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.

something?" she asks, her eyes

little and gesture for her to close her eyes

***Natalia***

scan the darkness behind my eyelids when suddenly a little white light appears in the black abyss

the light, singing a sweet lullaby

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

alone with my thoughts, I decide to follow

as it surfaced, the white light envelopes me, temporarily blinding me for a few

is large and spacious with a high ceiling, the

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

bridge connects the

below the bridge, there is a large bed

the opposite side of the room there 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

very few toys, only a small stuffed gray

my surprise, there are no windows in the room, an air vent the

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

no child’s room,

This is a prison.

several sheets of paper.He can’t be more than 5 or 6

left eye is completely

scribbles "My name is Zane" over and over again on a sheet of

there is a pile

must be Zane’s

locks on the door begin to jingle,

the locks are undone, the

kind eyes and warm smile resemble Zane’s whenever he

\take note, watching as Zane climbs out of his chair

him into her arms, Zane resting his

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

and rushes to the desk, pulling out a small card with a crudely drawn wolf on the

who is busy

looks down at

for me kid?" He asks, taking the card and reading

not mean.I like you." he says, his

I don’t smell,"

not a

wife is due any minute now," the woman laughs,

do you have a card for

nods anyway and fishes out another card, this one darker and with no picture on

woman who reads it

cracking a little as she reads before

boy, my love," she

she pauses, searching for

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

okay?" she forces a

dismisses Wyatt, the two

eats, careful not to chew loudly or make a

woman does most of the talking, explaining to him the many birds

open, a

about 6ft 4, his bulging muscles and broad shoulders barely contained within

a scar just below

and his eyes are almost black

me in

a meeting in 15

gift for you,"

She’s his mother?I wonder.

turns to look at Zane who

"Go on, Zane,"

him

made for him on

but does not disobey his mother, climbing out

with flared nostrils keeps his head down, his hand shaking violently as he holds out

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

the face, Zane falling over on the ground with a small

feet in an instant,

you animal!" she snarls, shoving him though he

showing

did not look me in the eye!"

man looks another man in the

"He’s just a boy!"

Zane to his

will one

curling his finger at Zane to

leave behind a weak Alpha to

again approaches his father.He holds his head high, his

strong, holding them back with all of his might so as not to enrage

breathes heavily, swallowing back the sobs I know he wants to let

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

"Read it."

"Sebastian-"

words, then he doesn’t

fades into the abyss, leaving me all alone in the pitch black with

that I have been unkind to a man who has grown up

I find Zane staring blankly at

what to say to help comfort him,

was a prisoner

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