The Silent Alpha (Natalia)

Chapter 28

Zane***

“You can use my phone if that helps,”

Talia suggests, pulling out her phone from her pocket and unlocking it for me.

Beads of sweat gather at my temple as I stare blankly at the Notepad app.

She’s not asking for much, Grayson mutters.

Did you miss the part where she’s been married to a perfect Alpha? I snap at him.

What do you think will go through her head when she realizes she’s mated to a freak? You are being dramatic, Grayson groans.

He wasn’t THAT perfect.

He cheated on her! WITH HER SISTER! That’s not the point! The point is my own father refused to recognize meas his son! \retort.

When Talia realizes how truly worthless I am, she’ll reject me like everyone else has.

Do you not trust our mate will treat us fairly? Grayson asks.

I look up at my mate, her smile faltering with my everlasting silence.

She deserves the truth…

Grayson sighs.

And so do we.

We won’t know how she truly feels about us if all we show her is a lie.

But…Anything.

The phone trembles in my hand, my fingers unwilling to type out a message.

Minutes crawl by before Talia finally loses her patience.

“Okay, I think this date is over,”

Talia laughs dryly, my heart sinking as a few tears cling to her eyes.

She wipes at them angrily and starts to get up, disappointed by my lack of response.

“I honestly don’t even know what I was expecting,” she mutters, shaking her head at herself.

“This was such a f*****g mistake and I can’t even be mad at you because I did this to myself,” she huffs, rolling her eyes.

“I should have just kept my mouth shut.”

She presses the palms of her hands against her eyes to stop the tears from flowing down her cheeks.

“Please take me home,” she whimpers.

“I don’t want to be here anymore.”

My mind goes into a panic when I hear the hurt in her voice.I open my mouth to explain but it feels as though the wind has been knocked out of me and all that comes out is a gasp.

Come on! I snap at myself.

Say something! But the harder I try to utter a word, the drier my mouth feels and the heavier my tongue becomes.

All the memories of my father screaming at me to speak come flooding back and the words get caught in my throat, unable to escape.

She deserves the truth, I remind myself, taking a few deep breaths and rising to my feet shoulders and turn her towards me, embracing her in my arms.

I try to hold her to my chest but Talia only shakes her head in anger at me.

“No,” she cries.

“You don’t get to just hug this all away.I told you my story.I shared my pain with you,” she hiccups.

“Why can’t you do the same for me?”

Knowing she is right, I urge her to sit back down, patting the space beside me as my eyes plead with her to sit.

Reluctantly, she settles down, hugging her knees to her chest.

Her brown eyes watch me carefully, scrutinizing my every move.

I pull the phone from my pocket and after she unlocks it, I type out my plan.

“I can’t tell you my story, but I can show you,” She reads aloud.

“Close your eyes.”

She gives me a confused look but I just smile and place my hand over my own eyes to show her what I need from her.

Very hesitantly, she places both hands over her eyes, sighing deeply in annoyance.

Taking a deep breath, I close my own eyes and concentrate, letting down my walls and accepting the river of thoughts coming from my mate.

“This is silly,” her voice echoes in my head.

“Shhh,”

I whisper, Talia suddenly jumping up and looking around frantically.

something?” she asks, her eyes opening and scanning the surrounding

and gesture for her

***Natalia***

my eyelids when suddenly a little

woman echoes from the light,

wonder, looking around the emptiness

am alone with my thoughts, I decide to follow the voice

blinding me for

room is large and spacious with a

room, a treehouse sitting on the tree on the left and a slide wrapping around the tree on

connects the two

is a large bed with forest covers and

to be a small kitchenette equipped with a sink, a toaster oven, a mini fridge, and cabinets

with two chairs sits beside the the left wall and hundreds of

room, there are very few toys, only a small stuffed gray wolf sitting on

in the room, an air vent the only means of fresh air, providing ventilation and cool

which appears to be bolted shut with

no child’s room,

This is a prison.

over several sheets of paper.He can’t

to my horror, find that his left eye is completely swollen shut, dark bruises littering the entirety of his

tears with his sleeve as he scribbles “My name is Zane” over

a pile of sheets repeating the same

must be Zane’s memories,

begin to jingle, the

several of the locks are undone, the door swings

eyes and warm smile resemble

note, watching as Zane climbs out of

giggles as she lifts him into her arms, Zane resting

eyes like the ocean, and

his mother’s arms and rushes to the desk, pulling out a small card with a crudely drawn wolf on the

who is busy setting up the food on the

at little

He asks, taking the card and reading the words out

not mean.I

glad I don’t smell,” he

not a

minute now,” the

have a

smile falters slightly but he nods anyway and fishes out another card,

hands it to the woman who reads

says, her voice cracking a little as she reads before she kneels down and pulls Zane to

love,” she sighs, trying very hard not to let her tears

just….” she pauses, searching

baby.He loves you very much.Just in his own way.” see in her eyes that even she doesn’t

have our lunch, okay?” she forces a

dismisses Wyatt, the two of them enjoying their meal

careful not to

talking, explaining to him the many birds

suddenly bursts open, a tall man storming

4, his bulging muscles and broad shoulders barely contained within his dark

scar just

combed back and his eyes are

called me in here,

for a meeting

has a gift for you,”

She’s his mother?I wonder.

to look at Zane who is trembling in his

“Go on, Zane,”

nudges him by the

for him on

looks at his father in fear but does not disobey his mother, climbing

with flared nostrils keeps his head down, his

me, boy,” the man spits, Zane remaining frozen in

raises his arm and strikes Zane in the face, Zane falling over

is on her feet in an instant, screaming at the

animal!” she snarls, shoving him though

just showing you his

me in the eye!”

looks another man in the eye when he’s talking to

“He’s just a boy!”

argues, helping Zane to his

one day lead this

roars, curling his finger

leave behind a weak

as he once again approaches his father.He holds his head high, his freshly split lip quivering

little Zane remains strong, holding them back with all of his might

heavily, swallowing back the sobs I know he

legs and tear-stained cheeks, Zane faces his father, my heart swelling with

“Read it.”

“Sebastian-”

say the words, then he doesn’t deserve

into the abyss, leaving me all alone in the pitch black with my heart shattering

more painful than the memory, however, is the realization that I have been unkind to a man

Zane staring blankly

to say to help comfort him, my mind still reeling from all

prisoner in

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