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

a wolf

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 another

I stare at

despised wolves, my son was the exception.I would teach him to be a good wolf loyal to his family and should he ever find his mate,

you can," I finally manage to

is again, crawling

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

I say, ignoring Zane's questioning

to get

and I make our way into the kitchen, both

night and gone straight to

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

the food, Agnes looks as beautiful as ever in a

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

her pack the cut-up fruits and fillings to take to the main pack

go, Zane and Agnes carry the food while I lead Kota up to the mansion, squeezing his hand tightly as my wandering eyes scan

myself

meets us at the door and leads us to a large dining Alpha Oliver sits at the head of the

Aurora is Evan along with a girl we had yet

right is another couple whom we

of the table is

annoying his Alpha who scowls violently at him as he recounts

for his clothes," Evan wheezes, Aurora on the verge of

he finally notices us, Aurora rising to

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

to the girl

She then gestures to the couple

to her feet and rushes over to us with a kind smile on her lips.Her eyes widen in shock

those crepes?"

{Did

explain when Agnes stares

won’t

you say

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

crepes around while several omegas bring in dishes of eggs and

when everyone's plates are all

your pup?"She asks, pointing at Kota who climbs onto my

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

the opposite side of the table and dig into their food, Zane

a small crepe for Kota and he readily licks the Nutella off, smothering his cheeks in

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

I am as polite as possible, providing as few details as I can to give them a hint that I was

starts to wane, however,

two been together?" Rosalie asks, wiggling her eyebrows

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

he looks at you..." her voice trails

I mutter, an awkward

set my silverware down and begrudgingly look up to tell

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

to hide his other half but I had already seen the wolf within...and

memories of Jack replay in

one who told me he loved

his wolf would be no

would hurt

very aware that I am in a pack full of wolves and the only human for

walk with you," she says through a

that’s okay with

politely decline when she rises to her feet, her voice I look down at my pup clinging