The Silent Alpha
Chapter 20: First steps
***Jane***
Agnes and I spend the morning with Kota, Rosalie, Rosalie’s baby Emile, and Evan, fighting our own anxiety from our lack of activity.
In all my life, I had never had a moment to rest, to just sit and watch a movie or play games without a care in the world.
Even if there was chance that I completed my chores, my mind and self-hatred would torture me relentlessly.
As a pup, my father put me through rigorous schooling and speech therapies to make me the best Alpha I could be.
Of course, I could never live up to his expectations.
He would make me stand before him once a week to recite the history of our pack or the laws that governed it and the kingdom.
If I faltered in my pronunciation, I would be struck with a whip.
There was never a day that I made it out of a recital without shedding blood.
My mother would weep sorrowfully, begging my father helplessly to have mercy.
She would sometimes be beaten herself for attempting to shield me.
It hurt my soul to fail her so miserably but no matter how hard I concentrated, my tongue would only grow stiffer, and my words would slur like a drunk.
After I was demoted to Omega status, I became a field hand, carrying weapons for the warriors in training or helping maintain the equipment in the hot sun or cold winters.
As I grew older, I learned many things to make myself useful such as plumbing, mechanics, painting and other basic maintenance jobs.
Agnes is no different.
With her hearing gone, she had to make herself useful to earn her meals.
No one wants an extra mouth to feed.
She was beaten relentlessly by other Omegas if she slipped up.
She learned to be quick in the kitchen, never resting for fear she would be cast out or killed by the Omegas.
So, as we sit comfortably on the couch watching Aladdin with Kota, Agnes and I find it hard to rest, wondering if at any moment, this pack’s kindness would run out.
Even Grayson could not find the words to soothe my racing thoughts.
Feeling myself about to break, I get up quietly and search for a pen and paper before approaching Rosalie with a note.
"Are you sure there is nothing we can do to be of service 2" Rosalie reads aloud before raising an eyebrow at me.
"Are you bored?" She asks nervously.
"W-we can go to the park if you like.Kota could stretch his legs and play with some other pups.Let me just get the stroller for Emile," she says as Evan gets up from his spot to find said stroller.I shake my head at her, writing out my response.
"We just don't want to be a burden."She stares at the note before smiling up at me.
"You are our guests, not a burden," She chuckles.
"Gwen asked for this favor and need," She smiles.
"Just relax and enjoy yourselves. Take this a small vacation while Gwen finishes up her work."
Just then we hear the door open, and Natalia appears on her own, a thoughtful look in her eyes.
"You're back!" Rosalie chirps.
"How was the walk? Did you see all of River Moon?" She asks with a cheerful smile.
Talia smiles sheepishly, her eyes staring at her hands.
"It was ...eye opening..." she replies quietly.
"Aurora just had an emergency to deal with."
There's a serious tone in her voice and Rosalie appears to understand the true meaning behind her words.
"Well, you've come just in time.I think Kota might enjoy some time at the park,"
She gestures to Kota watching the movie on the floor with Rio lying lazily next to him.
"Yeah, mommy!" Kota cries, scrambling to his feet.
"Can we go to the park?"
anxiously at Rosalie and I before giving her consent,
the stroller for Rosalie's pup, some blankets, and Rio’s
away, pointing out different buildings and explaining their purpose to us to keep
he runs ahead of us with Rio reassure her that
help Evan set up a picnic for the girls, spreading out a blanket with
races with Rio through the open field to the playground,
makes friends with ease, and they begin a game of sorts where they run after each other and freeze in place if
vigilant, and I wish with all my heart that I could help comfort in some way, but I know better than to push her
She is already frightened.
to scare her
walks around the perimeter of the park, picking flowers, thin sticks, and long
foliage and begins weaving them into crowns, her nimble fingers delicately folding the flower stems and blades of grass into intricate
watches with awe over her
presents the crown to Rosalie, placing it on top of
this for me?" Rosalie asks with a smile as she puts her now sleeping pup away in
you," she says, remembering the ‘thank you’ sign
yet another flower crown and places it
at the gesture, having been so focused on her pup and
Agnes "Sorry,"
a trembling hand, stepping
before taking the flower crown and squeezing Agnes'
you just scared me, is all," Talia apologizes, turning to me
apologizes
before asking a question I had been asking myself since I first met my
you so afraid of werewolves?" She asks bluntly, placing her chin in her hand and looking
Talia shifts uncomfortably on
she says with a forced smile,
"How old is he?"
in a tight line, as if holding her tongue, before turning
months
before her face
time talking to us about her story," she says
are safe here so you can stop looking at us like we're going
hurt you already if
Kota play with the
the park for lunch and a few hours thereafter until Kota
see the hurt
at me to stop and walks on ahead of us to the guest house can feel a small pain in my heart as we make the small trek in silence and
Maybe hold her hand...
Grayson suggests.
walk alongside her, Kota mumbling with sleepiness
of courage I have, I touch her
heart nearly stops as I mentally prepare for her to snap at me but instead, she just
when she suddenly takes my hand, interlocking our fingers
but I can still feel
down on her lower lip as a small whimper escapes her throat and she
onto me for a little while longer
can't.I'm sorry," She explains, holding her hand as if it
few stray tears that rolled
hardens her face and
She whispers, avoiding
room," She instructs as
let me wash him in her place.Talia looks like she might burst into tears after being rejected by her
She asks, her
my heart returns as
to scold the little boy for breaking his mother's heart, but I know he is truly unaware of how much his simple request is hurting her.I accept and Talia hands
let him stay in there too
you clean up if he makes a
me alone with the cheeky
filled tub, grabbing a handful of bubbles and throwing them up in the
quick work to wash him so that he can enjoy the bubbles before the water
many times, but I grab his two little hands and place
m-no-more, Kota,"
in the tub, the water slowly draining down the hole much to Kota’s dismay glance at the door and listen for any
I dress the little boy in a pair of
yo-your mommy is s-sad," I whisper to him, sliding his socks over
his blue
sad?" He asks, a patient
thi-thi-think s-she miss-misses
"Oh," he sighs.
I like it here." I hide my smile and finish putting
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