The Silent Alpha (Natalia)

Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Rivers
***WARNING***

The following chapter contains a scene with self harm and abuse.

Reader discretion is advised, I will place (*) asterisk when the abuse self-harm begins for those of you who wish to Skip.

** ***Zane***

What are you so nervous about? Grayson mutters as we walk over to the main pack house, my legs barely able to drag me to our destination.

We need this training! What use is our gift if we can’t use it? I know he’s right but that doesn’t stop the fear somersaulting in my belly.

My father always said I was weak.

What if my power truly is weak and worthless? Then what? Then we learn to fight like any other f****”g mutt! Grayson growls in annoyance.

Talia and Agnes walk silently behind me, both equally nervous for our first day in our new assignments.

Kota appears to be the only one excited to visit the River Moon wolves.

To keep herself calm, Agnes holds her butterfly in her hand, the beautiful creature crawling along her finger and fluttering its wings.

She had kept it in her room since we arrived in River Moon and it seemed to give her comfort.

I would have to thank Salvador again for Talia fidgets with the sack lunch that I prepared for her this morning, wrinkling the paper bag with her fingers.

To my surprise, she took the lunch willingly and my heart only soared higher when I noticed she was still wearing the gold bracelet I gave her.

I just hope she will still be okay with me when she reads my note today.

Quit worrying.

We were smooth, Grayson grins We finally approach the pack house, Rosalie already waiting for us with her young pup cradled in her arms.

“Come with me Agnes,” She smiles warmly at her before turning to Talia and I.

“Aurora is in the entertainment room waiting for you.”

Talia and I exchange nervous glances and make our way to the entertainment room where we find Aurora sitting on the floor with her eyes closed, Oliver combing through her hair with tenderness, as if her hair were made of silk.

Evan sits on the couch, watching the two with friendly disgust while Rio sits lazily at his feet.

Oliver leans in close to his mate and kisses her temples, murmuring soothing words in her ears.

The Queen looks completely relaxed in his lap as he begins to gently braid her hair into one long french braid, her breaths slow and steady.

It almost feels wrong to watch such an intimate moment between two loving mates and I feel a pain in my heart.

Would Talia ever trust me enough to let me care for her as the Rio jumps up to greet Kota and the two roll around the floor playfully.

“Please sit,” Aurora says, her eyes fluttering open as Oliver ties up the braid.

Kota stops his play for a moment and we bow our heads in reverence to the timid Queen.

“My sister will be here soon for you, Talia.You can wait here while I take Zane to the training grounds.Kota can stay at the daycare or here with Rosalie and Agnes.It’s up to you and what you feel most comfortable with.”

“Here,” Talia replies almost immediately.

“H-here, please.” The Queen smiles brilliantly at her as she rises to her feet with Oliver’s help.

“Then it shall be so.” Oliver grabs his coat and car keys from the coffee table and prepares to take off.

“Be safe,” Oliver murmurs as he kisses his Queen on the cheek before he glares at me.

“If you hurt her, I will kill you.Understand?” he threatens, his voice a low growl.

I nod obediently, swallowing the lump in my throat.

Aurora rolls her eyes at her mate and pacifies him with a kiss.

“No you will not,” she chuckles.

“You cannot heal on your own,” he argues.

“If he hurts you during training-”

“Then I will heal her,” a woman’s voice calls out from behind us.

“So go huff and puff somewhere else and let my sister train in. We all turn around to the source of the voice and find a small woman identical to Queen Aurora standing by the door.

The only difference between the two appears to be their eyes, with this woman’s eyes being silvery grey while Aurora’s are a golden honey color.

Aurora wastes no time running towards the woman, embracing her in a tight hug.

“You literally see each other every f*****g day,”

Evan exasperates, Oliver rolling his eyes at the gamma wolf.

The small woman lifts her middle finger up at Evan, Aurora giggling hysterically.

Zane.This is my twin, Celina,” She says as she steps back from her

spawn is more

Celina sticking her

then what are

a bored look on her face, Talia snorting as she

Talia chick? I’m

down as if

closer to Talia, Aurora

worked

as she scowls and points an accusing finger

f*****g attitude,”

your ex or what you’ve been through because I can guarantee, our girls have gone through far worse.They need someone who won’t flinch away from them or look at them like they’re maggots.They’re broken and they need help.I’m not taking you anywhere until you promise Aurora and I that you will set aside your

stern look washes over Celina’s face as

once flinching from the

but Talia remains unfazed, as

her,” Celina suddenly turns to her sister and

her head

“She didn’t mean that.”

shrugs

let’s go.We have a long day ahead

Talia’s hand and before I even blink an eye, the two women vanish into thin air wrapping

be back later

speaking in a soothing tone to

meantime, you can stay here and play with

take Kota upstairs to Rosalie’s office

uncontrollably at the thought of using my gifts so I shove them in my pockets, willing myself to

worry” Aurora reassures as we arrive

helping you figure out exactly what you can

entire training grounds is empty, with all of the equipment stored away and all trainers and fighters

in peace,” she smiles sheepishly as she leads me to a sparing

an audience today.” She

“Evan can leave too.”

a chance,” he replies, sitting down on

heaves a heavy sigh and

you can do.” I remain frozen in place, unsure what to do with myself but Aurora

a little scary at first.It’s

and patting the ground in front of her, urging me to do the

did you know I was a telepath?” I

walls,” she says,

and she is also a telepath.The walls help block out the voices and keep out intruders.I can usually make my way into a person’s thoughts and their memories without them noticing but it wasn’t so easy getting into your head.It was like there was this massive

with a little push but you felt me enter your memories …didn’t you?”

your wolf help you with your gifts?”

No, Grayson snarls.

until Talia came into the picture that the

you didn’t

you didn’t trust me! Aurora frowns at

blaming each other.This just means you both need to learn to work together.Let’s furrow my brows

thought I

“No, she chuckles softly.”

you to

hurting her as I remember all the failed attempts I had made on

attempts of reading her mind on purpose.I couldn’t do that to

cut our connection and is now expecting me to make contact but she only smiles at me, holding out

air, a small ball of fire forms inside her palm and

have a lot of fears, Zane…” she

anger make you irrational….they

if to demonstrate, the flames in her palm grow bigger until they

by letting your fears get

manipulate the fire element but it is very difficult to control.My flames are fueled by my emotions and if I let them get the best of me, I can lose control. I

control your gift.You need to learn to let go of your fears and trust in

don’t know if I

never know if you don’t give him a chance

mate, Grayson seeks a connection with you.” I don’t like

He’s an i**”t.

Aurora frowns at me.

by belittling him, “she says sternly, Grayson

is, Wolf You know his pain better than anyone.” He doesn’t trust me! Grayson

help? No! He put me in a corner and forced me to watch him suffer! I could feel the hurt in his voice as he

even like

you’d like me either or want to help…so I thought it was better to put you

reply, wallowing

stare at my hands, afraid to look Aurora in the eyes but she suddenly moves closer to me and holds my wrists care or listen,” she says

much you hurt him.He is part of

know what else to do ….I whisper.I’m sorry too, hesighs.I should have fought harder to break

good, ” Aurora

work together to enter my head.I’ll put my walls down to make

how do I enter your mind? ” I ask, looking over at Evan who looks bored by our

enter someone’s head on purpose, I hurt them. ” Aurora nods

of thoughts

are flowing at different speeds and currents and unfortunately, they are all coming towards

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