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-"

father will ki-kill you if he finds ou-out you married T-Toran," I insist, my

hanging

go in y-your place.I-I don’t want

cursing herself for being unable to remember her life with my

in her touch but she does not utter a word

and I sense the deep fear

"Ta-Talia..."

hand another squeeze and shakes her

"It’s okay..."

best to remain calm

okay, so you don’t have to worry

"We'll be fine."

puts on a brave face and looks me in the eye, leaning forward to kiss my

love you," she

to me in one

not get the chance to exchange them as Toran

at the cars in one

attack and we need to prepare for what he might have up

falters slightly, softening as

"Ri..."

ignores him entirely, turning on her

as my mothers slams the door behind

man of stone returns, his face

mutters aloud before walking out with Tylen

Talia smoothing back

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

grins, ruffling up

Talia," Queen

afraid Oliver and I will be leaving in a few hours as well." My heart sinks to the

will protect my family while I am away?

summoned to France to deal with Alpha

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

family?" I ask.we are

Oliver explains.

begins to beat a little

worry Zane.Talia, Kota, Rionna, and

Aurora continues.

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

be any

okay," Talia tries to reassure

look," she says with

surrounded by wolves.We'll

away with her words but I also cannot let my mother face my father now that she

on, I'll help you

and pulling me towards the

Grayson sulks, a part of him wishing Talia

me out of

her count

a strong smile on

the dining

standing just beside Rionna with an

conversation all on their own

the bed while she searches for

as Talia folds some t-shirts and

with

dresser," she says, pointing to the dresser on the far side of

and brings Talia two pairs of my socks which she carefully folds and stuffs into my

humming quietly to herself

repeat, Talia’s eyes scanning the room for

razor," Talia gasps,

a few moments later with my toiletries and waves

not forget to put this on.It’s

her face and tears

of us makes a sound as it becomes evidently clear Talia is just trying to cope.I can’t seem to find the right 4 words to soothe her fears,

I whisper quietly, Talia nodding her head and running back to the bathroom to

asks, climbing on the bed to play with the zipper

on a little

returns with