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.

ask, stepping back and spinning for

pretty flowers decorating

princess,

prince?" I ask, the little boy shaking his

he howls, the music picking up in the

him and he

on the pillow.I pull the curtain back enough to watch

the middle of the aisle, Kota breaks into a } full sprint,

My handsome .

little boy and kisses his forehead, a million butterflies

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

rings to his Dad who gives him a high five for completing his

the guests all begin to rise from their seats and turn

heart begins to race in my chest and Devina purrs happily as I pull back the curtain to

faces smile upon seeing me, but the only face I care to see is Zane’s

illuminates the handsome features of his face, and I see trails

I look up at the night sky, a million stars watching over me

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

the altar, smiling from ear to ear

Toran smile proudly at me, Rionna holding

out his hand to me

he interlocks our fingers, and I gently wipe the tears on his cheeks with my

I whisper, Zane’s lips curling

and kissing my knuckles.He leads me to the center of the altar, where Aurora awaits to officiate our union.I

from Aurora and slide

by the State of California and by our dear Moon Goddess, I now pronounce

now kiss your

cheeks in his hands and leans forward, our lips meeting for the 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

curls on my lips as I pull away, and Aurora takes Kota by the hand and presents

who gets down on his knees to speak

whispers, Dakota

cupping Zane’s face

something okay?" Zane asks, the pup

part of y-your life for very long, but finding y-you in that bush w-was the best thing t-that ever happened to m-me," Zane murmurs, Kota

making a p-promise to y-you too.I-I p-promise that y-you'll always be my son, K-Kota, no matter what anyone says," He says, Kota’s

cry," Zane murmurs, wrapping his

my best

and I struggle to hold back my own tears as my son embraces the only father he’s ever

own, Kota and I have a wonderful husband and father,

my tears while Rionna steps

away his tears and, as a family,

Aurora announces to

children, Sequoia and Dakota Ramos. May Moon Goddess always watch over them and may their pack always be

***Zane***

form as newlyweds so Talia and I are led away to separate tents set up in the

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

you sit still? \snap asI undo my bowtie

yips, running yet

excitement, he

sprint until I finish undressing and I scold the wolf to calm down enough

of my

and feet, and I sit back to

on the opposite end of

the center of the clearing, sitting on her hind