The Silent Alpha

***Natalia*** 

The bright light peeking through the window stings my swollen eyes and I let out a soft groan.I do not want to wake up, not after the lousy night of nightmares I had.

In need of some comfort, I stretch out my hand in search of Kota.

My eyes bulge open, however, when I find the bed empty, his side of the bed cold.

"Kota?" I whisper, looking around the room frantically, feeling my heart sink to the pit of my stomach.

"Kota!" I scream, tears springing to my eyes as last night’s nightmares flash through my mind.

Zane’s head pops up from my side of the room and I look over to see Kota snuggled up beside him, his stuffed wolf in his arms.

Zane looks equally bewildered to find the pup curled up on his side, his body growing tense with my silence.

How did he get down there? I wonder as I scramble out of bed to pick him up.It's doesn’t matter ,I scold myself.

I’m just glad he’s okay.I gently pick up the sleepy pup, holding him close to my chest as several tears spill onto my cheeks.

Kota mumbles a hello to me, his sleepy voice soothing my heart.I squeeze him tightly, a slight sob escaping my throat.

"He won’t take you," I hiccup to myself as I comb my fingers l ignore Zane’s pained look, not caring that I probably looked like a lunatic to him.

"Estas bien Mami? (Are you okay, mommy?)" Kota asks when I finally loosen up my grip.He pulls back from my arms and pokes at my eyes and cheeks, staring at me with cute furrowed brows.

"You don’t look so good." I feign hurt at his words and hold back my laughter.

"Am I ugly?" I ask.

He shakes his head definitively.

"Bonita, Bonita," he sings.

"I have the prettiest mommy in the whole world!"

He shouts, my ears ringing from the sudden sound of his loud voice.I shower his chubby cheeks with kisses, feeling relieved to not be alone in this wolf's den.

"Where did you go?" I ask.

"Why did you go sleep on the floor with Zane?"

Kota fidgets with his stuffed wolf before whispering close to my ear.

"l had a nightmare," he says, hugging his wolf tightly.

"A big bad wolf came to take me away."

My heart nearly stops as the blood drains from my face.I want to scream but my words never spill out of my mouth.

All through the night, I dreamt of Christian finding us and taking Kota from me, disposing of me as he did all those years ago training to take over the Alpha title, turning my sweet little boy into a hardened Alpha.

Kota's large eyes widen and he smiles at Zane who blushes under his gaze.

"But then Zane saved me, mommy.He didn’t let the bad wolf take me!"

He climbs out of my lap and runs into Zane's arms.

"And then - And then Zane's wolf carried me home!" Zane's face freezes, his body tensing at the mention of his wolf.

"Aoh aoh aaooooh!" Kota suddenly howls like a wolf.

"Zane is a wolf, mommy. Did you know that?"

He howls happily again.

a wolf, mommy? Can I be a wolf like Zane?" Several

could he possibly know a wolf was after us? I lick

when he would earn his wolf but his first shift was so many years away; I thought I would have

soul as I stare

good wolf loyal

can," I finally

how is again, crawling on

him but I swallow my words and smile at him

on, Kota," I say, ignoring Zane's questioning eyes

to

Kota and I make our way into the kitchen, both of us

had skipped dinner last night and gone straight

Agnes hard at work pouring crepe batter onto a hot pan, swirling it around

the food, Agnes looks as beautiful as ever in a pretty

kindly signs a good morning to Kota and I frowns at me when I try to steal a crepe, slapping my hand to not touch

instead help her pack

lead Kota up to the mansion, squeezing his hand

can’t find us here, Iremind myself as we enter the mansion.We're

us at the door and leads us to a large dining Alpha Oliver

with a girl we

Oliver’s right is another couple whom we also did not meet

rest of the

his Alpha who scowls violently at him as he recounts a

Oliver ran through the entire school butt-naked looking for his clothes," Evan wheezes, Aurora on the verge of tears

he finally notices us, Aurora rising to her feet

she instructs, gesturing to the empty

points to the girl

Mia, Evan’s mate and my cousin." She

us with a kind

those crepes?" She

que nous sommes français? {Did

is mute and deaf," I explain

won’t

you say

mimics

distribute the crepes around while several omegas bring in dishes of eggs

me," Rosalie smiles when everyone's plates are

at Kota

gorgeous!" She squeals, waving over to Kota

themselves comfortable on the opposite side of the table and dig into

licks the Nutella off,

questions about how I met Gwen or what I do for a living but the last thing I want to do

I am as polite as possible, providing as few details as I can to give

patience starts to wane, however, when they ask

together?" Rosalie asks, wiggling

couple." I steal a quick glance at Zane who looks petrified by her question anger get the best

her voice trails off when she sees the uncomfortable look on

rid of," I mutter, an awkward silence

eyes on me as I set my silverware down and begrudgingly

meet, his brown eyes flicker to a bright gold color, his

other half but

last memories of Jack replay in

wolf mate who claimed would never hurt me, the one who told me he loved me every day...hit me...rejected

his wolf would

hurt me

the only human for miles, I begin gathering my dishes to leave when

walk with you," she says through a

that’s okay with

to politely decline when she rises to her feet, her voice I look