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.
Celina,” She says as she steps back from
is
mutters, Celina sticking her tongue out
spawn, then what are
look on her face, Talia snorting as she
Talia chick? I’m running late, so
as if assessing her.She then exchanges looks with
I’m going to say it,” she says, stepping closer to Talia,
We’ve worked
in Celina’s silver irises as she scowls
f*****g attitude,”
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 own feelings and help me take care of these
face as she crosses
Talia nods, never once flinching from the cold tone in Celina’s
hesitation but Talia remains unfazed, as if
her,” Celina suddenly turns to her sister and smiles
her head disapprovingly at her sister and clears
“She didn’t mean that.”
did,” her sister shrugs with an innocent
a
I even blink an eye, the two women vanish into thin air wrapping his arms around my
will be back
knees and speaking in a soothing tone to
meantime, you can stay here and play with Rio.Would you like that?” Kota
Rosalie’s office before the three of us walk to the training
gifts so I shove them in my pockets, willing myself to calm
Aurora reassures as we arrive to
your ability and helping
training grounds is empty, with all of the equipment stored away and all trainers and fighters
us to work in peace,”
figured you wouldn’t want an audience today.” She turns to
“Evan can leave too.”
chance,” he replies, sitting down on a
a heavy sigh and
unsure what to do with myself but Aurora once again
be a little scary at first.It’s a lot of voices in
patting the ground in front of her,
did you know I was a telepath?” I ask as I take a seat
can sense your walls,” she says, her
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
me enter your memories …didn’t you?” I nod,
help you with your gifts?” she
No, Grayson snarls.
came into the picture that the bastard finally
didn’t help!
me! Aurora frowns
in blaming each other.This just means you both need to learn to work together.Let’s furrow my
I
“No, she chuckles softly.”
connection.I’m inside your head.Now I want you to do
I ask, growing nervous with hurting her as I remember all the failed attempts I
catatonic state for hours after my attempts of reading her mind on purpose.I couldn’t do
nothing for a moment and I fear she has already cut our connection and is now expecting me to make
forms inside her palm and she cradles the flame like a
of fears, Zane…” she
anger make you irrational….they make you
demonstrate, the flames in her palm grow
hurt a lot of people unintentionally by letting your fears get the best of you,” She
and if I let them get the best of me, I can lose control. I stare at the large flame nervously to my fears…” she closes her palm, the flames going out in an
the flames.It’s the same principle for you if you ever want to control your gift.You need to learn to let go of your fears and trust in your wolf
if I can do
you don’t give him a chance to
Grayson seeks a connection with
He’s an i**”t.
Aurora frowns at me.
his trust by belittling him, “she
he already is, Wolf You know his pain
Dad did to us and did he ever let me in to help? No! He put me in a corner and forced me to watch him suffer! I could feel the hurt in his
like myself…”
like me either or want to help…so I thought
reply, wallowing in his
look Aurora in the eyes but she
your side…no matter how much you hurt him.He is part of
out.I didn’t know what else to do ….I whisper.I’m sorry too, hesighs.I should have fought
is good, ” Aurora
to enter my head.I’ll put
enter your mind? ” I ask, looking over at Evan who looks bored by our silent staring
I enter someone’s head on purpose, I hurt them. ” Aurora
of thoughts
flowing at different speeds and currents and unfortunately, they are all
The Silent Alpha Chapter 22
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