The Silent Alpha

***Rionna*** 

"M-mom?" the man stammers, his face pale as he gawks at me.

I turn my head to see if there is anyone behind me but just find a closed door in my path.

Who is he calling Mom?I wonder.

Toran chuckles softly to himself and I frown at him for teasing me before turning back to the frightened man.

A single tear rolls down his cheek but he does not move any closer to me, as if he is afraid I might disintegrate should he so much as breathe near me.

He looks so familiar...I tell myself though I can’t quite make out where exactly I have seen him.

"Look harder, Ry," Toran mind-links me.

"You know him."

"I do? “ I ask, squinting my eyes at the mysterious man.I study his features, taking in his dark hair, his smooth pale skin and his warm brown eyes.

Those eyes...Where have I seen those eyes....

"I think we should sit down first, Ry," Toran says, getting up to offer me his chair.

I step towards my husband only for the young man to whimper.

A memory suddenly pops into my head of a little boy with a stutter doing his best to recite a poem, a few sad tears trickling down his cheeks as he stumbles through his words.

"You're the little boy from my dreams..." I murmur, a soft smile curling on my lips as I turn to face him.

"You used to read poetry to me...You would get so frustrated with yourself when you couldn’t say a word right..." I mutter to myself, snapping my fingers in thought.

"You’re all grown up now, aren’t you?" I add, my excitement growing about meeting someone from my past.

...Perhaps he can tell us more about you than Toran can… my wolf, Senara whispers.

The man’s eyes glaze over with tears, his silence making me mildly uncomfortable, but I push onward, determined to figure out who he is.

"You're very handsome," I chirp, holding up my smile despite the man’s silent stare.

Am I making him uncomfortable?

 "Is she your mate?" I ask, turning to the young woman beside him clinging to his arm.

"She’s very beautiful," I smile, hoping to get a reaction from either of them.

The young woman smiles at me but I can tell she and I have never met by the way she looks at me.I turn to the small older woman who has her brows furrowed in anger at Toran and I, my heart skipping a beat at her clear Had I upset her in my past life?

 "And who are you?" I ask her, the small woman shaking her head at me.

"Honey, will you sit down, please?" Toran sighs, ushering me towards the chair.

He gestures at the young man to sit as well, but he refuses to move an inch, completely paralyzed by his emotions.

The longing in his eyes awakens something within me, something so loving and pure yet so familiar, like sitting by a fireplace on a cold winter's night, the glow of the flames touching every inch of me, enveloping me in the safety of its warmth.

"Who am I to you?" I whisper, a nauseating feeling growing in my belly when a pained look flashes in his eyes.

"Y-you don’t ....Y-you don’t know w-who I- I am?" he whispers after a long silence, his words cutting into my heart with their anguish.

Guilt washes over me as his despair grows with my silence and I close my eyes to concentrate, willing my memories to come back to me, but all I see is an empty abyss.

"It’s okay, Rionna, " Toran murmurs via mind-link, his voice soft and soothing.

yourself.Your memories will come back when

much.He is the voice of reason when I feel so completely lost and useless.He’s my anchor, my home,

Tylen and I.

around my waist and pulls me to his side, the

and my son,

his mother Agnes, and his mate, Talia," he

eyes.I feel the urge to pay respect to her and bend over in a low bow

is Her Majesty, Aurora and her King,

I smile

a moment but ultimately gives me a warm welcome

against it, pursing his lips and clenching

to you, Zane, before you ask

"Is that okay, hun?"

have grown used to explaining myself to Toran’s allies before, so this is not out of

throat, I start with my

up in a hospital with no memories of who I was or how amnesia, I think," I shrug apologetically, hoping Zane’s sadness will fade away as I explain myself to

when I opened my eyes for the first time.He didn’t like me very much and was quite angry at me for being awake," I chuckle, Toran

some reason, I came back..." I add, still unable to wrap my

further

me back her body as proof of her death.As she was being transported to Ravenstone, she sat up in

was awake for a while, but it was as if she were in limbo, not really ‘here’ at all.She said nothing, just sat up like a stone the entire ride to Ravenstone.My wolves were terrified of her so they didn’t even try to touch her

to kill her..."he adds with a chuckle as I smack his arm playfully, Zane

as my prisoner until I could figure out what that reason was," he says, pulling out my smoky

me with so much emotion,

didn’t feel much like a prisoner,

with Tylen.He would visit me every day to share a meal with me or play board games," I explain, patting Tylen’s shoulder, though he appears lost in thought, his eyes focusing

How odd...I sigh.

come to visit a lot, asking me if I could remember anything

was best not to force you to remember," Toran grumbles

only doing what I was

protecting me," I reply, leaning over and pecking him on the lips

my relationship with Toran upsets him

but they don’t really feel like dreams; they’re more like little fragments or hints of my memory....And you are always

are much Bigger

read poetry to me and we would watch the butterflies flutter by," I

don’t remember who you are...but every memory with you is always beautiful and I look forward to dreaming more about you.I don’t know

from me and the guilt once again

grabbing

fault, not yours.I did this to

Zane’s heart, however, makes it hard for me to not give in to my

you?" I whisper aloud, hoping if Zane

from the table only to be stopped by the Queen, her command felt

on the door

for her Toran sighs heavily, as he always does when something is

mother, Ry." The blood drains from my face as I stare at the

"H-his what..."

"Zane is your son,"

news not any lighter the second time

to comfort him but unsure if she should touch

several emotions bombard me all at

I not know I had a son? How does a mother forget a son? HOW? My chest burns with anger and I push myself onto my

could you?" I scream at him, Toran’s face remaining irritably calm as he

tell

was on enemy

son from me!?" I retort, furious at the

good would knowing have done for you?" Toran replies calmly, though I hear the slight tremor

when you first woke up.I sent Agnes to Scarlett Haven on a hunch that he was alive, but even then it was difficult to determine who Zane really was.No one had ever seen him before.There were no records, no birth certificates, no school weren't even photographs of him at his supposed memorial when your ex-Alpha announced your