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.

I finished school and worked at the pack

overjoyed to be a

putting special attention to every corner of our pup’s room and child proofing virtually

joy, I was nervous

if he is deaf like

cried one night “Then

he wiped away my

will know love

his love, reassuring me that there was

trouble and he was the

long

joy I felt when I held him in my arms for the

responded well to auditory stimulation like bells or the sound of his father’s

he could with sleep

back to sleep,”

“I’ve got Archie.”

and we

me and

and a house to

that fateful day

once close allies, but that all came crashing down the day Alpha

mark the beginning of

Toran was determined to see Scarlet Haven burn to the ground and he killed

brother, Sebastian, took over, Alpha Toran wanted to send a message to young new Alpha, killing both his first-born son, Jonathan and then later his

but Alpha Sebastian would go on to commit an even greater war crime a

I was forced to sign

a day like any other, I it would be the

daycare and at

and to my horror, I saw the collapsed daycare center In the distance, the burning building giving off a stench

all 26 pups and their accompanying teachers perishing

war intensified, Damon volunteering to

I lost my husband in the war just one month after losing my pup.I was devoid of all feelings, my heart shriveling up

called me to his office, I was more than ready to be cast out as a rogue.I craved It for

Sebastian’s second son still lives,” he wrote to me as I sat

I sat there staring at the question on the sheet of paper, understanding

during the attack

kept the child hidden in the pack house which he

understand,” I replied, my trembling hands struggling to hold

could I possibly be of any service and get revenge?” The Alpha smiled wickedly at me, twirling a strand of my hair between

weak, there’s no doubt about that. A wolf of your caliber is virtually useless to any pack,” he wrote,

rogue stumbling through woods on the edge of their territory,”

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

“Or…” the Alpha continued.

may kill you on sight, which I assume is a viable option for you, all things considered,” he shrugged, his eyes scanning my poor

my once bright eyes were now dull and had dark

do the same to another man, not

by my lack of interest

giving you an option,” he

are but a useless mouth to feed.I don’t have room for a worthless mutt like you in a

who took not only your pup, but the only man dumb enough to accept you for a mate.” The Alpha leans back in his chair as

my dear Agnes,” he

raped and killed by other rogues…or will you die a hero and end this war so