The Silent Alpha (Natalia)

Zane***

Talia orders a pizza and the three of us sit by the fort and watch Shrek in Spanish.I can’t follow most of what is being said but the subtitles help.

Talia seems restless as we watch, glancing at me from the corner of her eye every so often and shifting on her pillow over and over again.

I know there’s something on her mind but I cannot bring myself to invade her privacy, so I timidly place my hand over hers, Talia flinching as the sparks ignite between us.

Ashamed, I pull my hand away but she takes it in hers and interlocks our fingers, muttering an apology under her breath.

“Sorry…it’ll just take a little getting used to,” she blushes, her thumb caressing mine.

“Your hands are…warm…” she smiles nervously.

She says nothing more, turning her attention back to the movie.

I want to ask her what is on her mind but before I can figure out a way to communicate, there’s a knock at the door.

A bit of dread settles in the pit of my stomach when I see Evan standing in the doorway.

He tries to hide his worried face with a smile, but his eyes give him away.

“The Queen wishes to speak to both of you about today’s… incident,” he says, carefully picking his words.

“Zane didn’t do anything wrong,”

Talia huffs, taking a Grayson practically swoons over the gesture and like a love sick puppy, demands to come out and mark her on sight.

Is that all you can think about right now? I snap at him, knowing we are very likely going to get kicked off the territory for his behavior.

No, I’m definitely thinking about her t**s too, Grayson replies nonchalantly.

Just look at how she’s puffing out her chest.

They look great in this top…

I despise you, I sigh, knowing there is no way to trade wolves at this point.

Trust me, I’d trade humans in a heartbeat, he retorts.

“I never said Zane did anything wrong,”

Evan explains calmly, though I can see the fear flicker in his eyes as he backs away from my small Latina mate who glares furiously at him.

“”Trust me, I would have loved to piss on Benoit Perrault years ago.”

“So then why-”

“Things are more complicated than you think and unfortunately, Zane and his wolf only made things worse,”

Evan interrupts.

“Please, just come to the Pack house so Aurora can speak to you both.”

Seeing that we would have to face Aurora sooner or later, we grab Kota and head to the pack house where Evan takes Kota out to play with Rio on the lawn while Talia and I head upstairs to Aurora’s office.I don’t smell the visiting Alphas anywhere, meaning they nervous.

Talia must be nervous too because she holds my hand as I open the door to the office, giving it a tight squeeze as we enter.

The tension in the room is thick, Aurora resting her head in her hands as she focuses on her breathing while her mate, Oliver, gives me a murderous look.

Carter, their Beta, seems to be the only one not upset at the moment, greeting both Talia and I with a smile.

A spine tingling fear washes over me when Oliver opens his mouth to speak.

“Do you have any idea what you two have done?”

Oliver growls, his blue eyes flickering between sapphire and silver.

“Do you have ANY idea how much you f****d up-”

“Oliver, stop it…”

Aurora warns, her face stern as she looks at her husband.

“Let them speak for themselves before you place blame on anyone.”

“You know as well as I do that it does not matter what the reason was.Zane had no right to pee on an Alpha visiting my territory!”

“Our territory,”

Aurora corrects him, Oliver’s mouth closing instantly.

“You forget, Zane and Talia are my guests here and Benoit, as a visitor, should have respected me by respecting my guests.You and I both know he has not!”

“So what do you propose we do?”

shakes his head

away with throwing away everything we’ve worked hard on building

retorts, Carter coughing to

look, Carter holding up his

think I

storming

Oliver pausing at

love you too,” he sighs, closing the door after him

the bridge of

can explain,” Talia says when the suffocating silence becomes too

Aurora holds up her

She

your memories as soon

through her hair and leans

does not make this situation

the issue?” Talia asks for both of

just

“What’s the issue?”

sarcastically, sitting

Jacques’s eldest daughter, Adeline, used to manage these shares before she went rogue 6 months ago.Benoit is the heir apparent to the Alpha title and has been managing the shares from France.He is set to take the title next month, so we planned to have a formal meeting with him next week to discuss the future of our partnership.His father, however, decided to show up two weeks

stops to rub

come up with a finalized plan to end the partnership.They came to an agreement this morning until Grayson so graciously pissed on Benoit Perrault.Now, not only are all the negotiations off the table, but Lune de

head might explode with frustration and for

I’ve only been Queen for less than 3 months and I’m about to enter another war,” she

little

Witches and you took them down in less than 3 weeks.You can handle a snobby Alpha and his son

words seem to have given her the comfort she

enormous wave of guilt washes over the

your fault,” Aurora says

trouble with or without Grayson’s help,” she

did it have to

lucky I held back, Grayson snickers.It was either piss or rip out

you shut the f**k up?

cae bien tu lobo, {I

face once

needs to learn discipline.I wholeheartedly disagree, Grayson replies

with both of you,” Aurora says, her eyes switching between Talia and

out?” Talia

Aurora responds with a shrug as she rests her hands on her

safe and I

now it looks like the time of peace in

nervously on her feet so I wrap my arm around her waist and pull her

your reservations about wolves, so I

Gwen completes her mission…But I

quiet for a moment, wrapping her arms around my stomach and burying her

here,” Talia whispers

questions that I don’t know the answer to…And there are some good wolves here that he

has more to say before now, that is all she has

Aurora asks with a

you think, Zane?” Talia murmurs, slowly tilting

“Should we stay?”

blink ather.She’s asking me? No, Zane.She’s asking your shadow, Grayson grumbles, the desire to punch my own

you protect Kota and

whispers, her thick lashes

life, Iwant to say but I only manage to nod my head at her, a small but

we’ll stay…” Talia replies,

“might like it.”

he’s enrolled.I’m glad to see River Moon is slowly changing your perception of us

chuckles, Talia’s cheeks turning

through her drawers and plucks out

than a month, there will be a Night of Melodies ritual.Four of our pups will receive their wolves over the next few weeks and will be initiated into River Moon as official pack members.We would be most honored if you would join us in this celebration.It will take place on the Buck Moon, perfect for the pups

you, your Majesty,” Talia replies quietly, taking the

we free to

I just have one more question for

says as she rises to her feet and switches to

a new enemy on the horizon, it would be nice to have another silver wolf

eyes at me for my eagerness to be useful.”I mean, yes, your Majesty.I would like

“Great!”she says aloud.

start first thing Monday morning, 6 am sharp.Evan can pick you

eyes suddenly fog over and she heaves a heavy sigh, Carter laughing at

that’s everything, I’m apparently late for a meeting with the other

and I collect Kota from the lawn and head

***Natalia***

of an impending war

only ever seen one rogue attack.It was small and luckily no one got hurt but it pales in comparison to an all out war against

Grayson with me, however, puts my

protect Kota