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

returns with the stroller for Rosalie's

chatters away, pointing out different buildings and explaining their purpose to us to keep the walk from

stays close to me, watching Kota like a hawk whenever he runs ahead

park, I help Evan set up a picnic for the girls, spreading out a blanket with snacks and pillows for them to

to

a game of sorts

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

picking

a large pile of foliage and begins weaving them into crowns, her nimble

over her shoulder, praising her incredible weaving

Rosalie, placing it on top of

smile as she puts her now sleeping

she says, remembering the

flower crown

been so focused on her pup and not noticing Agnes getting

Agnes "Sorry,"

a trembling

few moments before taking the flower crown

just scared me, is all," Talia apologizes, turning to me to

smiles nervously and apologizes once again for

before asking a question I had been asking myself since I

werewolves?" She asks bluntly, placing her

Talia shifts uncomfortably on

have a lovely pup..." she says with a forced smile, adjusting her

"How old is he?"

purses her lips in a tight line, as if holding her tongue, before turning

four months

proudly before her face grows

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

would have hurt you already if we

Kota play with the

for lunch and a few hours

I can see the hurt in her eyes at being

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

Maybe hold her hand...

Grayson suggests.

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

drop of courage I have, I touch her

as I mentally prepare for her to snap

when she suddenly takes my hand, interlocking our fingers in

sparks tingle up my arm, but I can still feel her

escapes her throat and she squeezes my hand with

onto me for a

  can't.I'm sorry," She explains, holding her hand as if it were

wiping a few stray tears that

her face and holds her head

She

room," She instructs as

he begs her to let me wash him in her place.Talia looks like she might burst into

She

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

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

in there too long," she

him help you clean up if he makes a mess.He needs to

hall, leaving me alone with the

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

so that he can enjoy the bubbles before the

but I grab his two little hands

Kota," I say

the plug in the tub, the water slowly draining down the hole

alone, I dress the little boy in a pair of blue

I whisper to him, sliding his socks over

on his thumb, his blue and

asks,

s-she miss-misses home," I

"Oh," he sighs.

hide my smile and finish putting on his other

i-it t-t-too," I

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