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,

Rosalie's pup, some

out different buildings and explaining their

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

arrive at the park, I help Evan set up a picnic for

Rio through the open field to the playground, several pups gathering

a game of sorts where they run after

heart that I could

She is already frightened.

not need to scare her

park, picking flowers, thin sticks, and long blades of

them into crowns, her nimble fingers delicately

awe over her shoulder, praising her incredible weaving

Rosalie, placing it on top

a smile as she puts

she says, remembering the

flower crown and places it on Talia's

been so focused on

Agnes "Sorry,"

a

at her for a few moments before

you just scared me, is all," Talia

smiles nervously and apologizes once

question I had been asking myself since I first met my

placing her

uncomfortably on her

she says with a forced smile, adjusting her

"How old is he?"

in a tight line, as if holding

four months old…

before her

us about her story," she says

want to tell us.But just FYI, you are safe here so you can stop looking at us like we're going to eat you," she says with

have hurt you

and watches Kota play

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

forces a smile, but I can see the hurt in her eyes at being pushed

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 of something I could

Maybe hold her hand...

Grayson suggests.

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

I have, I touch her hand, Talia flinching away at

her to snap at me but instead, she just stares at my

apologize when she suddenly takes my hand, interlocking our fingers in

my arm, but I can still feel her hand

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

holds onto me for a little while longer before letting

explains, holding her hand as if it were

a few stray tears

face and holds her

tired," She whispers, avoiding my

Kota to the room," She

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

do it?" She asks,

returns as

the little boy for breaking his mother's heart, but I know he is truly unaware of how much his simple

let him stay in there too long," she says

splash you so be firm and have him help you clean up if he

me alone with the cheeky

and climbs into the bubble filled tub, grabbing a handful

so that he

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

m-no-more, Kota,"

can protest, I pull the plug in the tub, the water slowly draining down the hole much to

the little boy

whisper to him, sliding his socks

sucks on his thumb, his blue

mommy sad?" He asks, a patient

miss-misses home,"

"Oh," he sighs.

hide my smile and finish putting on his other

like i-it t-t-too,"

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