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

can’t hanging open

place.I-I don’t want him to h-hurt y-you

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

tightly and I feel the slight tremor in her touch but she does not utter a word as I beg

Kota’s hair and I sense the deep

"Ta-Talia..."

another

"It’s okay..."

to remain

don’t have to worry about us," she says through a

"We'll be fine."

on a brave face and looks me in the

love you,"

to me

the chance to exchange

you at the

as he Sebastian launches his attack and we need to prepare for what

softening as he looks up at

"Ri..."

however, ignores him entirely, turning

distress as my mothers slams the door behind her, and his

he thinks to himself before the man of stone returns, his face

before walking out with

yawns tiredly, Talia smoothing back his hair and

whispers as he lays his head on Talia’s shoulder and waves

grins, ruffling up Kota’s

Queen

hours as well." My heart sinks to the pit

will protect my family while I am

to deal with Alpha Jacque and Benoit,"

worry.I’ll try to be

family?" I ask.we

Oliver explains.

a stern look.My heart begins to beat a little faster and I question if I am making the

Kota, Rionna, and Agnes will be

Aurora continues.

of the kingdom from the LLuvia Blanca Pack for

shouldn’t be

tries to reassure

I look," she says with a forced

wolves.We'll be perfectly

also cannot let my mother face

I'll help

murmurs, interlocking our hands and

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

as she walks me out of the office,

her thoughts, hearing her count each step she takes in "Left, right,

a strong smile on her

reach the house, Agnes is sitting at the dining table

standing just beside Rionna with an envelope in his

of them seem to be caught in a conversation all on their own so we walk past them

Kota down on the bed while she searches for my bag and she

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

sweetie," Talia chirps with a little too

socks from the dresser," she says, pointing to the dresser

my socks which she carefully folds and stuffs into

me, humming quietly to herself

eyes scanning the room for things to

and razor," Talia gasps, rushing

my toiletries and waves a bottle of sunscreen in

not forget to put this

stunned look washes over her face and tears gather in her

it becomes evidently clear Talia is just trying to cope.I can’t seem to find the right 4 words

her head and

on the bed to play with

going on a

returns with