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,"

to trust Jordan since he failed me

whisper, praying to Moon Goddess that Jordan finally

Jordan’s plans, his eyes fogging over as he assigns 10 men to his command

pulling me to his chest and stroking

his chest while wishing I were in Zane’s strong arms instead.Jack slides his

question

"Yes?" I ask.

me again?" he asks, his

my face

forward to kiss him again as Devina howls

the F**k

Shut up 

get you home, Tiny," he

to my confusion,

you over," he says as he shifts back to

turning must have taken a huge toll on your body," he murmurs as

sure you’re completely healthy for our

pups?" I ask

pups,"

on putting two pups in your belly." I shiver with

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

me

need to

wolf now.You're better.If you think you'll fail, you

"But-"

"Enough!" Jack snarls.

not want

"I-I do but-"

up excuses!" he shouts, all the memories of

me for my fertility issues.He would hold me

Alpha," I reply with

Jack sighs and pulls me into his arms to kiss

forgiven,"

let’s go." Dr.Lila is already waiting inside for us and she leads me to a private

see you again, Luna," she says quietly as

missed you around here. You look

respond and simply smile back at her as I sit on the edge of the bed and

your child?" Dr.Lila asks as she ties the ligature around my

study the doctor carefully, trying to make out if! can trust her

cheating on me?" I ask, the

works silently for a moment before finally

"Yes, Luna."

to save your

protecting

wince from her aggressive stab and look away from

you betray me

heartbeat," she

I suggest you think about your child first before doing anything stupid

my hands?" I

"You left," she retorts.

left us and our

"He rejected me!"

you had the truth

are selfish creatures who don’t understand pack life.You swore to put the pack needs above your own and we lost a lot of good people in your absence.Now you’re back after all these years to resume your role? HA!

b***h and likely all the other pack members, I

won’t help me, but perhaps I have allies among the elders and even

I let Dr.Lila collect her specimens in silence while I scan the room for a possible solution for

15 minutes," Dr.Lila

these samples over to the lab and then

as she strolls out with vials of my blood

I swipe a pen from

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

plan, Devina hisses.I tip toe down several corridors, hiding behind walls and in janitor closets until I find the room I’m looking for; the med room.It’s locked with a passcode and badge

wall and from the corner of my eye, watch as she enters her passcode and scans her medical

against the wall with my elbow pressed across her shoulder blades

anymore, Doc," I

I’ll cut out your tongue

do you want?" she

by the collar of her lab coat to the

or wolfsbane in the

in the warrior

get me a tranquilizer,"

selects Ativan from the

hand to the fingerprint scanner, she jams her elbow back

I stumble back on

you want, Luna," she sneers as she rushes to the

by the hair and

reaching into a jar of syringes and pulling the caps off all of them before pointing them at me.She swings her armed hand at me and I time her movements carefully to dodge her

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

the knee, and slam my fist into her stomach so that she doubles over before slamming my elbow down on the back of her head.She collapses on the ground and I climb on top of her, slamming my

this the easy way but you had to

and I drag Dr.Lila’s limp body to the pyxis machine, grabbing her thumb and pressing it against

and I grab a vial of medication, loading it up in a clean syringe and shoving the cap back on before slipping it

fixing my hair and my shirt, I carefully open the door and peek into the hall to make sure the coast is

into the main clinic waiting room when I suddenly double over as a

***Vanessa***

my breath visible in the light of my phone and the

ask, Rionna chuckling

cakes," he replies, peeking at me

"And Egg-ness?" I ask.

makes cookies," he

well fed, clearly," Rionna chuckles, giving Kota a kiss on

his Daddy’s biological mother. Egg-ness is his adoptive mother,"

you all live together?"

recently came into

" It-it’s complicated."

"Right," I laugh nervously.