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.

be a wolf

possibly know a wolf was after us? I lick my dry lips,

his wolf but his first shift was so many years away; I thought I would have more time to come up with an explanation as to why he’d feel another presence within

as I stare at my hopeful pup

wolf loyal to

I finally

again, crawling

will be a beautiful wolf ,I want to tell him but I swallow my words and smile at him as he

ignoring Zane's questioning eyes as I climb out of

to

aroma of crepes fills the house as Kota and I make our way into the kitchen, both

and gone straight to bed after

find Agnes hard at work pouring crepe batter onto a hot pan, swirling it around in circles to make a perfect

food, Agnes looks as beautiful

signs a good morning to Kota and I frowns at me when I try to steal a

pouts are useless against her and I instead help her pack the cut-up fruits and fillings to take to the main pack

ready to go, Zane and Agnes carry the food while I lead Kota

can’t find us here, Iremind myself as we enter the

door and leads us to a large dining Alpha Oliver sits at the head of the table, his Queen

with

Oliver’s right is another couple whom we also did

rest of the table

seems to be annoying his Alpha who scowls

through the entire school butt-naked looking for his

was so mad-" His voice comes to a halt when he finally notices us, Aurora rising to her feet

yourselves at home," she instructs, gesturing to the empty

the girl

Mia, Evan’s mate and my cousin." She then gestures to

Beta Carter and his wife Rosalie, Oliver’s little sister." Rosalie jumps to her feet and rushes over to us with a kind

crepes?"

français? {Did

is mute and deaf," I explain

won’t understand

say ‘thank you’?"

sign and Rosalie mimics me, Agnes’s eyes brightening from

help distribute the crepes around while several omegas bring in dishes of eggs and potatoes for

to me," Rosalie smiles when everyone's plates are all full, patting

at Kota who climbs onto

his eyes are gorgeous!" She squeals, waving over to Kota who gives

and dig into their food, Zane translating for Agnes

and he readily licks the Nutella

asking me questions about how I met Gwen or what I do for a living but the last thing I want to do is talk about my life to a

providing as few details as I can to give them a hint that I was not comfortable with disclosing

patience starts to wane, however, when they ask

two been together?" Rosalie asks, wiggling her eyebrows at

make a cute couple." I steal a quick glance at Zane

you..." her voice trails off when she sees

wolf I met and can’t seem to get rid of," I mutter, an awkward

Zane’s eyes on me as I set my silverware down and begrudgingly

eyes flicker to a

looking away to hide his other half but I had already seen the wolf within...and he was

Jack

me, the one who told me he loved me

wolf would be

hurt

am in a pack full of wolves and the only human for miles, I begin gathering my dishes to leave

take a walk with you," she says through a

okay

decline when she rises to her feet, her voice I look down at