The Silent Alpha (Natalia)

Chapter 23: Identity he
“Agnes** *

My little butterfly flutters around the room, its iridescent wings catching the light that filters in through the window.

On the floor, Kota watches a Disney film with Rio by his side, large headphones blocking out the rest of the world to him.

Rosalie types away at her desk, looking over hundreds of spreadsheets and developing promotional content for her pack’s company.She is the Head Social Media coordinator in charge of the company’s social media presence.

As she works, she instructs me to give her pup, Emile, a bath and put him to sleep.I execute the task with great care, preparing a warm bath with little bubbles.

Emile seems to enjoy the bath, his eyes widening as I pour a little water over his hair and his legs kicking frantically with excitement.

He likes the water…my wolf, Cynthia smiles.

Just like Archie.

An overwhelming sadness fills my heart as I look down at the small happy pup in my arms, seeing in him the little boy I had lost long before I became Zane’s mother.

He’s with his father now, Cynthia tries to comfort me but it’s no use.

There would forever be a small hole in my heart…all because of My life as a Ravenstone wolf was by no means perfect.

Being deaf, I was always pushed around and made fun of for being unable to talk or hear.

While my parents never said it, I knew they were ashamed to have a deaf daughter and Alpha Tristan (Alpha Toran’s father and former Alpha of Ravenstone) would not have hesitated to get rid of me were it not for the fact that my father was the gamma’s younger brother.I learned early on that it was best to stay out of the Alpha’s way and be invisible.

But Damon saw me, and he never stopped seeing me.

Growing up, none of the other pups understood me nor did they bother to try.I was too strange because I talked with my hands and made weird sounds whenever I tried to speak.

But as Moon Goddess would have it, I met my mate in a sandbox of all places.

He wanted to know why I played with the sand all by myself and never joined In on the games with the other pups.He wanted to know why I used my hands instead of my words.

When Damon realized I could not hear, he brought me a notebook and wrote down all of his favorite things to do in it so that we could do them together.

Hide and seek, tag, and mancala were among our favorite games to play together.

I taught him how to sign and he taught me how to hear with my eyes and feet.

His father was learned to stay vigilant, like relying more on my nose and my sense of touch.

I was devastated the day of my first shift when I realized my wolf was as deaf as I was.I had held onto the hope that I could hear in her form, but Moon Goddess did not grant me that gift.

“You are not useless,”Damon told me as I shifted back into my human form and burst into tears.

“You are just different.”

Those simple words helped soothe my broken heart and I learned to accept myself as I was.

The day of Damon’s 18th birthday will forever be one of the greatest days of my life.

He did not hesitate to claim me as his mate, marking me that very same day.

I was only 16 but my parents were overjoyed that I would not spend the rest of my life in loneliness as they had expected me to.

With Alpha Toran’s permission, I was allowed to move in with Damon as his wife despite not being a matured wolf yet.

Neither Damon nor I were ready to start a family, so we focused on building our home and becoming contributing members of the pack.

a hunter like his father while I finished school and worked at the

to be

attention to every corner of our pup’s

the joy, I was nervous

is

night “Then we

replied as he wiped

know love

quelled all of my fears with his kisses and his love, reassuring me that

came without trouble and he was the most beautiful boy

thick long lashes like his father’s and he had my dirty blonde

describe the joy I felt when I held him in

of his father’s voice, asserting

every second he could with

back to

“I’ve got Archie.”

small family was not rich and we could barely make ends meet, our life was

loved me and

pup and a house to call our own.We had

day Scarlet

but that all came crashing down the day Alpha Toran discovered

would mark the beginning of a vicious and

Toran was determined to see Scarlet Haven burn to the

Cyrus’s younger brother, Sebastian, took over, Alpha Toran wanted to send a message to young new

act, but Alpha Sebastian would go on to commit an even greater

and I both working full-time, I was forced to sign Archie up in the pack

it would be the last time

to the daycare and

could to see what all the commotion was about and to my

were no survivors, all 26 pups and their accompanying teachers perishing

on, the war intensified, Damon volunteering to be a soldier in

could not convince him otherwise and I lost my husband in the war just one month after losing my pup.I was devoid of all feelings, my heart shriveling up to the

more than ready to be cast out as a rogue.I craved It for I saw no purpose

wrote to me

for your son and mate?” I sat there staring at the question on the sheet

during the attack of the King’s birthday,”

child hidden in the pack house

trembling hands struggling to hold the

Alpha smiled wickedly at me, twirling a strand of my hair

about that. A wolf of your caliber is virtually useless to any pack,”

to become a rogue stumbling through woods on the edge of

pity on your pathetic state and take you in, allowing you to find the hidden heir and kill him…” l read the words, gasping at the

“Or…” the Alpha continued.

kill you on sight, which I assume is a viable option for you, all things considered,”

cheeks were hollowed out from lack of eating and my once bright

shake my head at him.I had lost a child.I could not do the same to another man, not even to the man who

Alpha smirked once more, unfazed by my lack of

I’m not giving you an

a useless mouth to feed.I don’t have room for a worthless mutt like you in a time of war. You will be a rogue whether you

proposal, you will have the added satisfaction of having destroyed the man who took not only your pup, but the

is yours, my dear Agnes,” he adds on a separate

killed by other rogues…or will you die a hero