower lip as a small whimper escapes her throat and she squeezes my hand

onto me for a little while longer before letting

She explains, holding her hand as if it

she groans, wiping a few stray tears that rolled down her

her face and

tired,” She whispers, avoiding

to the room,” She instructs as she

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

She asks, her voice

little pain in my heart returns as

little boy for breaking his mother’s heart, but I know he is truly unaware of how much his simple

there too long,” she says

splash you so be firm and have him help you clean up if he makes a mess.He needs

me alone with the

eagerly undresses and climbs into the bubble filled tub, grabbing a handful of bubbles

quick work to wash him so that he can enjoy the bubbles

Kota tries to splash me many times, but I grab his two

Kota,”

plug in the tub, the water slowly draining down the hole much to Kota’s dismay glance at the door and

alone, I dress the little boy

yo-your mommy is s-sad,” I whisper to him, sliding his

sucks on his thumb, his blue and brown eyes blinking at

He asks, a patient look

miss-misses

“Oh,” he sighs.

my smile

like i-it

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