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.

that? Did you hear something?” she asks, her

laugh a little and gesture for her to close

***Natalia***

eyelids when suddenly a little white light appears in the black abyss

faint voice of a woman echoes from the light, singing a sweet lullaby

that voice coming from?” I wonder, looking around the emptiness but only seeing the

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

light envelopes me, temporarily blinding me for a few

with a high

the tree on the left and a slide wrapping around the tree on

connects

bridge, there is a large bed with forest covers and

kitchenette equipped with a sink, a toaster oven,

left wall and hundreds of

be a child’s room, there are very few

room, an air vent the

the room, which appears to be bolted shut

is no child’s room, I

This is a prison.

at the desk, hunching over several sheets of paper.He can’t be more than 5

closer to him and 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 and over again on a sheet of

him, there is a pile of sheets repeating the

must be Zane’s

door begin to jingle, the little

several of the locks are undone, the

eyes and warm smile resemble Zane’s

note, watching as Zane climbs out of his chair to greet the woman with a

Zane resting his head on her shoulder pushing in

is quite handsome, his piercing blue eyes like the ocean, and he is fit but not

mother’s arms and rushes to the desk, pulling

arm who is busy setting

man looks down at little Zane and

taking the card and reading

you’re not mean.I

glad I don’t smell,” he

not

now,” the woman laughs, Zane

do you have

falters slightly but he nods anyway and fishes out another

hands it to the woman who

cracking a little as she reads before she kneels down and pulls Zane

love,” she sighs, trying very

pauses, searching

his own way.” see in her

don’t you and I have our lunch, okay?” she forces a smile, little Zane

dismisses Wyatt, the two of

very quiet as he eats, careful not to chew loudly or make

him the many birds

bursts open, a tall man storming

stands at about 6ft 4, his bulging muscles and

scar just below

and his eyes are almost black with

called me in here, Ellie?” he snaps at

a meeting

son has a gift

She’s his mother?I wonder.

man turns to look at Zane who

“Go on, Zane,”

him by the

made for him on his

at his father in fear but does not disobey his mother, climbing out of his seat and timidly holding out

glaring at him with flared nostrils keeps his head down, his hand shaking violently as he holds out the

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

and strikes Zane in the face, Zane falling over on the

is on her feet in an instant, screaming at

animal!” she snarls, shoving him though he

showing

not look me in

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

“He’s just a boy!”

argues, helping Zane to his

boy that will one day lead this pack,

finger at Zane to come

leave behind a weak Alpha

his father.He holds his head high, his freshly split lip quivering slightly as he holds the card out to the

to his eyes but little Zane remains strong, holding them back with all of his might so

sobs

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

“Read it.”

“Sebastian-”

can’t say the words, then he doesn’t deserve

alone in the pitch black with my heart shattering to

that I have been unkind to a

I find Zane staring blankly at the floor, his face devoid of all

him, my mind still reeling

prisoner

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