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 spinning for

pretty flowers decorating

look like a princess, Mommy,"

are you, my handsome prince?" I ask, the little boy shaking his

he howls, the music picking

Kota, time to go," I instruct him and he hurriedly gets into position with the

him to put the rings back on the pillow.I pull the curtain back enough to watch as

aisle, Kota breaks into a } full sprint, racing right into

My handsome .

little boy and kisses his forehead, a million butterflies

in Kota’s ear and the little boy pulls up his pants to

laughter as Kota proudly hands the rings to his Dad who gives him

guests all begin to rise from their seats and turn

and Devina purrs happily as I pull

face I care to see is Zane’s as I walk slowly down

handsome features of his face, and I see trails of tears

sky, a million stars watching over me as I walk towards

to Zane's right, stands Agnes as his Best Ma’am with

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

Toran smile proudly at me, Rionna holding Sequoia in her

and holds out his hand to me to help

fingers, and I gently wipe the tears on his

I whisper, Zane’s lips

where Aurora awaits to officiate our union.I

paying attention.I take the ring from Aurora and slide it onto Zane’s finger, my mate smiling

our dear Moon Goddess,

you may now

as wolf and wife before our pack, His soothing scent of sage and bergamot fills

I pull away, and Aurora

who gets down on his knees to speak to

Dakota

Daddy," Kota replies, cupping Zane’s face in

something okay?" Zane

in that bush w-was

her...but I-I’m also making a p-promise to y-you too.I-I p-promise that y-you'll always

don’t cry," Zane murmurs, wrapping his

I-I’ll always be y-your daddy, K-Kota, and I'll do my best to be y-your superhero. I-I love

nod his head as he cries and I struggle to hold back my own tears as my son embraces the only father he’s

of being on our own, Kota and I have a wonderful husband and father, and our family is now

out a handkerchief and very carefully wipes away my tears while

away his tears and, as a family, we face the

Aurora announces to the

for the first time, Zane and Natalia Ramos and their children, Sequoia and Dakota Ramos. May Moon

***Zane***

it is customary for our wolves to meet in wolf form as newlyweds so Talia and I are led away to separate tents set up in the

appears to have the zoomies, sprinting back and forth in the depths of my mind with excitement and I feel myself getting crossed eyed just

asI undo my

He yips, running yet another

much excitement,

I finish undressing and I scold the wolf to calm

begrudgingly stops and he takes command of my body, my

the place of my hands and feet, and I sit back

his tail eagerly swishing back and forth, and on the opposite end

on her hind legs and