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?"

consent,

stroller for Rosalie's

buildings and explaining their purpose to us to keep the walk

stays close to me, watching Kota like a hawk whenever he runs ahead of us with Rio

park, I help Evan set up a picnic for the girls, spreading out a

to the playground, several pups gathering around him and

sorts where they

with all my heart that I could help comfort in some way, but I know better

She is already frightened.

do not need to

picking flowers, thin sticks, and long blades of

foliage and begins weaving them into crowns, her nimble fingers delicately folding the flower stems and blades of grass

over her shoulder,

then presents the crown to Rosalie, placing it on top of her

with a smile as she puts her

the ‘thank you’ sign from this

crown and places it on Talia's

so focused

Agnes "Sorry,"

signs with a trembling

few moments before taking the

is all,"

nervously and apologizes

their interaction with intrigue before asking a question I had been asking myself since I first met my

bluntly, placing her chin in her

Talia shifts uncomfortably on her pillow and shakes

with a

"How old is he?"

tight line, as if holding her tongue, before turning to the

four months old… almost

before her

to us about her story," she says with

safe here so you can stop looking at us like we're going

would have hurt you

remains silent and watches Kota

the park for lunch and a few hours thereafter until Kota and Rio tire themselves out and lifting his arms

I can see the hurt in her eyes at being

to go to his mother, Talia shakes 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 the small trek in silence and try to think

Maybe hold her hand...

Grayson suggests.

gulp but pick up my pace until I walk alongside her, Kota mumbling with

I touch her hand, Talia flinching away at the sensation of

to snap at me but instead, she

takes my hand, interlocking our fingers

my arm, but I can

her lower lip as a small whimper escapes her throat and she squeezes my hand

for a little while longer

She explains, holding

a few stray tears

hardens her face and holds

She whispers, avoiding my

the room," She

me wash him in her place.Talia looks like she might burst into tears

you do it?" She

my heart returns as she looks at me with

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

let him stay in there too long," she

have him help you clean up

alone with the cheeky

filled tub, grabbing a handful of bubbles and throwing them

him so that he can enjoy the bubbles

times, but I

Kota," I

draining down the hole much

dress the little boy in a

mommy is s-sad," I whisper to him,

thumb, his blue and

is mommy sad?" He asks, a

miss-misses home,"

"Oh," he sighs.

I hide my smile and finish

like i-it t-t-too,"

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