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.

look?" I ask, stepping back and spinning

with puffy sleeves and pretty flowers decorating the bodice and

look like a princess, Mommy," Kota smiles

prince?" I ask, the little boy shaking

a wolf," he howls, the music picking up in the

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

the rings back on the pillow.I pull the curtain

Kota breaks into a }

My handsome .

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 a

tempo and the guests all begin

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

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

of his face, and I see trails

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

Gwen, Celina, Nikki, and Nadia stand in as my bridesmaids and to Zane's right, stands Agnes as his Best Ma’am with Tylen, Evan, and

ear to ear

the front row, Rionna and Toran smile proudly at me, Rionna

steps off the altar and holds out his hand to me to

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

I whisper, Zane’s lips curling

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

chuckles to himself when he realizes I haven’t been paying attention.I take the ring from Aurora and slide it onto Zane’s finger, my

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

may now kiss

time as wolf and wife before our pack, His

and Aurora takes Kota

boy looks up in confusion at Zane, who gets down on his knees to speak

K-Kota," Zane whispers, Dakota grinning back at him

Kota replies, cupping Zane’s face in

something okay?" Zane asks, the pup nodding his

been part of y-your life for very long, but finding y-you in that bush

I-I a-always love her...but I-I’m also 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 bottom lip

cry," Zane murmurs, wrapping his

my

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, and our family is now

away my tears while Rionna steps on

and helps wipe away

Aurora announces

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

***Zane***

the ceremony, 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 adjacent

the depths of my mind with excitement and I feel myself getting crossed

you sit still? \snap asI undo my bowtie

running yet another lap around

much excitement, he

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

of my body, my bones cracking and

feet, and I sit

swishing back and forth, and on the opposite end of the clearing,

sitting on her hind legs and