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 like Zane?" Several questions pop into my

wolfand how could he possibly know a wolf was after us? I lick my dry lips, unsure how to respond to

day would come when he would earn 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

as I stare at my hopeful pup still

wolves, my son was the exception.I would teach him to be a good wolf loyal to his

I finally

how is again, crawling on all fours

tell him but I swallow my words and smile at him as he rolls around

Kota," I say, ignoring Zane's questioning eyes as I climb out of

to

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

and gone straight to bed

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

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

Kota and I frowns at me when I try to steal a crepe, slapping my

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

food while I lead Kota up to the mansion, squeezing his hand tightly as my wandering

us here, Iremind myself as

leads us to a large dining Alpha

beside Aurora is Evan along with

couple whom we also did not

the table is

seems to be annoying his Alpha who scowls

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

he finally notices us, Aurora rising to her

she instructs, gesturing to the

to the

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

this is Beta Carter and his wife Rosalie, Oliver’s little sister." Rosalie jumps to her feet and rushes over to us with a kind smile on her lips.Her eyes widen

those crepes?" She

sommes français? {Did you know we’re

explain when

she won’t understand

do you say ‘thank you’?" She

mimics me, Agnes’s

distribute the crepes around while several omegas

right next to me," Rosalie smiles when everyone's

pointing at Kota who climbs

She squeals, waving over to Kota who gives her a

table and dig into their food, Zane translating for Agnes as more praise comes her

for Kota and he readily licks the Nutella

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

as few details as I can to give them a hint that I was not

starts to wane, however, when they

two been together?" Rosalie asks,

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

her voice trails off when she sees

rid of," I mutter, an awkward silence enveloping us as I eat the last

as I set my silverware down and begrudgingly look

a

away to hide his other half but

memories of Jack replay in

hurt me, the one who told me he loved me every day...hit me...rejected

wolf would be

would hurt me

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

with you," she says through

okay

when she rises to her feet, her voice I look down at my pup clinging to my leg, his