The Silent Alpha

***Natalia***

My heart flutters as I wait for my cue to walk down the aisle, knowing that in a few short minutes, I will officially be Zane’s wife.

"Talia," Gwen murmurs, carrying a small gift box in her hands.

"Vanessa had this delivered for you.Toran says she couldn’t make it, but she wanted you to know that she’s happy for you."

I take the box from her hand, and stare at it for a moment, not knowing how to feel about her absence.I had thought long and hard about sending an invitation to my sister and finally decided I would leave the choice up to her.

There is a small note attached to the box and I read it to myself.

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To my dear sister, I know it is not much, but I hope you and your daughter love it as much as you and I did.

With love, Nessa.

Untie the ribbon and remove the lid, tears filling my eyes as I look inside.

"What is it?" Gwen asks, pulling a handkerchief from her dress pocket.I pull out the small music box with two little cats sitting on the lid and crank the knob until the song, "Memories," begins to play and I watch the little cats dance around the lid through my tears.

"When I was little, my mother had this exact music box.She would play it for us to go to sleep every night," I smile as I wipe my tears.

"She used to tell us a story of the two little cats on the lid," I giggle.

"They were sisters named Natalia and Vanessa and they loved each other very much." I stare at the box in disbelief.

"It broke years ago.The music wouldn’t play anymore and I was devastated because I had always dreamt of playing it for my own children." I shake my head as I wipe my tears.

"I can’t believe she found it."

"That’s a lovely gift," Gwen murmurs, helping me to carefully wipe my tears.

"But now we must keep you sane for your wedding." nod at her and fight to compose myself, carefully putting the music box back in its box and powdering my face.

"Okay, my lovely," Gwen sighs, cradling little Quoia in her arms and grabbing a small basket of flower petals.

My beautiful Maid of Honor wears a forest green dress with a flowing skirt to accentuate her cute baby bump, and her fiery red hair is tamed within a romantic braid and flowers.

"Are you ready, Talia?" She asks and I give her a bright smile.

"You look beautiful. He is so lucky to have you," she smiles in return.

"Dakota, are you ready?" she giggles at the dancing pup.

He grins back at her, holding up an empty pillow in his hand.

"Kota, where are the rings?" Gwen asks in restrained panic.

"They kept falling off when I danced," Kota explains as he breaks into a silly dance.

"So! put them in my socks," he grins, Gwen and I both sighing in relief as he rolls his pants up past his ankles where two lumps stick out from his socks.

"Okay, but you need to put them on the pillow so you can give them to Daddy," Gwen chuckles, getting into position to make her entrance.

"Good luck," she whispers as she steps out from behind the curtain with Sequoia in her arms.

Oohs and awws erupt from the crowd as Gwen walks down the aisle with my baby, sprinkling little petals on the floor as she makes her way to the altar to join the rest of the bridal party.

"Okay, you’re next," I tell the pup, Kota very excitedly breaking out into another dance.

do I look?" I ask, stepping back and

ball gown with puffy sleeves and pretty flowers decorating the bodice and my

look like a princess, Mommy," Kota smiles

are you, my handsome prince?" I ask,

the music picking

I instruct him and he hurriedly gets into

behind the curtain before I can tell him to put the rings back on the pillow.I pull the curtain back

Kota breaks into a } full sprint, racing right into his father’s

My handsome .

forehead, a million butterflies fluttering in my belly

something in Kota’s ear and the little boy pulls up

Kota proudly hands the rings to his Dad who gives

music changes tempo and the guests all begin to rise from their seats and turn to

race in my chest and Devina purrs happily as I pull back the

smile upon seeing me, but the only face I care to see is

moonlight illuminates the handsome features of his face, and I see trails of tears glistening on his

I look up at the night sky, a

in as my bridesmaids and to Zane's right, stands Agnes as his Best Ma’am with Tylen, Evan, and Micah as his

the center of the altar, smiling from ear to ear at me and bouncing on his

and Toran smile proudly

holds out

down my arms as he interlocks our fingers,

I whisper, Zane’s lips curling

my hand to his lips and kissing my knuckles.He leads me to the center of the altar, where Aurora awaits to officiate our union.I hardly hear a word she says as I gaze back at my mate and the cool

paying attention.I take the ring from Aurora

in me by the State of California and by our dear Moon Goddess, I now pronounce you, husband and wife," Aurora proclaims, the crowd holding

you may now kiss

first time as wolf and wife before our pack, His soothing scent of sage and bergamot fills my nostrils, and the rapid beating of my heart slows down as peace finally

pull away, and Aurora takes Kota by the hand

Zane, who gets down on his knees to

whispers, Dakota grinning back at

cupping Zane’s face

y-you something okay?" Zane asks, the pup

of y-your life for very long, but finding y-you in that bush w-was the

a p-promise to y-you too.I-I p-promise that y-you'll always be my son,

don’t cry," Zane murmurs, wrapping his arms around

daddy, K-Kota, and I'll do my best to be y-your

as he cries and I struggle to hold back my own tears as my son embraces the only

years of being on our own, Kota and I have a wonderful husband and father, and

my tears while Rionna steps on to the altar

helps wipe away his tears and,

gentlemen," Aurora

for the first time, Zane and Natalia Ramos and their children, Sequoia and Dakota Ramos. May Moon Goddess always watch over them and may their pack

***Zane***

form as newlyweds so Talia and I are led away to separate tents set up in the adjacent woods for a private

to have the zoomies, sprinting back and forth in the depths of my mind with excitement and I

asI undo my

yips, running yet another lap around

excitement,

I scold the wolf to calm down enough

my body, my bones cracking and shifting into

my hands and feet, and I sit back to let my wolf play with

and forth, and on the opposite end of the clearing, Devina’s gray wolf steps out of her tent, her blue eyes focused on

the center of the clearing, sitting on her