The Silent Alpha

***Natalia*** 

Agnes runs away as soon as Tylen and Zane leave, slamming the door to her room shut behind her with a loud bang before any of us can ask what just happened.

"Uh oh, mommy," Kota whispers.

"Egg-ness is sad.Why is she sad?"

"I don’t know, Kota," I murmur, kissing his forehead and inhaling the scent of his hair to calm my racing heart.

"I don’t know."

Rionna clears her throat, reminding me that we are not alone in the room and she smiles sheepishly when I look up at her.

"I should get going," she whispers quietly, holding a thick envelope in her hands.

"Goodnight." I hear the sob in her throat and hold out my hand to her.

"Are you alright?" I ask, Rionna struggling to hold her smile.

"I'm fine,"

She whispers, turning to hide her face.

Knowing she is trying to be strong and we currently only have each other to lean on, I gently rest my hand on her shoulder to offer her support.

"Are you alright?"

I repeat, the tears that she’s been holding back finally rolling down her cheeks, "Mommy, why is Nona sad?"

Kota asks, Rionna chuckling despite the tears clinging to her eyes.

"Kota, my love, can you go to my room and bring me a washcloth for Nona?" I ask, setting Kota down.

"They’re in the dresser."

He nods his head gingerly and stomps away, whispering "cloth for Nona" to himself.

I sit down on the sofa, patting the seat next to me for Rionna.She heaves a heavy sigh, her fingers fumbling with the envelope in her hands.

"Toran asked me for a divorce,"

Rionna whispers, my heart sinking to my stomach for her.

"He sent me the papers with Tylen- She pauses for a moment, her anger breaking through and she throws the envelope across the room, several pages spilling out.

"The coward didn’t even have the decency to say it to my face that he no longer loves me," Rionna whimpers into her hands.

"He lied to me about Zane and he’s involved him in this war and now this!"

She cries angrily, looking up from her hands.

"And you want to know the sick part?"

A weak smile spreads across her cheeks.

"I still love him."

The hurt in her voice is all too familiar to me and I give her hand a tight squeeze to let her know I’m here for her.

"I still loved Christian after I divorced him," I whisper as feelings for him."

"I was unaware you were divorced," Rionna sighs.

"Two very long years of marriage," I shrug.

"It seems like a distant memory now that I think about it.But my circumstances were different."

"How so?"

"My husband slept with my sister," I laugh bitterly.

"I was a few weeks pregnant when I found out."

"I'm sorry," Rionna says with a sad smile.

"Don’t be," I reply, giving her hand another squeeze.

"It was for the best.I didn’t realize how unhappy I was with him or how much I had given up of myself to be his wife until I walked away.Zane and Grayson changed everything.I’ve felt more love these past few weeks than I ever did in my two years with Christian.That’s why I want to marry him.Zane’s love is not empty.It’s gentle and patient.Our bond is not the only thing keeping us together."

"Toran and I have no bond between us but we have love...or so I thought," Rionna sighs.

"I could tell he was broken inside when I first woke up in the hospital room," she says with a soft smile.

window watching Tylen practice his fighting stances out on the hospital lawn.I didn't know who he was but I knew he was as lost as I was...so I thought perhaps

you know what he did to you?" I ask, wondering how

never tried to hide it," Rionna

chance he got whenever he felt I was getting too close.He was very determined to push me away and

stares down at the divorce

guess he got

her voice again and she

but even I can see that

hate him?" she

he comes closer, I notice something else is tucked

"Here you go, Mommy,"

me the cloth

ask, my

Mommy, I found a worm!" He says, showing me the large black dildo he tucked

"It has babies, Mommy.See?"

asks, pointing to the

internally much to Devina’s

covers her mouth to hold back her laughter while I curse Celina for giving

too tense," she had said while we were at the

you this," she added, handing me a gift

f**k yourself?" She chirped completely mortified as I reach for

"Kota give me that!"

want to

running away out of

"Kota, give me that!"

shaking his head and running into the

"Dakota!"

the front door, a portal opens directly in front

got the worm!" Kota cries, shaking

the

when he said you liked to

need a saddle to ride that

him in the stomach, Evan groaning

hear Rionna’s

capturing Kota and taking the toy

Goddess can’t help you,

the floor and curls up on

dildo and my

nod, wishing the earth would swallow

Carter are staying behind to watch over River Moon and Celina will be

you should be perfectly safe

I reply, though my fears lie

at the moment for taking Zane off to war, but Toran has asked a favor

a golden medallion from within her shirt.She pulls the chain over her neck

and I bend over in a bow before the Queen,

upright, I

sun carved into its beautiful golden surface with some violet stones embedded in the curves

from Moon Goddess herself,"

scent and power of whoever wears it, keeping them safe from any wolf who wants to do

I reply, confused as to why the Queen was giving

and Kota mean the world to Zane," Aurorawhile

no one will be able

that?" Rionna asks, fresh tears gathering in her

not always clear

turning

cares in his own way.I’m sure you know that more

her

look at Kota lying on the floor entertaining himself

the dildo in the closet in the hall before crouching down on all fours and crawling towards Kota, the little boy hiding his face in his sleeve and

you mad?" I ask, grabbing him by the ankles and dragging him closer

head and refuses to

"Kota, use your words,"

scold him, tickling the soles of his

into giggles, kicking his feet and wiggling his toes until he finally gives in.I let him calm down and he curls up in

to play with the worm," he huffs, using his own

beautiful bug},"

else for you

the medallion over his head, his scent disappearing

it would actually work, I think

much safer

look up to see Rionna scooping up her divorce

made your decision?" I ask, Kota inspecting the medallion as I

picks up her documents, carefully

know I was a silver wolf in my past life?" she murmurs as she works and when I shake my

she told me she loved me.I was unsettled for weeks and when I finally told Toran, he told me the truth about my wolf," she says quietly, a few tears trickling