The Silent Alpha (Natalia)

Chapter 52

Chapter 52: Red Water 

***Zanet** 

After Talia’s former Gamma called last night, Talia went into a frantic terror, shaking violently with both rage and fear that her ex-mate was trying to locate our son.

 

It was not until I brought Kota in to stay with us for the night that she finally calmed down enough to go to sleep.

 

Grayson, however, was too enraged to stay quiet, so I let him out to patrol around the house while our mate and pup slept soundly.

 

Now as the dawn breaks over the horizon, I shift into my human form, changing into a pair of shorts and stumbling back into the room.

 

“Tell Christian he can go to hell.My son already has a Dad and I have an Alpha who I am going to love.I am going to love him and I am going to be happy because after all these years spent being angry and full of hatred, I deserve to have my happily ever after,”

 

Talia snarls into the phone before hanging up and huffing loudly to herself.She looks up to see me standing in the doorway, her cheeks heating up as she curls back up in bed with our sleeping pup.

 

I don’t know what to say as a kaleidoscope of butterflies flutters about from my stomach to my head.

 

 

 

Talia pats the empty space beside her, coaxing me to come to bed with her as she pulls the covers open for me.I crawl into bed, She interlocks our hands and brings them to her lips, kissing my knuckles gently as she speaks.

 

“Christian wants to make me his Luna and take Kota as his next heir,” she murmurs, her other hand brushing away Kota’s hair from his face.

 

A low growl rumbles through my chest, Talia chuckling softly to herself at Grayson’s possessiveness.

 

“And it appears my sister ended up in a coma after attempting to turn,” she sighs.

 

I rest my chin on her shoulder and pull her closer to my chest.

 

“A-are you al-alright?” I ask, Talia shrugging to herself.

 

“I have let Vanessa and Christian control my life for several years now,” she whispers.

 

“And for a long time, I’ve been living in fear of my own heart, too afraid to let anyone else get close enough to hurt me again.It’s so much easier being alone; it’s comfortable.No one can hurt you,” https://infobagh.com/she adds with a small shrug.

 

I hold my breath as she guides my hand to her chest and presses it over her heart.

 

“Do you feel my heart racing?” she asks, the thumping of her heart drumming against the palm of my hand.

 

“y-yes.”

 

“It hasn’t done that in a long time,” she murmurs in breathy whispers.

 

“But my heart races every time I’m with you…And I realize…I never want to stop feeling that.” to live, to grow, to fight intensifying as she speaks her truth.

 

 

 

“I want to be yours, truly and completely yours,” Talia whispers, turning to look at me with tears tugging at her eyes.

 

“So I will give you my heart and my soul…even if it terrifies me.Even if I feel I’m not good enough.I’m done letting Christian and Vanessa win.I want to stop running.I want to be happy…and that starts by accepting your mark.”

 

My eyes widen in shock and I can’t help the giddy smile that stretches across my face.

 

“R-really?” I ask, Grayson wagging his tail enthusiastically.

 

What are you doing? Don’t question her, he snaps.She might change her mind!

 

“Tonight,” she murmurs.

 

“Mark me tonight.”

 

I lock eyes with her, trying to decipher if this really is what she wants or if it’s just the fear taking over again.

 

All I find in her eyes, however, is something no one but my mother has ever looked at me with: acceptance.

 

I am flawed and tainted by my past, but this perfectly imperfect human still wants me to be the father of her child and the man of her life.What more could I want?

 

“T-tonight,” I nod, a smile curling on her lips in response as I lean in for a kiss.

 

“One more thing, Zane,” Talia adds, teasing me by pulling away from my lips.

 

you feel about asking Queen Aurora if we can stay in River Moon…indefinitely?” She asks,

 

 

 

I already feel right at home here, more so than I ever

 

suddenly sits up, his eyes filing with tears as he looks

 

asks, sitting up and

 

dream of a bad wolf,” he whines, burying his face in

 

Lots of red water on

 

water?” She asks, turning to

 

” What red water?”

 

water everywhere!” He

 

mean to Daddy.Why was he so mean to

 

okay,” Talia soothes, rubbing his

 

“Daddy’s okay now.See?”

 

He screams, shaking his head at

 

holds onto the crying pup, whispering soothing words to calm

 

whisper,

 

y-you want to see the

 

aggressively wiping his tears and

 

pops into my head and I grab the little stuffed wolf I “W-wolfie, wo-would y-you like to go see the bu-butterflies

 

ask the stuffed wolf, Talia picking up on

 

I respond to my own

 

I-I want

 

to go see the bu-butterflies with me?” I

 

to

 

want to

 

he mutters, shaking his

 

stay here all b-by himself and we can g-go see the bu-butterflies,” I say in

 

idea,” Talia adds, gently sliding Kota

 

go.” We both start to get up when Kota very timidly crawls

 

come?”  he

 

shoving the wolf in his face

 

my b-best friend and

 

little boy gives into the wolf’s kisses and allows himself to be washed and dressed by his mother, but

 

dreams and why was Talia covered in blood? I don’t get much time to dwell on the dream as

 

of freshly made pancakes, eggs, bacon, and potatoes

 

 

 

no time in greeting Agnes, tapping on her leg to get her attention and waving hello at

 

eyes meeting

 

and despair on her kind face as she hurries to fix us each a plate, and I realize

 

plate in front of me,

 

favorite,” she

need me now that she’s back but

 

her sign any more nonsense, pulling her into my arms in a tight

 

to touch me after last night but when I refuse to pull away, she finally wraps

 

stain my shirt as she lets her pain trickle down

 

Agnes is crying but Talia only whisks him away and sets our breakfast out on the patio to

 

I don’t deserve your forgiveness, but I never meant to hurt you. I just couldn’t bring myself to tell you

 

if

 

at you,”

 

who should be thanking you for all the years of your care.You were so broken and yet you chose to care for the son of the man who killed your child.You chose to be my family when I had

 

gathering in Agnes’

 

me with your body during a beating, you who washed my wounds after a long day of labor, you who taught

 

but her feelings get the best of her and

 

up in my arms, shielding her from the world as

 

her out into the patio where we find Talia and Kota hunched over a

 

murmurs,

 

2 spots,

 

all hear the sound of

 

walkway, a small tray

 

the tray on the patio

 

and signs to us, shock washing over

 

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