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-"

if he finds ou-out you married

hanging open in

place.I-I don’t want him to h-hurt

her head in her hands, cursing herself for being unable to remember her life with

my hands tightly and I feel the slight tremor in her touch but she does not utter a word as I beg to take my mother’s place in

hair and I sense

"Ta-Talia..."

hand another

"It’s okay..."

best to remain calm in

are going to be okay, so you don’t have to worry about us," she says through a forced

"We'll be fine."

face and looks me in

love you,"

to me

hang in the air but we do not get the chance to exchange them as Toran reminds us of

meet you at the

we need to prepare for what he might have up his

face falters slightly, softening as he looks up at my

"Ri..."

however, ignores him entirely, turning on

can only watch in distress as my mothers slams the door behind

sorry, my love," he thinks to himself before the man of stone returns, his face neutral and

mutters aloud before walking out with Tylen at his

smoothing back his hair

he lays his head on Talia’s shoulder and waves "Hey

ruffling

Talia," Queen Aurora

will be leaving in a few hours as well."

will protect my family while

deal with Alpha Jacque

can’t send a representative.But don’t worry.I’ll try to

family?" I ask.we

Oliver explains.

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

Zane.Talia, Kota, Rionna, and Agnes

Aurora continues.

be taking charge of the kingdom from the LLuvia Blanca Pack for the time

be

okay," Talia tries to reassure

as weak as I look," she says with

wolves.We'll be perfectly

but I also cannot let my mother face my father now that

I'll help you

and pulling me towards

us, Grayson sulks, a part of him wishing Talia

her head held high as she walks me out of the office,

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

keeping a strong smile on her

is sitting at the dining table with Rionna, pouring a cup

just beside Rionna with an envelope in

to be caught in a conversation all on their own so we walk past them up the stairs to our

she searches for my bag and she begins searching for

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

sweetie," Talia chirps with

says, pointing to the dresser on the far

my

humming quietly to herself as

scanning

Talia gasps, rushing off

a few moments later with my toiletries

not forget to put this

look washes over her face and tears gather

Talia is just trying to cope.I can’t seem to find the right

m-my hair gel," I whisper quietly, Talia nodding her head and running back to the bathroom to get

Kota suddenly asks, climbing on the bed to play with the zipper of my

on a

as she returns with the jar of hair gel in her