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 but he’s

to Moon Goddess that Jordan finally lives up

eyes fogging over as he assigns 10 men to his command via mind

pulling me

slides his hands down my waist to the back of my legs and lifts me up, carrying me away from the

question for

"Yes?" I ask.

again?" he

my face but I smile

kiss him again as Devina

F**k we

Shut up 

you home, Tiny," he

shifts and to my confusion, carries me to the pack

you over," he says as he shifts back to his

for so long at the mercy of a crazed Alpha and turning must have taken a

sure you’re

pups?" I ask and

our pups," he

belly."

ask, trying

hate me

need to relax," Jack

now.You're better.If you think

"But-"

"Enough!" Jack snarls.

you not want my

"I-I do but-"

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

my fertility issues.He would hold me and shield me from my fears with

I reply with a

sighs and pulls me into his arms to kiss

forgiven,"

waiting inside for us and she leads me to a private

you again, Luna," she says quietly as she

around here.

sit on the edge of the bed and hold out my arm for her.She performs a

asks as she ties

to make

cheating on me?" I ask, the

works silently for a moment before finally sighing out

"Yes, Luna."

your Luna to save your Alpha," I

was protecting

arm.I wince from her aggressive stab and look away from Dr.Lila’s cold

you betray me

a heartbeat," she says with

doing anything

my

"You left," she retorts.

our Alpha went mad

"He rejected me!"

the truth

pack life.You swore to put the pack needs above your own and we lost a lot

where I stand with this b***h and likely all

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

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

here for 15 minutes," Dr.Lila instructs once she’s

to the lab and

as she strolls out with vials of my blood in

a pen from the

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

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

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

and closing the door behind us.I pin her against the wall with my elbow pressed across her shoulder blades and hold the pen to her back like a

not a human anymore, Doc," I

your tongue and force

do you

pulling her by the collar of

wolfsbane in the clinic,"

kept in

get me a

silently and selects Ativan from the list of

her hand to the fingerprint scanner, she jams her elbow back into my stomach, turning around and punching me on

I stumble back on my feet and crash against a

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

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

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 blows

hook my arm around hers and step behind her, using my momentum to slam her against the wall.She retaliates and swings her arm at my head, landing

the back of her head.She collapses on the ground

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

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

a vial of medication, loading it up in a clean syringe and shoving the cap back on before slipping it into my pocket.I take a few moments to catch my breath

open the door and peek

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

***Vanessa***

in the light of my

I ask, Rionna chuckling as

makes cakes," he replies, peeking at me through

"And Egg-ness?" I ask.

cookies," he

chuckles, giving Kota a kiss on

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

you all

came into their

" It-it’s complicated."

"Right," I laugh nervously.