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

we should just let Zane get away with throwing away everything we've worked hard

Carter coughing to hold back

Carter holding up

think I

storming

Aurora calls after him, Oliver pausing at the door and

he sighs, closing the door after him as

bridge of her nose

I can explain," Talia says when the suffocating silence becomes too

was just-" Aurora holds up her

already know what happened," She mumbles,

as soon as you walked

runs her fingers through her hair and leans back in her chair with

it does not make this

exactly is the issue?" Talia asks for both of

just another

"What’s the issue?"

sarcastically,

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,

to rub

a finalized plan to end the partnership.They came to an agreement this morning until Grayson so graciously pissed on Benoit Perrault.Now, not only are all the negotiations off the

young Queen looks like her head might explode with frustration and for a brief moment, she appears overwhelmed

I’ve only been Queen for less than 3 months and I’m about to enter another war," she whispers under breath, Carter walking over to her and patting

a little credit,"

Luna for like 5 minutes before we went to war with the Witches and you took them down in less than

but his words seem to have given

enormous wave of guilt washes

fault," Aurora says after a

would have managed to cause trouble with or without

did it have to be

lucky I held back, Grayson snickers.It was either piss or rip out

be thanking me.Would you shut the f**k up?

bien tu lobo, {I

giggles, before her face once again grows

wholeheartedly disagree, Grayson replies before I shove him to the back

both of you,"

kicked out?" Talia asks, her

with a shrug as she rests her hands on

and I have failed you now on two occasions," she

now it looks like the time of peace in my

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

your reservations about wolves, so I don’t

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

goes very quiet for a moment, wrapping her arms around my stomach and burying her nose in

Talia whispers to herself, though we all

forgotten how much pups need to be around other wolves.He’ll have questions that I don’t

she has more to say before

a yes?" Aurora asks with a hopeful

what do you think, Zane?" Talia murmurs, slowly tilting her head to look

"Should we stay?"

No, Zane.She’s asking your shadow, Grayson grumbles, the desire to punch my own wolf growing

protect Kota and

her thick lashes

to say but I only manage to nod my head at her, a small but beautiful

replies,

"might like it."

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

chuckles, Talia’s cheeks

and plucks out an envelope, holding it out for me to

as official pack members.We would be most honored if you would join us in this celebration.It will take place on the Buck Moon, perfect for the pups to test out their new wolves.There will be lots of food and music and plenty of pups for Kota to play with.It should be fun if you choose to

quietly, taking

free to

just have one more question

as she rises to

in River Moon and I think I have something you could do.Would you be at all interested in guard training? Now that we have a new enemy on the horizon, it would be nice to have another silver wolf helping to protect the pack.You don’t have to

at me for my eagerness to be useful."I mean, yes, your Majesty.I

"Great!"she says aloud.

am sharp.Evan can pick you up and he'll

and she heaves a heavy sigh, Carter laughing

everything, I’m apparently late for a meeting

I collect Kota from the

***Natalia*** 

idea of an impending war

ever seen one rogue attack.It was small

Grayson with me,

would protect