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.

I look?" I ask, stepping back and spinning for

is an off the shoulder ball gown with puffy sleeves and pretty flowers decorating the bodice and my hair is curled and braided with tiny

look like a princess, Mommy," Kota

prince?" I ask,

he howls, the music picking up in

time to go," I instruct him and he

from behind the curtain before I can tell him to put the rings back on the pillow.I pull the curtain back enough to watch as Kota skips down the aisle, the crowd giggling as the little boy waves hello

reaches the middle of the aisle, Kota breaks into a

My handsome .

boy and kisses his forehead, a million butterflies fluttering in my belly at the beauty of

whispers something in Kota’s ear and the little boy pulls up his pants to grab the two rings from inside

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

tempo and the guests all begin to rise from

Devina purrs happily as I pull back the curtain

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

the handsome features of his face, and

up at the night sky, a million stars

Zane's right, stands Agnes as

ear to ear at me and bouncing on his toes

front row, Rionna and Toran smile proudly

off the altar and holds out his hand to

our fingers, and I gently wipe the

I whisper, Zane’s lips curling into a

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 sensation of the ring

the ring from Aurora and slide it onto Zane’s finger,

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

may now kiss

cups my 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 heart slows down

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

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

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

replies, cupping Zane’s face

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

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

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

Zane murmurs, wrapping his arms around the crying

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

I struggle to hold back my own tears as my son embraces

on our own, Kota and I have a wonderful husband and

and very carefully wipes away my tears while Rionna steps on to the altar

Kota in his arms and helps wipe away his tears and, as a family, we face the

and gentlemen," Aurora announces to the

first time, Zane and Natalia Ramos and their children, Sequoia and

***Zane***

form as newlyweds so Talia and I are led away to separate tents

in the depths of my mind with excitement and I feel myself

\snap asI undo my bowtie and unbutton my

running yet another lap around my

excitement, he

I finish undressing and I scold

takes command of my body, my bones cracking and

feet, and I sit back to let

forest, his tail eagerly swishing back and forth, and on the opposite end of the clearing, Devina’s gray wolf steps out of her tent, her blue

center of the clearing, sitting on her hind legs and patiently