The Silent Alpha

***Natalia*** 

It takes every ounce of strength I have to hold myself back from proclaiming my mate, but now is not the time to be proud.I have to buy Rionna and Vanessa time to get my Kota out of here safely.

"Who.Marked.You!?"

Jack snarls again, his hand wrapping around my throat as he invades my space.It does not escape me that I feel no sparks when he touches me, relief washing over me that there is not a chance in the world Jack and I will ever be bonded again.

Jordan instinctively growls at Jack for touching me, but I lightly kick him to back off so he can execute my plan.

The look of pure rage in Jack's eyes reminds of the night he rejected me all those years ago, but this time, I will be in complete control.I gently place my hands around Jack’s arm and lightly tug at his hand.

Forcing tears to my eyes, I put my plan into action.

"Jack," I gasp when he squeezes my throat.

"Jack, my love, please! Please, let me explain!"

"What are you going to explain?" he snarls back.

"That you were whoring around while I waited for you?" I almost laugh in his face but manage to keep my composure.

This f*****g prick...

Devina growls.

"No! No!" I sob back.

"No, I would never! I-l was marked by force by a wolf who took me."

"You expect me to believe your bullshit lies!?" he growls.

"Kota told me all about his new daddy."

Goddess, I love my little boy but why is he so damn stubborn! I snap.

Gee, ! wonder who he gets it from? Devina snorts.

"I-It’s not a lie!" I wheeze, struggling to get air into my lungs as he crushes my windpipe.

"I-I love you, Jack.I-l was just hurt by what Christian did to me so I left.I didn’t think you loved me anymore,"

I cry.

"I ran into some wolves not too long ago and their Alpha became obsessed with me! He made me believe he loved me but he didn’t.Not like you.He hurt me, Jack! He forced his mark on me! But I know in my heart, I belong only to you.I turned so I could get rid of his mark,"

I sob.

"But it didn’t work! It didn’t work and I was so disgusted with myself that I didn’t want you to see me because the honor of marking and turning me belongs only to you.I’m sorry Jack! I’m so sorry for being so weak.I just love you so much and I was afraid you wouldn’t take me back if you saw what I became."

"You love me?" He asks with a softness in his voice.

Got him...

"Yes,"

Inod.

"Of course I do," I whisper, pushing against his hand to lean in closer for a kiss.

"Can you forgive me, Jack?" I ask, standing on the tips of my toes so that my lips graze against his when I speak.

"Please," I beg.

"I just want to spend the rest of my life with you."

Something flickers in his eyes but before I can decipher what he thinks or feels of my story, he loosens his grip on my throat and pulls me towards him, pressing our lips together in a hot, wet kiss.

Jack tastes of vinegar and salt, nothing like my Zane, whose lips can soothe the turmoil in my soul with just one kiss, and I resist the urge to gag as I wrap my arms around his neck.

Forgive me, Zane, I whisper to myself.

Please forgive me for not claiming you.

Jack swipes his tongue along the seam of my lips and despite Devina’s protests, I part my lips and let him taste me.

Savor me, Jack, I snarl with disgust.

Because it'll be the last kiss you ever have.I pull away breathlessly, blinking my eyes innocently at the wolf still holding my throat hostage in his hand.

"Take me home, Jack," I whisper, Jack nodding in response.

"Take me home." He looks behind me with a gentle smile.

"Where’s our pup?" he asks, my heart nearly skipping a beat as I search for an explanation.

"How did you know to come here? I didn’t mention the cabin." Jordan comes to my rescue.

"I brought her here.Vanessa was furious about the divorce and threatened to hurt Kota unless Natalia backed off so we raced here to meet her but she was already gone by the time we arrived.We were in the middle of searching for clues when you arrived," he explains.

"Is this true?" Jack asks, almost with relief.

"Did Vanessa threaten to hurt our son?"

I can’t bring myself to say yes for fear of what he might do to her if he finds her, but my silence seems to only verify Jordan’s story.

"Don’t protect her, Tiny," Jack snaps.

"She has our pup.Goddess forbid she hurts him!"

He turns to his men and points to the house.

"Search the house! Check the tunnels! Leave no stone unturned and bring me back my son!"

"Plead the team,"

Jordan volunteers, my body relaxing knowing Jordan will keep Christian’s men away from my pup."ll make sure your son is safe, Luna,"

and bowing before me.I haven’t been able to trust Jordan since he failed me

praying to Moon Goddess that

over as

pulling me to his chest

Zane’s strong arms instead.Jack slides his hands down my waist to the back of my legs and lifts

I have a question

"Yes?" I ask.

marry me again?" he

from my face but I smile happily at

I squeal, leaning forward to kiss him again

F**k

Shut up 

you home,

my confusion, carries me to the

to check you over," he says as he shifts

at the mercy of a crazed Alpha and turning must have taken a huge toll on your body," he murmurs as he kisses the

to be sure you’re completely

ask

pups,"

tonight, I plan on putting two pups in your belly." I

if I have issues again?" I ask, trying to make myself seem small and

you hate me if

to relax,"

you

"But-"

"Enough!" Jack snarls.

you not want

"I-I do but-"

stop making up excuses!" he shouts, all the memories of our arguments racing back

would never blame me for my fertility issues.He would hold me and shield me from

Alpha," I reply with a small

sighs and pulls me into his arms

forgiven," He

us and she leads me

to see you again, Luna," she

missed you around

smile back at her as I sit on the edge of the bed and hold out my arm for her.She performs a full physical and

child?" Dr.Lila asks as

doctor carefully, trying to make out if! can trust

Christian was cheating on me?" I ask,

a moment before finally sighing

"Yes, Luna."

to save your Alpha,"

was protecting

my arm.I wince from her

you betray me again?" I

a heartbeat," she

your child first before doing anything stupid

on my hands?" I

"You left," she retorts.

left us and our Alpha went mad

"He rejected me!"

you had the truth

the pack needs above your own and we lost a lot of good people in your absence.Now you’re back after all these

likely all the other pack

among the elders and even Alpha Christopher himself.I just need to tread carefully

silence while I scan the room for

for 15 minutes,"

to the lab and then

and watch as she strolls out with vials of my blood

as I swipe a pen from the bedside

and slip out of the room, looking both ways as I hurry down

and in janitor closets until I find the room I’m looking for; the

the corner of my

at her, shoving her inside and closing the door behind us.I pin her against the wall with my elbow pressed across her shoulder

human anymore, Doc," I hiss in

help and I’ll cut out your tongue

you want?" she

tranquilizer," I snap, pulling her by the collar of her lab coat to the locked pyxis containing all the

silver or wolfsbane in the clinic," she

kept in

get me a tranquilizer,"

selects Ativan

fingerprint scanner, she jams her elbow back into

as I stumble back on my feet and

want, Luna," she sneers as she rushes to

your accomplice." I race after her, grabbing her by the hair and slamming her forehead against the door

before pointing them at me.She swings her

her, using my momentum to slam her against the wall.She retaliates and swings her

the back of her head.She

have done this the easy way but you had to be ab***h,"

feet and I drag Dr.Lila’s limp body

before slipping it into my pocket.I take a

my hair and my shirt, I carefully open the door and peek into the hall to make

into the corridor and make my way into the main clinic waiting room when I suddenly double over as a pain

***Vanessa***

breath visible in the light of

Nonna?" I ask, Rionna

replies, peeking at me through the blanket he’s wrapped

"And Egg-ness?" I ask.

cookies,"

Rionna chuckles,

biological mother. Egg-ness is his adoptive

all live

only recently came

" It-it’s complicated."

"Right," I laugh nervously.