The Silent Alpha

***Vanessa*** 

It's very dark, always so dark in this place.I don't know where Iam, but it scares me.I want to get out but no matter how much! cry or scream, I am always met with cold, dark silence.

Regardless, I do not stop searching for a way out, running in any direction in hopes of finding the way out of this nightmare.

The pounding of my heart drums against my ears as I sprint into the nothingness, searching desperately for a light, a sound, anything, to let me know that I am not alone, that I'm still alive and that this is not the end for me.I force myself to keep running, putting one foot in front of another.

As I take another step into the darkness, the ground beneath my feet gives way and I find myself collapsing into the emptiness, my heart sinking to the pit of my stomach as I fall into the endless pitch black.

My arms fling about, searching for something to grab onto and save me from this never-ending fall.

The fall is long and torturous, and after a while, I give up and brace myself for my inevitable death.

Death, however, never comes to take me and my body finally stops falling, colliding into a pool of water.

I open my mouth to scream, my lungs filling with water but I stop when I notice the light above my head, illuminating the waves of the water as it sways to and fro.

My heart fills with hope; Moving my arms and legs, I swim to the surface, coughing up the water I drank and gulping the fresh air as the gentle breeze kisses against my skin.

I wipe my eyes and look around, elated to have finally made it out of the darkness and in what appears to be a lake.I see a sandy beach on the horizon and a silent forest sitting just behind it.

The sky has a greenish tint to it, not a cloud in sight.

I swim to the shore and lay for a moment to rest, counting my breaths.

Looking down at my body, I notice I am dressed in a flowy white dress with no sleeves, my feet completely bare.

After calming my heart, I venture in the lush green forest.

It does not take me long to realize that {I am still alone but the quiet does not scare me for some reason, a gentle calm washing over me the deeper I walk into the forest.

The breeze hums quietly in my ears.

"Vanessa..." it whispers.

I follow the delicate voice of the wind into the woods, feeling the damp earth beneath my feet as I rush through the trees.

Beneath the canopy, I hear the light trickling of water in the distance.I search for the source and come upon a stream rushing through a rocky bed.

Completely exhausted, I step into the cool waters to wash my feet and sit on a small boulder.

"Hello child," a silky voice murmurs from behind me, startling me enough that I nearly slip off the rock and into the water.

I turn around to find a beautiful woman with porcelain skin face down to her waist.

Like me, her feet are bare but she wears white dress with blue trim and embroidery.Her eyes resemble the dark skies of the night, two onyx beads containing a million stars.Her thin lips are as red as a rose, curled like two petals into a smile.

"Come with me," the woman instructs, holding out a hand towards me.

A calming presence surrounds her and when I place my hand in hers, a cool electric sensation tingles up my arm.

"Do you know who I am, child?" she says as we walk along the stream.

I take a good look at the woman, and while something about her seems familiar, I cannot put a finger on where I could have possibly met her.

"You seem...familiar," I reply honestly, my voice shaking a little.

A small chuckle escapes her perfect lips.

"I should hope so.You called me here."

I stop in my tracks and look at her closely, raising an eyebrow.

"I did?"

The woman laughs again, the sound rich and mystifying.

"You asked for a wolf,"

She murmurs, my eyes widening in shock.

"You're..."

"I go by many names," She smiles.

"But most call me Moon As the words leave her lips, a beautiful gray-blue wolf appears beside her.

"Devina..."

I whisper, a smile curling on my lips ast remember meeting her the first time.

Devina's piercing blue eyes flicker towards me when I call out to her, her head tilting to the side in amusement.I drop down on my knees before Moon Goddess, lowering my head and kissing her feet.

"Your Grace," I cry, ecstatic that my wish is coming true.

"Oh thank you for this gif-"

"You have nothing to thank me for,"

Moon Goddess snaps, stepping back.

"I have given you nothing."

"But I thought."

good things to those

Moon Goddess sighs.

would have been your wolf had you simply

My heart sinks to the

got the best of

head disapprovingly,

took what was not

bitter anger

but he was mine..."

I met him

was not meant

Moon Goddess reprimands.

who would do anything to please you and show

trickle down

Grace.Please have mercy on me! I know

taken from you?

her head up to the sky "Do you have any idea the pain your sister felt when she walked into her bedroom and found

unable to look the goddess in the

her pains, pains you were causing," Moon

laugh in her face.You told her it was all in her head.You made

shouts, stepping back to reign in her emotions and

now you must pay

into my bones as I look

sacred from your sister and now ...She will take something

suddenly vanishes from Moon Goddess's side, leaving behind nothing but dust

"Noo!"

scream, reaching out my hand to hang on to the beautiful wolf only for her to slip through my fingers receive the wolf that was once

Moon Goddess declares.

will receive a wolf, one worthy of your crime, and endure all the consequences of your

with reddish brown eyes appearing beside her.She is not nearly as beautiful

wolf whines, lowering her gaze to Moon Goddess's

lesson to you...Never interfere with

as I gaze upon the

the small wolf, stroking her

much now, but you can make

at the wolf

with that mangy mutt? How the hell am I supposed

"Our time is up,"

a

watching you closely.Until

a bright white light blinds me, Moon Goddess and the wolf disappearing.I close my eyes to shield them from the

there's something

thatPanicking, my hands feel

followed by footsteps and quickly find myself surrounded by

forward, instructing someone

hands on the tube

"Let's get this out."

breaths of air once the thick tube is removed, my eyes

hospital and as expected, my husband is nowhere

mouth to speak, but

mindlink the Alpha," she

tell him you

***Christian*** 

what I've asked for," I ask Saul, the private investigator

requested is right in here," Saul replies, plucking a large manila

together

tried searching for Natalia's bank statements but she withdrew all of her Luna money from its

we scoured public records in Wyoming, the state Natalia landed in after leaving Silver Crest according to her travel

for me, the state of Wyoming requires petitionees looking to change their name to notify the public of

physical abuse or a restraining order against me, she

her file

how smart Natalia could be sometimes

I had to do was make an offer the clerk could not refuse and before I knew

records like birth certificates, marriage records, real estate ownerships, vehicle licensing, and other court records across the state of

search nationwide when we found nothing and even

years of searching, I finally have her in my Open

time and tear the envelope open, finding a real estate record for a

badge with a photograph of Natalia, her

smile at the

purrs.She still looks

a cigarette, Jack growling at the thought

the address to

A bar? Jack growls.

That's beneath her! 

congratulations

a

birth certificate confirming Natalia gave birth to a son.Your

heart feels as though it's

hadn’t failed me after all.She gave me a son! Hart! Jack

our son's name to

she enrolled your son in a local daycare," Saul says, blowing out

address and phone number to that as

testing out the name on