The Silent Alpha

"*Zane*** 

"Are you fighting with me or staying out of this war?" Toran asks, a crippling fear grasping onto me.

My gaze shifts between my mate and mother, my heart unable to decide what to do.

I can’t bear the thought of leaving Talia and Kota alone knowing that her wolf will soon emerge for its first shift but I had already lost my mother once and I don’t have the strength to lose her again.

As I struggle to find my answer, Rionna replies for me.

"You will not drag my son into this," she declares, standing protectively in front of me.

"I am Ravenstone’s Luna and it’s me Sebastian wants.I’ll go back.You just leave my son out of this."

Toran eyes my mother with an emotionless expression plastered on his face and he sighs tiredly as he formulates a response.

My mind, however, drifts off to the memories of my mother and father when I was a child.

My father aimed most of his anger towards me but my mother was never exempt from his abuse.

He would not hesitate to slap or hit her if she stood in the way of my punishment and she always did.

"Why did you stop?"

My father snarls, slowly unbuckling his belt from his waist.He rises to his feet, towering over me as I hold my book with trembling hands.

"I didn’t say you could stop." I stare at the word "colonel" from the poem I am reading, tears springing to my eyes as I realize I will inevitably stutter through it. I purse my lips and shake my head, preferring to take my punishment now rather than anger him more with my failure.

"Say it," my father commands as I hold my breath, close my eyes, and start to count.

1...2...3...4...

I hear his swift footsteps start to charge towards me, the sting of his belt rippling behind my thigh.

At once, the breath I’ve been holding is released with a scream as I receive a second lick to the back of my knees.

"Dadd-"

"I told you to speak!"

My father roars, raising his hand above his head to hit me again.

"Sebastian, stop it!"

My mother begs, tugging at his shirt in a weak attempt to get him to stop whipping me.

"Stop it! Stop it, don’t hurt my baby!"

She beats her fists against his shoulders to make him stop and he shoves her away from him absent-mindedly to hit me again.

When she doesn’t stop attacking him, he turns against her, pinning her to the ground with his large thighs and grabbing at her belt, my mother begging for him to let her go.

She calls to his wolf but it seems my father is in complete control, beating her over and over again until he draws blood.

Horrified, I pick up the book again and search for my place through my tears.

"Col-co- colo-" I stammer through hiccups as my father snarls at me.

"Say it right and I'll stop," he challenges me, my legs shaking so severely, I have to kneel to keep from falling over.

"I-It’s okay, Zane," my mother wheezes.

"You can-"

"Shut up!"

My father roars, grabbing my mother by the throat before turning to me.

"You better speak up, boy or I’ll hurt her.It was the longest day of my life that day, my mother taking the blows without ever getting angry with me.Even as I failed over and over again, she did not scream at me, nor did she ever blame me for her hospital visit that day.I cannot let my mother face that monster again.

"N-no..." I protest, shaking my head at my mother and pushing her aside.

"N-no...y-you can’t go."

"Zane, it’s my pack-"

you married T-Toran," I insist, my eyes pleading

can’t hanging

y-your place.I-I don’t want him to

hands, cursing herself for being unable to remember her life with my father.It does not matter to me, however.I remember...and I do not want my father to ever touch

slight tremor in her touch but she does not utter a word

Kota’s hair and I sense the deep fear in her fast beating

"Ta-Talia..."

another

"It’s okay..."

doing her best to remain calm in Kota’s

I are going to be okay, so you don’t have to worry about us,"

"We'll be fine."

me in the eye,

love you,"

to me in

air but we do not get the chance to exchange

you at the cars

and we need to prepare for

softening as

"Ri..."

however, ignores him entirely, turning on her heel to

as my mothers slams the door behind her, and his thoughts slowly trickle

before the man of stone returns,

he mutters aloud before walking out with Tylen

back his hair and kissing

his head

grins, ruffling up Kota’s

Talia," Queen

be leaving in a few hours as well." My heart sinks

family while I am

with Alpha Jacque and Benoit," the

I can’t send a representative.But don’t worry.I’ll try to be back as soon as

family?" I ask.we are

Oliver explains.

stops when Oliver gives him a stern look.My heart begins to beat a little faster and I question if I

Rionna, and Agnes

Aurora continues.

will be taking charge of the kingdom from the LLuvia Blanca Pack for the time being so they are in good hands," she smiles

shouldn’t be

okay," Talia tries

as I look,"

wolves.We'll be perfectly

but I also cannot let my mother face my father now that she has built a new life

I'll help you

hands and pulling me towards

a little too eager to get rid of us, Grayson sulks, a part of him wishing Talia would get on her knees and beg us to

me

her

keeping a strong

at the dining table with Rionna, pouring a cup

standing just beside Rionna with an envelope

them seem to be caught in a conversation all on their own

while she searches for

can I help?" Kota asks as Talia folds some t-shirts

Talia chirps with a little

some of Zane’s socks from the dresser," she says, pointing to the dresser on the

Talia two pairs of my

humming quietly to herself as

eyes scanning the room for things

Talia gasps, rushing off to

few moments later with my toiletries and

forget to put this on.It’s hot and

washes over her face and tears gather in her

clear Talia is just trying to cope.I can’t seem to find the right 4 words to soothe her fears, the uncertainty of this war clouding my

whisper quietly, Talia nodding her head and running

Kota suddenly asks, climbing on the bed to play

is going on a

as she returns with the jar of hair