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?"

his head

Zane get away with throwing away everything

coughing to hold back his

look, Carter holding up his hands

I need

storming past

pausing at the door and taking

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

bridge of her nose as she once again rests her head in

says when

Aurora holds up her hand, Talia clamping

know what happened," She mumbles, finally looking

saw your memories as soon as you

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

make this situation

the issue?" Talia asks

is just another

"What’s the issue?"

laughs sarcastically, sitting up

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

rub her temples in

week to come up with 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 table, but Lune de Minuit has declared

Queen looks like her head might explode with frustration and

about to enter another war," she whispers under breath, Carter walking over to

little credit," he

were 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

does not smile but his words seem to have given her

guilt washes over

Aurora says after a

with or without Grayson’s help," she laughs

have

Grayson snickers.It was either piss or

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

bien tu lobo,

face

needs to learn discipline.I wholeheartedly disagree, Grayson replies before I shove him to the back of

have something to discuss with both of you," Aurora says,

we being kicked out?" Talia asks, her hand

Aurora responds with a shrug as she rests her

you a promise that I would keep you safe and

time of peace in my Kingdom

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

you have your reservations

you somewhere else while Gwen completes her mission...But I would

a moment, wrapping her arms around my stomach and burying her nose in my

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 know

be good for Kota."She looks like she has more to say before now, that is

is that a yes?" Aurora asks with a hopeful

you think, Zane?" Talia murmurs, slowly tilting her head

"Should we stay?"

me? No, Zane.She’s asking your

protect

her thick lashes

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

Talia replies, turning

"might like it."

glad to see River Moon is

Talia’s cheeks turning

Queen rummages through her drawers and plucks out an envelope, holding it out

will be initiated into River Moon as official pack members.We would be most honored if you would join us in this celebration.It

Majesty," Talia replies quietly, taking the

free

one

rises to her feet and switches

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 do it if you don’t want to and you don’t have to

reply almost too quickly, Grayson rolling his eyes at me for my

"Great!"she says aloud.

first thing Monday morning, 6 am sharp.Evan can pick you up and he'll

and she heaves a

everything, I’m apparently late for a meeting with

collect Kota from the lawn and head

***Natalia*** 

idea of an impending

reign as Luna and I'd only ever seen one rogue attack.It was small and luckily no one got hurt but it

Zane and Grayson with me, however,

protect Kota