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

away everything we've worked hard on building because

coughing to hold back his

gives him a deadly look, Carter

I need

mutters, storming past

Aurora calls after him, Oliver pausing at

you too," he sighs, closing the door after him as he

air, pinching the bridge of her nose as she once again

I can explain," Talia says when the suffocating silence

just-" Aurora holds up her hand,

She mumbles, finally looking up at

memories as soon as you walked

her fingers through her hair and leans back

it does not make this

issue?" Talia asks for

is just another

"What’s the issue?"

sarcastically,

is the heir apparent to the Alpha title and has been managing the shares from France.He is set to take

rub her

Grayson so graciously pissed on Benoit Perrault.Now, not only are all the negotiations off the table, but Lune de Minuit has declared River Moon and, by proxy, my kingdom, an

frustration and for a brief

can’t believe I’ve only been Queen for less than 3 months and I’m about to enter another war," she whispers

little credit,"

Luna for like 5 minutes before we 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 your hands tied behind your

smile but his words seem to have given her

guilt washes over the

not your fault," Aurora says after a deep

managed to cause trouble with or

did it have to be

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

me.Would you shut the f**k

lobo, {I like your

face

he needs to learn discipline.I wholeheartedly disagree, Grayson replies before I shove him

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

Talia asks, her hand squeezing

Aurora responds with a shrug as she rests her hands on

made you a promise that I would keep you safe and I have failed you now

it looks like the time

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

your reservations about wolves,

Gwen completes her mission...But

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

it here," Talia whispers to herself, though

other wolves.He’ll have questions that I don’t know the

looks like she has more to say before

is that a yes?" Aurora asks with

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

"Should we stay?"

Zane.She’s asking your shadow, Grayson grumbles, the desire to punch my own wolf growing by

you protect

her thick lashes

only manage to nod my head

stay..." Talia replies, turning to look at

"might like it."

see River Moon

Talia’s

young Queen rummages through her drawers and plucks out an envelope, holding it out for me to

next few weeks and will be initiated into River Moon 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

quietly, taking the envelope from

we free to

I just have one more

rises to her

enemy on the horizon, it would be nice to have another silver wolf helping to protect the pack.You don’t have to do it if you don’t

almost too quickly, Grayson rolling his eyes at me for my eagerness to be useful."I

"Great!"she says aloud.

sharp.Evan can pick you up and

heaves a heavy

everything, I’m apparently late for a meeting with the

I collect Kota from the

***Natalia*** 

an

one rogue attack.It was small and luckily no one got hurt but it pales in comparison to

me,

protect Kota without