The Silent Alpha

 ***Zanet™* 

"Think about your mate!"

Tylen calls after me, the mention of Talia making me halt in my place.

"Think about your pup," he adds softly when he manages to catch up.

"That kid still needs a Dad.You have a family to return to.You have to think with your head if you ever want to make it back to them."

From the water, we hear whimpering and howling growing fainter by the second, the sense of urgency rising within me.

How can I just sit back and watch?

 "M-my son thinks I-I am a hero for being here.H-how can I-I ever face him again if I-I don’t at least tr-try to help?" I ask, turning to face him.

"Zane-"

"W-why did y-you bring me here if I- I am only meant to wa-watch?" I demand, looking back to the cliff.

"An Alpha should see how his team works before he takes command.You’ve never seen war.Now you're watching it unfold before your very eyes," he replies, his eyes flicking to the cliffs when we hear another s****m from the water.

We don’t have time for this! Grayson snaps.

If we want her to live, we need to move now! My body twitches instinctively towards the cliffs, Tylen "So what’s your plan?"

He laughs.

"Say you manage to jump into the water without setting off one of the guns or the gas canisters.You grab my aunt and then what? She’s injured.You’re going to scale back up the cliffs with her body on your back? It’s a 30ft climb and you'd be an easy target for the Scarlett Haven wolves coming in.You'll be dead before you know it."

I glance over at the cliffs, the sound of more boats coming in drowning out the struggle in the water.

I have an idea, Grayson snaps, detailing his thoughts to me.

It's crazy enough that it might just work and we don’t need pretty boy’s help over here.

We need his marksmanship, interject, realizing I left my gun in the watchtower.

And a rope.

Grayson grunts in approval and I turn to Tylen, lowering my walls to command him.

"G-getarope ,"l order him, Tylen clicking his tongue in disapproval.

Grayson grows irritated when he doesn’t move and steps forward "NOW," he commands, a black film washing over Tylen’s hazel eyes.

His eyebrows furrow in shock as his body moves involuntarily towards the watchtower.

"What the-"

"Bring the rope and the binoculars to the cliff "

Grayson snaps, and we sprint away towards the cliff before Tylen could say The rocky face of the cliff on the Western Island is sheer drop into the water, making it difficult to climb without a rope.

Tylen is right, climbing the ridge with Taryn on my back would be almost impossible without getting ourselves shot or killed.

The thick fog does work to our favor, but it seems our cover will soon go away as a light wind begins to blow through the channel.

The clock is ticking and I'll have to act fast if I want to save Taryn Ravenstone.

Squinting my eyes, I search the turbulent waters for Taryn and finally find her near the base of the main island, struggling to hang onto a large chunk of debris from the shattered boats crashing against the cliffs.

Her attacker is nowhere to be seen and the boatmen with the guns are long dead, taken care of by the Tylen and the other Ravenstone wolves on the cliffs.

Taryn, however, is still in danger as I hear the hum of boat engines getting closer.

I lay flat on my stomach, crawling to the edge of the ridge behind a boulder to stay out of sight from the incoming Scarlett Haven wolves.

From the fog, two small boats emerge, each equipped with three armed wolves as they scan the waters and I pray they do not see Taryn floating near them.

Tylen finally arrives with the rope, crawling on all fours as he approaches the cliff edge.

"I need an explanation now," Tylen demands, handing me the rope.

"How did you-" boulder and tying a knot to keep the rope anchored.

I then grab the binoculars from his hand to search for the Scarlett Haven wolves again.

"I-I need y-you to keep an eye-eye on the water and make sure n-no more boats come into the area while I-I get T-Taryn out of the w-water."

"Do you mind telling me what exactly you are going to do?"

Tylen snaps, using the scope on his rifle to scan the water.

"I-I’m going to ma-make the Scar-lett Haven wolves help us," I reply, lowering my walls to allow rivers of thoughts flow into me.

what?" Tylen asks, turning to

canister hidden among the rocky cliffs and the wolves aboard begin to howl in pain as the gas

also cries out in agony, the fumes slowly floating towards

draw attention from the wolves aboard the second boat nearby and a Scarlett soldier takes aim in her

soldier, pushing through his mental

he mutters as he desperately searches

kill me if I don’t prove myself today! his forehead scolds him to look harder before shoving him aside to look for himself.I do not recognize either man but the

on the

soldier nodding and pointing his rifle at

soldier asks when his commanding officer takes aim at

the trigger, quickly taking out all three wolves aboard

and the boat driver stare at their commanding officer in shock, neither one willing

young soldier

"What-"

his sentence, I re-enter his

Tylen watching them all move in shock.I then turn to the Captain and order him to the back of the boat to

control of his mind, needing

driver follows my instructions and I have him stop just a few feet from

by a thread, struggling to keep her head above water from exhaustion.Taryn, hang on

murmur, my

that?" she whimpers, looking

reply,

time to explain but the Scarlet Haven wolves are going to

"What?" she gasps.

you swim?" I ask, Taryn shaking her

tired," she whispers, her

time is limited, I look back at the

and reel herin," I snart at the young

obeys instantly, tossing the ring out

I murmur to her, Taryn staring suspiciously

me," I urged,

her in when I

"s**t,"

under his breath, readjusting his rifle and aiming his scope on

"We’ve got company."

emerges, this time carrying

should let me

Taryn whispers.

metower and keep watch over the cliffs instead.Protect the bunker.That’s an

nor I are willing to give up just

I ask Tylen who

this fog is impossible.I can’t see s**t with this stupid mask on,"

at my new

demand from the captain but

He replies with a

"Who are you?"

me, turning back

don’t have all

name is not d**k, prick," the

"It’s -"

"Didn't ask, d**k,"

returning control

soldier only grumbles as he pulls Taryn towards the

them to leave...I mumble, my eyes scanning the area for a possible

your bails! Grayson snickers but

The beads, you t**t.

Blow the boat up.

to Tylen, I look over at the main

grabbing a

u-up the channel and sh-shot at the third boat," I say pointing from

beads to Tylen who stares at me

cover for my p-plan

exactly are you planning on doing?" he asks, taking

T-Taryn up," I reply, taking off

th-third boat and any other

peer over the ledge of the cliff, seeing the soldier pull Taryn’s body out of the

him to move the boat

get to work wrapping the rope around

strained screams are drowned out by sounds of gunfire further up the channel, the Ravenstone wolves shooting down at Scarlett wolves and luring

watch Tylen roll a bead between his fingers,

smoke, rock, and fog filling

or the Scarlett Haven wolves under my control but I feel a tug on the

of sweat gather around my forehead as I pull her up, the rope burning

my mouth to avoid the pungent smell of burning flesh and blood as more beads explode below us and despite the bullets and loud explosions, the only sound I hear is the sound of every breath

I mumble to myself, tugging the rope as hard