The Silent Alpha

Chapter 28: Date 3 

***Zane*** 

"You can use my phone if that helps,"

Talia suggests, pulling out her phone from her pocket and unlocking it for me.

Beads of sweat gather at my temple as I stare blankly at the Notepad app.

She's not asking for much, Grayson mutters.

Did you miss the part where she’s been married to a perfect Alpha? I snap at him.

What do you think will go through her head when she realizes she’s mated to a freak? You are being dramatic, Grayson groans.

He wasn’t THAT perfect.

He cheated on her! WITH HER SISTER! That's not the point! The point is my own father refused to recognize meas his son! \retort.

When Talia realizes how truly worthless I am, she'll reject me like everyone else has.

Do you not trust our mate will treat us fairly? Grayson asks.

I look up at my mate, her smile faltering with my everlasting silence.

She deserves the truth...

Grayson sighs.

And so do we.

We won't know how she truly feels about us if all we show her is a lie.

But...Anything.

The phone trembles in my hand, my fingers unwilling to type out a message.

Minutes crawl by before Talia finally loses her patience.

"Okay, I think this date is over,"

Talia laughs dryly, my heart sinking as a few tears cling to her eyes.

She wipes at them angrily and starts to get up, disappointed by my lack of response.

"I honestly don’t even know what I was expecting," she mutters, shaking her head at herself.

"This was such a f*****g mistake and I can’t even be mad at you because I did this to myself," she huffs, rolling her eyes.

"I should have just kept my mouth shut."

She presses the palms of her hands against her eyes to stop the tears from flowing down her cheeks.

"Please take me home," she whimpers.

"I don’t want to be here anymore."

My mind goes into a panic when I hear the hurt in her voice.I open my mouth to explain but it feels as though the wind has been knocked out of me and all that comes out is a gasp.

Come on! I snap at myself.

Say something! But the harder I try to utter a word, the drier my mouth feels and the heavier my tongue becomes.

All the memories of my father screaming at me to speak come flooding back and the words get caught in my throat, unable to escape.

She deserves the truth, I remind myself, taking a few deep breaths and rising to my feet shoulders and turn her towards me, embracing her in my arms.

I try to hold her to my chest but Talia only shakes her head in anger at me.

"No," she cries.

"You don’t get to just hug this all away.I told you my story.I shared my pain with you," she hiccups.

"Why can’t you do the same for me?"

Knowing she is right, I urge her to sit back down, patting the space beside me as my eyes plead with her to sit.

Reluctantly, she settles down, hugging her knees to her chest.

Her brown eyes watch me carefully, scrutinizing my every move.

I pull the phone from my pocket and after she unlocks it, I type out my plan.

"I can’t tell you my story, but I can show you," She reads aloud.

"Close your eyes."

She gives me a confused look but I just smile and place my hand over my own eyes to show her what I need from her.

Very hesitantly, she places both hands over her eyes, sighing deeply in annoyance.

Taking a deep breath, I close my own eyes and concentrate, letting down my walls and accepting the river of thoughts coming from my mate.

"This is silly," her voice echoes in my head.

"Shhh,"

I whisper, Talia suddenly jumping up and looking around frantically.

that? Did you hear something?" she asks,

laugh a little and gesture for her to close

***Natalia***

when suddenly a

from the light, singing a sweet

voice coming from?" I wonder, looking around the emptiness but

alone with my thoughts, I decide to follow the voice

white light envelopes me, temporarily blinding me for a few

with a high ceiling,

room, a treehouse sitting on the tree on the left and a slide wrapping around the tree

connects the two

there is a large bed

is what appears to be a small kitchenette equipped with a sink, a toaster oven, a

with two chairs sits beside the the left wall and hundreds of

to be a child’s room, there are very few toys, only a small stuffed gray wolf sitting on the

surprise, there are no windows in the room, an air vent the only means of fresh air, providing ventilation and

to be bolted shut with a myriad of locks

is no child’s

This is a prison.

little boy appears at the desk, hunching over several sheets of paper.He can’t be

come closer to him and to my horror, find that his left eye is

wiping at his tears with his sleeve as he scribbles "My name is Zane" over and over again on a

a pile of sheets repeating the

must be Zane’s

jingle, the

the locks are undone, the door swings open, a beautiful woman walking

smile resemble Zane’s whenever he looks

Zane climbs out

arms, Zane resting his head on her shoulder

quite handsome, his piercing blue eyes like the

of his mother's arms and rushes to the desk, pulling out a small card

man’s arm who is busy setting up

at little Zane

He asks, taking the card and reading the words out

nice and you’re not

I’m glad I don’t

I'm not a father

is due any minute now," the woman laughs, Zane nodding in

sweetie, do you have a

but he nods anyway and fishes out another card, this

to the woman who reads it

she says, her voice cracking a little as she reads before she kneels down and pulls Zane

already a very good boy, my love," she sighs, trying very hard

she pauses, searching for

own way." see in her eyes that even she doesn’t believe her

lunch, okay?" she forces

two of

careful not to chew loudly or

the many birds she saw on her run earlier that

open, a tall

muscles and broad shoulders

is a scar just

and his eyes are almost

in

for a meeting in 15

gift for you,"

She’s his mother?I wonder.

turns to look at Zane who

"Go on, Zane,"

him

Daddy what you made for him on his special

does not disobey his mother, climbing out of his seat and timidly holding out

with flared nostrils keeps his head down, his

addressing me, boy," the man spits, Zane remaining frozen in

man then raises his arm and strikes Zane in the face, Zane

her feet in an instant,

you animal!" she snarls, shoving him though he does not

just showing you

me in the

man looks another man in the eye when he’s talking

"He’s just a boy!"

Zane to his

one day

finger at Zane to

behind a weak Alpha to take my

once again approaches his father.He holds his head high, his freshly split lip quivering slightly as he

strong, holding them back with all of his might so as

heavily, swallowing back the sobs

shaking legs and tear-stained cheeks, Zane faces his father, my heart swelling with pride at his sheer strength and courage at the card with mild

"Read it."

"Sebastian-"

he can’t say the words, then he doesn’t

the abyss, leaving me all alone in the pitch black with my heart

realization that I have been unkind to a man who has grown up feeling unloved by someone who should have

Zane staring blankly

know what to say to help comfort him, my

was a prisoner in his

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