The Silent Alpha (Natalia)

Chapter 32: Consequences
***Vanessa***

It’s very dark, always so dark in this place.I don’t know where Iam, but it scares me.I want to get out but no matter how much! cry or scream, I am always met with cold, dark silence.

Regardless, I do not stop searching for a way out, running in any direction in hopes of finding the way out of this nightmare.

The pounding of my heart drums against my ears as I sprint into the nothingness, searching desperately for a light, a sound, anything, to let me know that I am not alone, that I’m still alive and that this is not the end for me.I force myself to keep running, putting one foot in front of another.

As I take another step into the darkness, the ground beneath my feet gives way and I find myself collapsing into the emptiness, my heart sinking to the pit of my stomach as I fall into the endless pitch black.

My arms fling about, searching for something to grab onto and save me from this never-ending fall.

The fall is long and torturous, and after a while, I give up and brace myself for my inevitable death.

Death, however, never comes to take me and my body finally stops falling, colliding into a pool of water.

I open my mouth to scream, my lungs filling with water but I stop when I notice the light above my head, illuminating the waves of the water as it sways to and fro.

My heart fills with hope; Moving my arms and legs, I swim to the surface, coughing up the water I drank and gulping the fresh air as the gentle breeze kisses against my skin.

I wipe my eyes and look around, elated to have finally made it out of the darkness and in what appears to be a lake.I see a sandy beach on the horizon and a silent forest sitting just behind it.

The sky has a greenish tint to it, not a cloud in sight.

I swim to the shore and lay for a moment to rest, counting my breaths.

Looking down at my body, I notice I am dressed in a flowy white dress with no sleeves, my feet completely bare.

After calming my heart, I venture in the lush green forest.

It does not take me long to realize that {I am still alone but the quiet does not scare me for some reason, a gentle calm washing over me the deeper I walk into the forest.

The breeze hums quietly in my ears.

“Vanessa…” it whispers.

I follow the delicate voice of the wind into the woods, feeling the damp earth beneath my feet as I rush through the trees.

Beneath the canopy, I hear the light trickling of water in the distance.I search for the source and come upon a stream rushing through a rocky bed.

Completely exhausted, I step into the cool waters to wash my feet and sit on a small boulder.

“Hello child,” a silky voice murmurs from behind me, startling me enough that I nearly slip off the rock and into the water.

I turn around to find a beautiful woman with porcelain skin face down to her waist.

Like me, her feet are bare but she wears white dress with blue trim and embroidery.Her eyes resemble the dark skies of the night, two onyx beads containing a million stars.Her thin lips are as red as a rose, curled like two petals into a smile.

“Come with me,” the woman instructs, holding out a hand towards me.

A calming presence surrounds her and when I place my hand in hers, a cool electric sensation tingles up my arm.

“Do you know who I am, child?” she says as we walk along the stream.

I take a good look at the woman, and while something about her seems familiar, I cannot put a finger on where I could have possibly met her.

“You seem…familiar,” I reply honestly, my voice shaking a little.

A small chuckle escapes her perfect lips.

“I should hope so.You called me here.”

I stop in my tracks and look at her closely, raising an eyebrow.

“I did?”

The woman laughs again, the sound rich and mystifying.

“You asked for a wolf,”

She murmurs, my eyes widening in shock.

“You’re…”

“I go by many names,” She smiles.

“But most call me Moon As the words leave her lips, a beautiful gray-blue wolf appears beside her.

“Devina…”

I whisper, a smile curling on my lips ast remember meeting her the first time.

Devina’s piercing blue eyes flicker towards me when I call out to her, her head tilting to the side in amusement.I drop down on my knees before Moon Goddess, lowering my head and kissing her feet.

“Your Grace,” I cry, ecstatic that my wish is coming true.

“Oh thank you for this gif-”

“You have nothing to thank me for,”

Moon Goddess snaps, stepping back.

“I have given you nothing.”

“But I thought.”

things to those who

Moon Goddess sighs.

been your wolf had you simply trusted

the pit of my stomach.What

got

shakes her head disapprovingly, looking towards

took what was not

anger fills

but he was mine…” I sob

mine! I met him first!

not meant

Moon Goddess reprimands.

with you.Someone who would do anything to please you and show you what it’s like to be

down my

your Grace.Please have mercy on me! I know

have any idea what it’s like to have your mate taken from you? To have someone else tear you apart from the person you love

as she tilts her head up to the sky “Do you

unable to

about her pains, pains

it was all in her head.You made her feel crazy! You have forsaken a sacred bond between two

stepping back to reign

you must pay

settles into my bones as I

took something sacred from your sister and now …She will take something

leaving behind nothing but dust in

“Noo!”

to the beautiful wolf only for her to slip through my fingers receive the wolf that was once

Moon Goddess declares.

show you just how merciful I am, I will still grant you your wish.You will receive a wolf, one worthy of your

with reddish brown eyes appearing beside her.She is not nearly

lowering her gaze to Moon Goddess’s

to you…Never interfere with my

as I gaze upon

Goddess looks down at the small wolf, stroking her

is not much now, but you can make her

down at the wolf with

be Luna with that mangy mutt? How the hell

“Our time is up,”

a

will be watching you closely.Until

a bright white light blinds me, Moon Goddess and the wolf disappearing.I close my eyes to shield them from the burning brightness and when I open them again, I find myself staring at a

try to breathe but there’s something lodged in my

all thatPanicking, my hands feel around my throat, a heart monitor beeping

slam followed by footsteps and quickly find myself surrounded by

steps forward, instructing someone to raise my

Luna,” she mutters, placing her hands

“Let’s get this out.”

once the thick tube is removed, my eyes

the pack hospital and as

but Dr.Lila beats

the Alpha,”

him

***Christian***

you have what I’ve asked for,” I ask Saul, the private investigator I hired

is right in here,” Saul replies, plucking a large manila envelope from his suitcase

together for the past week trying to

but she withdrew all of her Luna

up empty, we scoured public records in Wyoming, the state Natalia

for me, the state of Wyoming requires petitionees looking to change their

despite not having proof of physical abuse or a restraining

was granted, her file sealed from

irritating how smart Natalia could be sometimes but

the clerk could not refuse and before I knew it,

Talia Ramos against other public records like birth certificates, marriage records, real estate ownerships, vehicle licensing, and other court records

nationwide when we found nothing and even searched

years of searching, I finally have

and tear the envelope open, finding a real estate record for a home in a town called Poulsbo in the

photograph of Natalia, her lips pressed

at the

purrs.She

a bar,” Saul says as he lights up a cigarette, Jack growling at

address

A bar? Jack growls.

That’s beneath her!

congratulations are

taking a drag

found the birth certificate confirming Natalia gave birth to

as though it’s

after all.She gave me a son!

son’s name to Dakota

son in a local daycare,”

you the address and phone number to that as

I repeat, testing out