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?"

looks anxiously at Rosalie and I before giving her consent, Kota bouncing with excitement while Rio jumps at

with the stroller for Rosalie's pup, some blankets, and Rio’s

their purpose to us to keep the walk from being

watching Kota like a hawk whenever he runs ahead of us with Rio reassure her

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

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

with ease, and they begin a game of sorts where they

I could help comfort in some way, but I know

She is already frightened.

need to scare her any

of the park, picking

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 shoulder, praising her incredible

the crown to Rosalie, placing it on

smile as she puts her now sleeping pup

she says, remembering the ‘thank you’ sign

crown and places it

having been so focused on

Agnes "Sorry,"

a trembling hand,

moments before taking the flower

is all,"

smiles nervously and apologizes

asking a question I had been asking myself since

afraid of werewolves?" She asks bluntly, placing her chin in her hand

uncomfortably on

have a lovely pup..." she says with a

"How old is he?"

a tight line, as if holding her tongue, before turning

months old…

proudly before

had a hard time talking to us about her story," she says with a

you don't want to tell us.But just FYI, you are safe here so you can stop looking at us like we're going

would have hurt you already if we

and watches Kota

for lunch and a few hours thereafter

but I can see the hurt in

can urge Kota 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

Maybe hold her hand...

Grayson suggests.

pick up my pace until I walk alongside her, Kota

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

as I mentally prepare for her to snap

mouth to apologize when she suddenly takes my hand,

my arm, but I can still feel her hand

down on her lower lip as a small whimper escapes her throat and

me for a

holding her hand

wiping a few stray tears that

face and holds her head

just tired," She

Kota to the room," She instructs as

wash him in her place.Talia looks like she might burst into tears after being rejected by her son for the second time today but nonetheless, appeases

you do it?" She asks, her voice

in my heart returns as she looks at me with glossy brown

breaking his mother's heart, but I know he is truly

stay in there too long,"

you clean up

hall, leaving me alone with the cheeky pup

the bubble filled tub, grabbing a handful of bubbles and throwing them up in

so that he can

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

m-no-more, Kota," I

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

that we are alone, I dress the little boy in

mommy is s-sad," I whisper to him, sliding his socks

thumb, his blue and

sad?" He asks, a patient look in

s-she miss-misses

"Oh," he sighs.

my smile and finish putting on his other

like i-it t-t-too," I

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