The Silent Alpha

***Zane*** 

Talia orders a pizza and the three of us sit by the fort and watch Shrek in Spanish.I can’t follow most of what is being said but the subtitles help.

Talia seems restless as we watch, glancing at me from the corner of her eye every so often and shifting on her pillow over and over again.

I know there’s something on her mind but I cannot bring myself to invade her privacy, so I timidly place my hand over hers, Talia flinching as the sparks ignite between us.

Ashamed, I pull my hand away but she takes it in hers and interlocks our fingers, muttering an apology under her breath.

"Sorry...it'll just take a little getting used to," she blushes, her thumb caressing mine.

"Your hands are...warm..." she smiles nervously.

She says nothing more, turning her attention back to the movie.

I want to ask her what is on her mind but before I can figure out a way to communicate, there’s a knock at the door.

A bit of dread settles in the pit of my stomach when I see Evan standing in the doorway.

He tries to hide his worried face with a smile, but his eyes give him away.

"The Queen wishes to speak to both of you about today’s… incident," he says, carefully picking his words.

"Zane didn’t do anything wrong,"

Talia huffs, taking a Grayson practically swoons over the gesture and like a love sick puppy, demands to come out and mark her on sight.

Is that all you can think about right now? I snap at him, knowing we are very likely going to get kicked off the territory for his behavior.

No, I'm definitely thinking about her t**s too, Grayson replies nonchalantly.

Just look at how she’s puffing out her chest.

They look great in this top...

I despise you, I sigh, knowing there is no way to trade wolves at this point.

Trust me, I'd trade humans in a heartbeat, he retorts.

"I never said Zane did anything wrong,"

Evan explains calmly, though I can see the fear flicker in his eyes as he backs away from my small Latina mate who glares furiously at him.

""Trust me, I would have loved to piss on Benoit Perrault years ago."

"So then why-"

"Things are more complicated than you think and unfortunately, Zane and his wolf only made things worse,"

Evan interrupts.

"Please, just come to the Pack house so Aurora can speak to you both."

Seeing that we would have to face Aurora sooner or later, we grab Kota and head to the pack house where Evan takes Kota out to play with Rio on the lawn while Talia and I head upstairs to Aurora’s office.I don’t smell the visiting Alphas anywhere, meaning they nervous.

Talia must be nervous too because she holds my hand as I open the door to the office, giving it a tight squeeze as we enter.

The tension in the room is thick, Aurora resting her head in her hands as she focuses on her breathing while her mate, Oliver, gives me a murderous look.

Carter, their Beta, seems to be the only one not upset at the moment, greeting both Talia and I with a smile.

A spine tingling fear washes over me when Oliver opens his mouth to speak.

"Do you have any idea what you two have done?"

Oliver growls, his blue eyes flickering between sapphire and silver.

"Do you have ANY idea how much you f****d up-"

"Oliver, stop it..."

Aurora warns, her face stern as she looks at her husband.

"Let them speak for themselves before you place blame on anyone."

"You know as well as I do that it does not matter what the reason was.Zane had no right to pee on an Alpha visiting my territory!"

"Our territory,"

Aurora corrects him, Oliver’s mouth closing instantly.

"You forget, Zane and Talia are my guests here and Benoit, as a visitor, should have respected me by respecting my guests.You and I both know he has not!"

"So what do you propose we do?"

shakes his head in

with throwing away everything we've worked hard on building

retorts, Carter coughing to hold back his

a deadly look, Carter

I

mutters, storming

him, Oliver pausing

the door after him

bridge of her nose as she

when the suffocating silence

just-" Aurora holds up her hand, Talia clamping her mouth

happened," She mumbles, finally looking up

your memories as

her hair and leans back in

it does not make

is the issue?" Talia asks

is just another

"What’s the issue?"

laughs sarcastically,

that Lune De Minuit is River Moon’s the pack company, but they also have a huge influence over our other shareholders.Alpha Jacques’s eldest daughter, Adeline, used to manage these shares before she went rogue 6 months ago.Benoit is the heir apparent to the Alpha title and has been managing the shares from France.He is set to take the title next month, so we planned to

stops to rub her

to an agreement this morning until Grayson so graciously pissed on Benoit Perrault.Now, not only are all the negotiations off the table, but Lune de Minuit has

young Queen looks like her head might explode with frustration and for a brief

less than 3 months and I’m about to enter

little credit," he

went to war with the Witches and you took them down in less than 3 weeks.You can handle a snobby Alpha and his son with

does not smile but his words seem to

guilt washes over

Aurora says

trouble with or without Grayson’s help,"

it have

was either piss

the f**k up? I snap,

lobo,

her face once again grows

Grayson replies

have something to discuss with both of you," Aurora says, her eyes switching between Talia and

kicked out?" Talia asks,

Aurora responds with a

you a promise that I would keep you safe and I have failed you now on two occasions," she

now it looks like the time of peace in my Kingdom is

her feet so I wrap my arm around her waist and pull her close to remind her

know you have your reservations about wolves, so

to place you somewhere else while Gwen completes her mission...But I would really love it

wrapping her arms around my

here," Talia whispers to herself, though we

had forgotten how much pups need to be around other wolves.He’ll have questions that I don’t know the answer to...And there are some good wolves here that he can look up to,"

she has more to

that a yes?" Aurora

murmurs, slowly tilting her head to look up

"Should we stay?"

my cheeks andI blink ather.She's asking me? No, Zane.She’s asking your shadow, Grayson grumbles, the

protect Kota

her thick lashes fluttering

my head at her, a small but beautiful smile curling

we'll stay..." Talia replies, turning to look

"might like it."

that he’s enrolled.I’m glad to see River Moon is slowly changing your perception

Talia’s cheeks turning

young Queen rummages through her drawers and plucks out an

be most honored if you would join us in

you, your Majesty," Talia replies quietly, taking the

free to

just have one

as she rises to her feet and switches to

all interested in guard training? Now that we have a new enemy on the horizon, it would be nice

almost too quickly, Grayson rolling his eyes at me for my eagerness to be

"Great!"she says aloud.

sharp.Evan

eyes suddenly fog over and she heaves a heavy

that's everything, I’m apparently late for a

and I collect Kota from the lawn and head back

***Natalia*** 

an impending

a time of peace during my reign as Luna and I'd only ever seen one rogue attack.It was small and luckily no one got hurt but it pales in comparison to an all out war against

me, however, puts my mind at

would protect Kota