The Silent Alpha

 ***Jane*** 

"Who in the bloody f**k are you?" the woman growls, the golden flecks in her green eyes glittering like flames.

Before I can respond, the small woman has a silver dagger pointed at my throat as she pins me with her elbow against the door.

"You better talk fast, wolf.Talia doesn't take kindly to your kind so I doubt she let you in willingly.Who the f**k are you and what are you doing in her house?"

She snarls, pressing the dagger harder against my neck.

"Are you one of Christian's mutts? Have you come to take her back? Are you with Cillian because I'll bloody kill you where you stand if you so much as touch her!"

Who are Christian and Cillian and where are they taking our mate? Grayson asks.

Agnes rushes towards us and the woman turns to face her, lifting her hand up in warning.

"Unless you want me to gauge your pretty little eyes out, wolf, BACK THE f**k UP!" the woman screams, her hand emitting green light.

Witch! Grayson snarls.

Taking advantage of her distraction, I hook my ankle around the that it points to her instead.I then use my body to slam her against the wall, the woman groaning as her head bangs against the wall.

Completely infuriated, she wraps her fingers around my wrists.

Her palms become scorching hot as they emit a green light and I flinch away from her in pain, stepping back a few paces and shielding Agnes with my body from the furious witch.

The witch waves the dagger in front of me, her teeth clenched in anger.

"Don't make me repeat myself.Who are you and what have you done with Kota and Talia?"

Realizing this might be Talia's witch friend, Gwen, I raise one arm in surrender and then point to my throat, mouthing the word MUTE to her before gesturing to Agnes and pointing at my ears.

"DEAF," I mouth, praying to Moon Goddess that she gets it.

She narrows her eyes in confusion and I hear Agnes shuffling behind me.I don't dare look at what Agnes is doing, afraid to take my eyes off the witch.

Just speak! Grayson snaps in frustration.

I open my mouth to take his advice but as always, my tongue grows stiff and heavy in my mouth, the words stuck in the back of my throat.

Agnes walks right past me and holds out a piece of paper to the witch.

"You're deaf and you’re mute...?" the witch mutters, pointing to satisfied, she slowly lowers her dagger.

"Of course you f****"g are," she grumbles, storming past us to the kitchen.

She sees the pen and notepad on the counter and tosses it to me.

"Go on then.Explain yourselves.Who are you?" She says, crossing her arms and tapping her foot impatiently.

Knowing she could go off any minute, I scribble a response to her and timidly hand the notepad back to her.

She snatches it out of my hand, grumbling to herself in annoyance.

"My name is Zane.I am Talia’s mate.This is Agnes, my mother.You must be Gwen..." she reads aloud, her body tensing up at the last sentence.

"S-She told you about me.." She grumbles, a bit of anger flashing in her eyes.

"She must trust you then...She doesn’t give my name out to just anyone."

My heart nearly skips a beat when she says that.

Talia trusts me? Gwen eyes me up and down, a murderous chuckle escaping her lips.

"Moon Goddess must be testing us both," she says to herself.

"Oh Talia...looks like we are both on the same bloody boat," she sighs, taking a seat at the counter.

Agnes being Agnes, she rushes to grab the witch a glass of water and hands it to her with shaking hands.

The witch smiles softly at her and thanks her.

After taking a drink and gathering her bearings, Gwen looks up at me with a "I apologize for attacking you.I’m a little on edge as it is.It’s been a rough couple days,"

Gwen says to me, wiping her face in exhaustion.

Tell me about it, I want to say but instead just nod politely.

Ask her about Christian and Cillian! Grayson snaps.

Who the f**k are they and why would they take Talia? I take the notepad from the counter and write out my question to her, When she sees what I wrote, she shakes her head at me.

"Cillian is my problem, not Talia’s so don’t worry about him.I-I’ll take care of him on my own," she says, nervously smiling at me.

"If you don’t know who Christian is, however, it’s best I not say a word.That’s Talia’s business and only she has the right to disclose that information.It should be she who tells you about him, not me."

Cillian is her problem, why would he be after Talia? He snaps.She's

I take the

Talia is

the page, there’s a knock at the door, both Gwen and I jumping to our

she says, pushing me back as I

"Stay here."

her to the door, ignoring her side

left it in my care.I should protect The witch cautiously turns to the knob and opens the

and dark brown hair.His green

on Earth are you

door open and glaring

did you find

Gwen?" he says, never taking his eyes off

lurking beneath the

How did you find me?" She snaps,

and waves his phone at

having a 300 year old mate is that she hasn’t

at him but he

in your bag.Now..." he says, stepping closer so that

"Who's the mutt?"

just met him," she

You jealous?"

me up and down and smiles with satisfaction at her, leaning his face down so that his

Asshole...

can hear her heart pound in her chest as he gently pecks

him away,

Salvador," she mutters, the

heart races for me," he sighs, taking her hand and interlocking her fingers

me in or do you

wolf," she mutters

I told you to leave me

he growls, pulling her to

"If he finds you..."

can handle this

can finish her sentence, the wolf named Salvador crashes his lips onto hers, holding

gaze and examine

we got here

Very sturdy...uh..Very clean...

why I

her body trembling in his

yet come and I

herself, pulling the wolf into the house and leading him into the living room.He takes a seat

one kiss from him has her completely under

the room, his eyes carefully inspecting

a silver wolf," he states as

not,"he

outside of its clan with an

mute, Salvador.He won’t respond to you," the witch

for the intrusion.I was not expecting this i***t to

at her and she groans, wiping her tired face and taking a

introduces us to the wolf who appears to be her mate that

Gwen tells us, he’s a powerful silver wolf with the gift of thought projection, capable of turning his thoughts

anything come to life with

butterfly flutters around the room before landing

the beautiful creature, reaching

along her finger, fluttering its wings to show

"She can keep it,"

says as he watches Agnes

long as she doesn’t crush it, it will

tears springing to her eyes

seems taken aback by her reaction, not understanding why his gift could mean so much to

that his simple act

and give her

that I plan to take care of it immediately.In the meantime, I need

Danger?

is difficult to

plane tonight.I’ve already made arrangements with a pack and they are willing to take her in for the

to know who would be willing to accept a

humans were

for her, his chest puffing up

"The Ivory Queen."

***Nataliat** 

last X-ray referral down to the radiology

cubby and I

grimace, however, when I remember they were

with some cut up fruit and cheese and one of Kota’s apple juices I secretly liked to drink.I stare at