The Silent Alpha

***Natalia*** 

Fk! F**k! 

"KE V scream internally as I clock out and race out of the clinic.I’m going to be late!”

 "Talia, wait!" Travis calls out as I rush past him in the parking lot.

Travis is a tall man with rippling muscles trying to break through his scrubs, with tan skin and the sexiest tattoos on his arms and chest.

He is the cute radiology tech every girl was pinning over.

But like every sexy man, he’s trouble; a known playboy who had all the girls in the clinic wrapped around his finger and for good reason too.

The man knew how to bend you over a desk and make you his slut.

"Sorry, Travis, but I'm late for picking up Dakota!" I call out breathlessly as I scramble to the bike racks.

"Doesn't Sarah usually pick him up?" he chuckles as he trots over and watches me put on my helmet.

"Yes, but she's out of town visiting family for a few days which means I have to pick him up," I smile impatiently, unlocking the bike.

She was actually on business with some werewolves but I was not about to tell Travis that was running from her ex, a dragon King hellbent on dragging her back to his kingdom.

Being on the run, she and I both changed our names.

She was Sarah Davis while I was Talia Ramos.

"Well how about I give you a ride to the daycare center," he says, giving me his mischievous grin.

"And then maybe we can talk about you going to dinner with me tomorrow night? Say 7 o'clock?"

I have to physically restrain myself from reaching over and smacking him over the head with my bike lock.

Travis and I had fooled around a few times before but I had always made it clear that this was just a business transaction.

No feelings, just a good f**k.That was the deal.

"Travis," I sigh, closing my eyes and taking a deep breath.

"We have a good thing.Don’t ruin it, please.I'm not looking for anything else," I shrug unapologetically.

"I'm not interested ina relationship."

"Oh come on Talia," he smirks.

"You know I’m crazy about you...Look I know I have a reputation but I’m not lying.You’re amazing ...different from every other girl in this God forsaken town I frown at him.Does he take me for an i***t? He is literally a walking red flag! “

"Travis, stop it.I’m not interested."

"I could take care of you and Dakota,"

He murmurs, his finger grazing my arms and I shiver in annoyance.

"If you let me.Don’t you want Dakota to have a dad?" anyone to take care of me.

Dakota and I were just fine on our own.

Kota didn’t need a father.He had me...

"I'm sorry, Travis but I really have to go," I shrug, pushing past him and climbing on the bike.

"will you at least think about it?" He shouts as I pedal away and I fail to respond.

Oh Talia....

I mutter to myself.

What the f**k did you get yourself into? I push aside my thoughts about Travis and try to figure out what to do with Dakota while I’m working my shift at The Masque.

The only other people I know are Micah and Niki...

.Does Niki work tonight? f**k i can’t remember.

I arrive at the daycare center, the parking lot completely empty by now.

I curse Mrs.Freedman, my last patient, for talking her head off during her visit, and hurry into the building.

Through the large glass window, I peer into the classroom and see my little boy hard at work on a coloring book, his little red backpack already on his shoulders.

My heart skips a beat as I watch him color, his eyes furrowed in concentration and his little brown curls hanging low over his forehead.

Sensing my stare, Kota looks up at me and smiles with excitement, closing his book and jumping out of his seat.

I rush into the classroom and get down on my knees, spreading my arms out wide to receive him.

He collides right into me, nearly "Mommy, what are you doing here?"He giggles excitedly.

"Where’s aunty Gwen?"

I push back his curls from his face and stare into his beautiful big eyes.

They were unlike the eyes of any other, one eye being a gorgeous shade of cerulean and the other being the envy of chocolate with swirls of brown and amber.

Heterchromia wasn’t all that common and my Kota’s eyes were the talk of the town when he was first born.He was the little blue and brown eyed boy everyone loved.

I hear footsteps behind me and smile apologetically at the frowning teacher.

"I’m so sorry, Mrs.Henry.I had a patient today whom I could just not get rid of!" I chuckle nervously.

Mrs.Henry sighs heavily.

are very lucky

says sternly before her grin gives her

she says, wiggling her eyebrows at

knows how to keep a lady company." Dakota smiles proudly at me as I lift him into

Mrs.Henry, for

she smiles back as I turn towards the

She calls

towards

"Yes?"

"Don’t forget that."

keep my tears in.It was my biggest fear to fail Kota.He deserved the world and I sometimes felt I could not give him

you," I whisper, pushing the door

the bike racks, forcing back my tears

need to

as

trip," I reply, strapping

and me for a

gives me a

we have chicken nuggets for dinner?" I smile at him as I pull

"Maybe," I grin.

voice

Talia," I sigh, praying to whatever

tonight? Sarah is out of town and I need

a baby!" Dakota

little man sitter," I

think you could love that

and I hop on the bike, Kota stretching out his arms

to the outskirts of Poulsbo, I

and into an all black outfit.I would change into my uniform once I got to the

in hell I was riding

rushing into the

it all by

I unbuckle his helmet and put

we go," I chirp, helping him

tonight, okay? So I need you to

me a quick nod and I hand

down to the town center where Niki

are two coworkers from

Micah a bartender.I pull up to their apartment and

door while I tie up the bike.How’s my cute little

cheeks with kisses.She waves me inside and closes the door behind

to see a tiny woman hard at work over the stove.She is no more than 5 feet tall, with long dirty

me admiring her beauty, blushing furiously and waving politely at

being rude, I wave back and

Niki and Micah's friend." The woman smiles and

my bad,

Agnes. She's deaf and mute

dead?!" Kota asks curiously, looking

doesn't look like a

help but burst out laughing at

can't hear you or speak,"

walk over to the woman and

and pull them apart, using my fingers to sign my name.I slide my palms across each other, then bring

finish and I hear Niki

to sign? Since when? What did you

  ‘'I am

I shrug.

work with a couple deaf patients and learned some basic signs to make

teach me,"

with us until they can get their own place and they are both mute.We've just been writing to each

I ask, looking around for another

missed

me tell you, HE'S HOT! LIKE HOT, HOT! Oh Talia, you should see him with Agnes.It's the most adorable thing ever.He's so sweet and did I mention that

like

I mean it, Tal.Don’t be using your Latina charm

and shake my head at

of it, " I

Kota for me.You're a

She calls out after me

of town, storing the bike in the racks directly behind the

where some of the town's

Why? Simple

 The Dress Code.

the building had to wear a

your local Halloween

No mask, no entrance.

The purpose was simple.

come and go as they pleased without fear of being judged by the public and the staff, specifically the dancers, could work without

for everyone and it

guess who was who under all

ordered, I knew some of the city council members were regulars and

grab my uniform, going straight to the changing room and exchanging my black top and jeans for a skimpy work

practically every fetish, ranging from full

maid uniform consisted of a black bralette, a lacy black and white choker, a piece of black fabric I barely considered a skirt, and a small

belt, stockings, and heels completed the look and I touch up my makeup in

these that I really

preparing myself to fight off drunkards all night, I