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?”

at Rosalie and I before giving her consent,

returns with the stroller for Rosalie’s pup,

and explaining their purpose to us to keep the

watching Kota like a hawk whenever he runs ahead of us with Rio

set up a picnic for

the open field to the playground, several pups

sorts where they

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

She is already frightened.

need to

of the park, picking flowers, thin sticks, and

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

awe over her shoulder, praising her incredible

the crown to Rosalie, placing it on top of

Rosalie asks with a smile as she puts her now sleeping pup away in his

says, remembering the ‘thank you’ sign from

another flower crown and

jumps with fright at the gesture, having been so focused

Agnes “Sorry,”

a

blinks at her for a few moments before taking

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

nervously and apologizes once again for scaring

a question I had

are you so afraid of werewolves?” She asks bluntly, placing her

attacked?” Talia shifts uncomfortably on her pillow and shakes

with a forced smile, adjusting her flower

“How old is he?”

a tight line, as if holding her tongue, before

four months old…

smiles proudly before her face

talking to us about her story,” she says

here so you can stop looking at us

have hurt you already if we

silent and watches Kota play

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

can see the hurt

Talia shakes her head at me to stop and walks on ahead of us to the guest house can feel a small pain in my heart as we make the small trek in silence and

Maybe hold her hand…

Grayson suggests.

my pace until I walk alongside her, Kota

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

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

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

up my arm, but I

small whimper escapes

onto me for a

her

wiping a few stray

face and

just tired,” She whispers, avoiding my

to the room,” She instructs as she walks

him in her place.Talia looks like she might burst into tears after being rejected by her son for the second time today

you do it?” She asks,

my heart returns as she looks

he is truly unaware of how much his simple request is hurting her.I

in there too long,”

firm and have him help you clean

me alone with

tub, grabbing a handful of bubbles and throwing them up in the

quick work to wash him so that he can enjoy

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

m-no-more, Kota,” I say

tub, the water slowly draining down the hole much to Kota’s

I dress the little boy in a pair of blue

I whisper to

his blue and

is mommy sad?” He asks, a patient look in his

s-she miss-misses home,”

“Oh,” he sighs.

I hide my

i-it t-t-too,” I

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