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 look at

have time to explain as the first boat in the lead appears to trigger a surviving gas canister hidden among the rocky

in agony, the fumes slowly

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

through his mental walls so that his thoughts start to trickle

on, come on, comeon  , he mutters as he desperately searches

They'll 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 second soldier appears to be older and crueler

wolves on

command, the soldier nodding and pointing his rifle at the first

his commanding officer takes aim at his

Captain does not say a word as he pulls the trigger, quickly taking out all three wolves

driver stare at their commanding officer in

The young

"What-"

his sentence, I re-enter

lifebuoy,"I demand, Tylen watching them all move in shock.I then turn to the Captain and order him to the back of the boat to stand guard.The boat driver stands by idly in confusion, unsure what to

taking control of his mind,

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

by a thread, struggling to keep her head above water from

my voice startling

she whimpers, looking

reply, Taryn still very

Scarlet Haven wolves are going to help

"What?" she gasps.

swim?" I

don’t know.I'm so tired," she whispers, her voice growing

look back at the Scarlett

reel herin," I

the

murmur to her,

I urged, Taryn reluctantly

to reel her in when I suddenly hear

"s**t,"

breath, readjusting his rifle and aiming his

"We’ve got company."

a third boat emerges, this time carrying

let me

Taryn whispers.

over the cliffs instead.Protect

only grunts in annoyance, but neither he nor I are

ask Tylen who is already

this fog is impossible.I can’t see s**t with

at my new

see on the boat, "I demand from the captain but it seems his vision

least 5," He replies

"Who are you?"

Grayson replies for me, turning back to the

faster, d**k.We don’t

not d**k,

"It’s -"

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

returning control

as he pulls Taryn towards the

mumble, my eyes

Grayson snickers but his voice

The beads, you t**t.

Blow the boat up.

look over at the main island

a handful of

further u-up the channel and sh-shot at the

to Tylen who

them o-out.W-we’ll need the cover for

are you planning on

off my mask and crawling back

th-third boat and any other Scar-lett wolves. I-I’ll

of the cliff, seeing the soldier pull Taryn’s body out of the water and onto the

on the driver, I instruct him to move the boat towards our cliff and toss the rope

to work wrapping the rope around Taryn’s waist

drowned out by sounds of gunfire further up the channel, the Ravenstone wolves shooting down

corner of my eye, I watch Tylen roll a bead between his fingers, the metallic coat

smoke, rock, and

I feel a tug on the rope so I anchor my feet against the boulder

forehead as I pull her up, the rope burning as it slides against

burning flesh and blood as more beads explode below us and despite the bullets and loud

to myself, tugging the