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 we could help

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

never tried to hide

whenever he felt I was getting too close.He was very determined to push me away and never

stares down at the divorce

he got what

suddenly laces her voice again

she screams into her hands, but even I can

hate him?" she

and as he comes closer, I notice something else is tucked

"Here you go, Mommy,"

handing me the cloth for

I ask, my eyes widening

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

"It has babies, Mommy.See?"

the ballsack

internally

hold back her laughter while I

too tense," she had said while we

this," she added, handing me

don’t you go f**k yourself?" She chirped completely mortified

"Kota give me that!"

want to

running away

"Kota, give me that!"

snap, Kota shaking his head and running into the

"Dakota!"

a portal opens directly in front of me and I almost crash into

the worm!" Kota cries, shaking the dildo

the dildo,

he said you liked to

saddle to

the stomach, Evan groaning mid

hear Rionna’s

sigh, finally capturing Kota and taking the toy

can’t help you,

curls up on the floor, crying angrily

throat and I hide the dildo and my hands behind my back.be leaving in an hour

nod, wishing the

staying behind to watch over River Moon

Moon so you should be perfectly safe within the

you," I reply, though my fears

at the moment for taking Zane off to war,

within her shirt.She pulls the chain over her

over in a bow before the Queen, her raw

upright, I examine the

a sun carved into its beautiful golden surface with some

gift from Moon Goddess herself," Aurora

wants to do them harm.As an Ivory wolf, it

don’t understand," I reply, confused as to why the Queen was giving me

you and Kota mean the world to

of mind knowing no one will be able to find Kota while he

did that?" Rionna asks, fresh tears gathering in her

always clear

says, turning to

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

her shoulder and smiles

to look at

put 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 pouting

grabbing him by the ankles and dragging

shakes his head and refuses to speak to

"Kota, use your words,"

the soles of his

and wiggling his toes until he finally gives in.I let him calm down and he curls up in a

the worm," he huffs, using his own sock to wipe the tears that

beautiful bug},"

else for you

medallion over his

it would actually work, I think in

be much safer now,

by the sound of shuffling paper and I look up to see Rionna scooping up her divorce documents from the

I ask, Kota inspecting the

as she picks up her documents, carefully slipping each

a silver wolf in my past life?" she murmurs as she works and

silver wolf calling out to me and with her dying breath, 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