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?"

Rosalie and I before giving her consent, Kota

the stroller for Rosalie's pup, some blankets, and

different buildings and explaining their purpose

hawk whenever he runs ahead of us with Rio

set up a picnic for the girls, spreading out a blanket with snacks

open field to the playground, several pups gathering around him and

a game of sorts where they run after each other

I could help comfort in some way, but I know better than

She is already frightened.

need to scare

around the perimeter of the park, picking flowers, thin sticks, and long blades

with a large pile of 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

for me?" Rosalie asks with a smile as she puts her now sleeping pup away

remembering the ‘thank you’ sign from this

another flower crown and places it

having been so focused on her pup and not noticing Agnes

Agnes "Sorry,"

signs with a trembling hand,

few moments before taking

me, is all," Talia apologizes, turning

apologizes once again for

a question I had

werewolves?" She asks bluntly, placing

uncomfortably on her pillow and

a lovely pup..." she says with

"How old is he?"

her lips in a tight line, as if holding her

four months old…

before her face

time talking to us about her story," she says

I get it if you don't want to tell us.But just FYI, you are safe here so you can stop

would have hurt you already if

Kota play with the other

for the time being.We remain at the park for lunch and a

can see the hurt in her

her head 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

Maybe hold her hand...

Grayson suggests.

until I walk alongside her, Kota mumbling with sleepiness in my

her hand, Talia flinching away at the sensation of

for her to snap at me but instead, she just

open my mouth to apologize when she suddenly takes my hand,

tingle up my arm, but I can still

small whimper escapes her throat and she squeezes my hand with all

a little

explains, holding her hand as if it were

few stray tears that rolled down

and holds

She whispers,

room," She instructs as she walks

wash him in her place.Talia looks like

do it?" She

as she looks

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 me his

there too long," she

likes to splash you so be firm and have him help you clean up if he makes a

hall, leaving me alone with the cheeky

and climbs into the bubble filled tub, grabbing

so that he can enjoy the bubbles before the

forewarned, Kota tries to splash me many times, but I grab his two little hands and place them over his

m-no-more, Kota," I

tub, the water slowly draining down the hole much to Kota’s dismay glance at

are alone, I dress the little boy in a pair

I whisper to

his thumb, his blue and brown eyes blinking at

mommy sad?" He asks, a patient look

miss-misses home," I

"Oh," he sighs.

like it here." I hide my

like i-it

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