The Silent Alpha

Chapter 22: Rivers

 ***WARNING***

The following chapter contains a scene with self harm and abuse.

Reader discretion is advised, I will place (*) asterisk when the abuse self-harm begins for those of you who wish to Skip.

** ***Zane*** 

What are you so nervous about? Grayson mutters as we walk over to the main pack house, my legs barely able to drag me to our destination.

We need this training! What use is our gift if we can't use it? I know he's right but that doesn't stop the fear somersaulting in my belly.

My father always said I was weak.

What if my power truly is weak and worthless? Then what? Then we learn to fight like any other f****"g mutt! Grayson growls in annoyance.

Talia and Agnes walk silently behind me, both equally nervous for our first day in our new assignments.

Kota appears to be the only one excited to visit the River Moon wolves.

To keep herself calm, Agnes holds her butterfly in her hand, the beautiful creature crawling along her finger and fluttering its wings.

She had kept it in her room since we arrived in River Moon and it seemed to give her comfort.

I would have to thank Salvador again for Talia fidgets with the sack lunch that I prepared for her this morning, wrinkling the paper bag with her fingers.

To my surprise, she took the lunch willingly and my heart only soared higher when I noticed she was still wearing the gold bracelet I gave her.

I just hope she will still be okay with me when she reads my note today.

Quit worrying.

We were smooth, Grayson grins We finally approach the pack house, Rosalie already waiting for us with her young pup cradled in her arms.

"Come with me Agnes," She smiles warmly at her before turning to Talia and I.

"Aurora is in the entertainment room waiting for you."

Talia and I exchange nervous glances and make our way to the entertainment room where we find Aurora sitting on the floor with her eyes closed, Oliver combing through her hair with tenderness, as if her hair were made of silk.

Evan sits on the couch, watching the two with friendly disgust while Rio sits lazily at his feet.

Oliver leans in close to his mate and kisses her temples, murmuring soothing words in her ears.

The Queen looks completely relaxed in his lap as he begins to gently braid her hair into one long french braid, her breaths slow and steady.

It almost feels wrong to watch such an intimate moment between two loving mates and I feel a pain in my heart.

Would Talia ever trust me enough to let me care for her as the Rio jumps up to greet Kota and the two roll around the floor playfully.

"Please sit," Aurora says, her eyes fluttering open as Oliver ties up the braid.

Kota stops his play for a moment and we bow our heads in reverence to the timid Queen.

"My sister will be here soon for you, Talia.You can wait here while I take Zane to the training grounds.Kota can stay at the daycare or here with Rosalie and Agnes.It's up to you and what you feel most comfortable with."

"Here," Talia replies almost immediately.

"H-here, please." The Queen smiles brilliantly at her as she rises to her feet with Oliver's help.

"Then it shall be so." Oliver grabs his coat and car keys from the coffee table and prepares to take off.

"Be safe," Oliver murmurs as he kisses his Queen on the cheek before he glares at me.

"If you hurt her, I will kill you.Understand?" he threatens, his voice a low growl.

I nod obediently, swallowing the lump in my throat.

Aurora rolls her eyes at her mate and pacifies him with a kiss.

"No you will not," she chuckles.

"You cannot heal on your own," he argues.

"If he hurts you during training-"

"Then I will heal her," a woman's voice calls out from behind us.

"So go huff and puff somewhere else and let my sister train in. We all turn around to the source of the voice and find a small woman identical to Queen Aurora standing by the door.

The only difference between the two appears to be their eyes, with this woman's eyes being silvery grey while Aurora's are a golden honey color.

Aurora wastes no time running towards the woman, embracing her in a tight hug.

"You literally see each other every f*****g day,"

Evan exasperates, Oliver rolling his eyes at the gamma wolf.

The small woman lifts her middle finger up at Evan, Aurora giggling hysterically.

Celina," She says as she steps back from her

spawn is

her tongue

spawn, then what are

a bored look on her face, Talia snorting

chick? I'm running late, so we

looks her up and down as if assessing her.She then

going to say it," she says, stepping closer to Talia, Aurora giving her sister a

We’ve worked

irises as she scowls and points

your f*****g attitude,"

what you’ve been through because I can guarantee, our girls have gone through far worse.They need someone who won’t flinch away from them or look at them like they’re maggots.They’re broken

washes over Celina’s face as she crosses her arms

nods, never once flinching from the cold tone

hesitation but Talia remains unfazed, as if used to

her," Celina suddenly turns to her sister

me." Aurora shakes her head disapprovingly at her

"She didn’t mean that."

did," her sister shrugs with

let’s go.We have a long

the two women vanish into thin air wrapping his

will be

reassures, getting down on her knees and speaking in

the meantime, you can stay here and play

to take Kota upstairs to Rosalie's office before the three of us walk to the

so I shove them in my pockets, willing myself to

worry" Aurora reassures as we arrive to the

exploring your ability and helping you figure out exactly what you

entire training grounds is empty, with all of the equipment stored away and

the grounds cleared for us to work in peace," she smiles sheepishly as she leads me

want an audience today."

"Evan can leave too."

he replies,

sigh and

unsure

can be a little scary at first.It’s a lot of voices in your head and they

and patting the ground in front of her, urging me to do

I ask

can sense your walls," she says,

help block out the voices and keep out intruders.I can usually make my way into a person's thoughts and their memories without them

into your thoughts with a little push but you felt me enter your memories ...didn’t you?" I nod, remembering the

your wolf help you with

No, Grayson snarls.

for years! It wasn’t until Talia came into the picture that the

didn’t help!

you didn’t trust me!

blaming each other.This just means you both need to learn to work together.Let's  furrow my brows at

I already

she chuckles

inside your head.Now I want you

as I remember

hours after my attempts of reading her

and is now expecting me to make contact

small ball of fire forms inside her palm and she cradles the flame like a

lot of

is very dangerous.Fear and anger make

the flames in her palm

hurt a lot of people unintentionally by letting your fears get the best of you," She adds, the

but it is very difficult to control.My flames are fueled by my emotions and if I let them get the best of me, I can lose control. I stare at the large

one who controls the flames.It’s the same principle for you if you ever want to control your gift.You need to learn to

know if I can

don't give him a chance to show you his

Grayson seeks a connection with you." I don’t

He's an i**"t.

Aurora frowns at me.

his trust by belittling him, “she

than he already is, Wolf You know his pain better than anyone." He doesn’t trust me! Grayson snarls

for years what Dad did to us and did he ever let me in to help? No! He put me in

like myself..." I

want to help...so I thought it was better

wallowing

hands, afraid to look Aurora in the eyes but she suddenly moves closer to me and holds my wrists care or listen," she

leave your side...no matter how much you hurt him.He is part of your soul." I pull at

sorry.I'm sorry I locked you out.I didn’t know what else to do ....I whisper.I’m sorry too, hesighs.I should have fought harder to

good, " Aurora

head.I'll put my walls down to make

how do I enter your mind? " I ask, looking over at Evan who looks

head on purpose, I hurt them. " Aurora nods as she

of thoughts

them are flowing at different speeds and

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