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.

asks, her eyes

a little and gesture for her to close her

***Natalia***

eyelids when suddenly a little white light appears in the black abyss of my

voice of a woman echoes from the light, singing a sweet lullaby of sorts, and

from?" I wonder, looking

my thoughts, I decide to follow the voice towards the light, approaching

me, temporarily blinding me for a few moments before settling

and spacious with a high ceiling,

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

rope bridge connects the

there is a large bed with forest

side of the room there is what appears to be a small kitchenette equipped with

beside the the left wall and hundreds of books and

are very few toys, only a

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

make out a bathroom near the entrance of the room, which appears to be bolted shut with a myriad of

no child’s room, I

This is a prison.

at the desk, hunching over several sheets of paper.He can’t be more than 5 or 6 years

my horror, find that his left eye is completely swollen shut, dark bruises littering

at his tears with his sleeve as he scribbles

is a pile

be Zane’s memories,

door begin to jingle,

the door swings

kind eyes and warm smile resemble Zane’s whenever he looks

watching as Zane climbs out of

as she lifts him into her arms, Zane

is quite handsome, his piercing blue eyes like the ocean, and he

desk, pulling out a small card with

is busy setting

looks down at little

the card and reading

smell very nice and you’re not mean.I like you." he says,

I’m glad I don’t

I'm not a

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

you have a

falters slightly but he nods anyway and fishes out another card, this one darker and with no picture

woman

now," she says, her voice cracking a little

my love," she sighs, trying very hard not to let her tears

she pauses, searching for the right

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

don’t you and I have our lunch, okay?" she forces a smile, little

woman dismisses Wyatt, the two of them enjoying their meal

quiet as he eats, careful not to chew

to him the many

suddenly bursts open, a

4, his bulging muscles and broad

is a scar just

is combed back and

why you called me in here, Ellie?" he snaps

due for a meeting in

gift for

She’s his mother?I wonder.

look at Zane who

"Go on, Zane,"

nudges him

for him on

fear but does not disobey his mother, climbing out of his seat and

his head down, his hand shaking violently

when addressing me, boy,"

man then raises his arm and strikes Zane in the face, Zane falling over on the ground with

on her feet in an instant,

she snarls, shoving him though he does not

was just showing you

me

in the eye when he’s talking

"He’s just a boy!"

helping Zane

one day lead this pack,

his finger at

will not leave behind a weak Alpha

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

to his eyes but little Zane remains strong, holding them back with all

heavily, swallowing back the sobs I know he

heart swelling

"Read it."

"Sebastian-"

words, then he doesn’t deserve to call me father," Sebastian

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

than the memory, however, is the realization that I have been unkind to a man

Zane staring blankly at the floor, his face devoid

to say to help comfort him, my mind still

was a prisoner in his own

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