The Silent Alpha

***Talia*** 

"Wh-what if...I mark y-you?" Zane asks timidly, his voice low and soft.

My heart feels as though it might pound out of my chest as a silence falls between us.

He wants me to bear his mark? Now? I stare at him, wondering why he would bring up marking now of all times? Zane seems to understand my confusion and smiles sheepishly at me.

"T-this is w-war, Ta-Talia," he says quietly, a warm tingle traveling down my spine when he says my name.

"A-and if some-something happens t-to me-me...then I-I want to go out kn-knowing my ma-mate wore my mark p-proudly..."

"Zane..." I sigh tiredly, pinching the bridge of my nose and closing my eyes as I think of an answer.

"You know how I feel about marking."

"I-l do," he replies........

"B-but so do y-you." I groan in frustration, thinking back to the day he explained his mark to me.

It was a beautiful speech and I loved hearing him tell me I meant more to him than I had initially thought...

but I had already made this mistake before.

I had fallen for pretty words and jumped into a marriage with a wolf after a couple of nursing my broken heart.

With every passing day, the wall around my heart crumbles, Zane making me believe that perhaps a wolf can love a simple human, but I am afraid and I do not know how to stop being afraid.

"I-I am not h-him," he murmurs, cupping my cheeks and pulling me in for a tender kiss.

Tiny sparks ripple across my face like little waves of pleasure, my body molding against his.

"I-I love you," he whispers, his lips grazing mine as he speaks.

It is the second time he has said it, but my breath still hitches in my throat at his confession.

I, however, cannot bring myself to repeat those words to him because it would make them real and I would be unable to deny him any longer.

"I-l am not h-him," he repeats, his thumbs wiping the tears gathering in my eyes.

"I know that," I whimper, Zane shaking his head at me.

"Do y-you?" he asks, the pain evident in his warm eyes.

"B-because it doe- it doesn’t fe-feel that way." I don’t know how to respond and my silence seems to make him anxious.

"D-do y-ou still love h-him?" He asks, his eyes unable to meet mine.

"A-am I...am I-I not...Do y-you still think about h-him..?"

"I don’t love him," I shake my head adamantly, appalled he would think that.

"I stopped loving Christian the day Kota was I was his wife of two years after all and I thought we would always be together.Those types of feelings don’t go away overnight.Those dreams die hard.But that all changed the moment I held Kota in my arms.Christian destroyed my trust and whatever possibility there was of us ever being a family died the day he slept with my sister.And I will never forgive him for that.I will never love him again.Never."

Zane weighs my words carefully, as if deciding if I meant them.

"I do think about Christian every day though," I add, Zane looking down at me in shock and I quickly try to explain myself.

"I think about all the lies he fed me to keep me by his side...all the pain I felt while being his Luna.He is a constant reminder that I should be careful with my heart and who I give it to."

"I-It’s safe with m-me," Zane blurts out and I smile at him.

"I...am trying to believe you," I reply quietly through a small smile.

"I am trying to believe you are different.That your words are real and not some fantasy you are trying to feed me, so I'll fall for you.But then I remember all the beautiful poems Christian used to tell me, all the picnics under the moonlight, all of our beautiful mornings after a night of passion, all of the little things he did in the beginning that made me believe we would last forever.I remember these things every time I feel myself getting comfortable with you...and then the pain comes crashing down on me all over again.There is a constant war waging in my head thoughts away.I try to remember how happy you make Kota whenever a bad thought enters my head.It’s just hard sometimes, " I admit.

"But I will keep trying...Because I want to be happy with you.I want to love you so much.I do....I-"

neck and pushing me into him while the other slides down to my waist,

arms snake around his neck and he carries me

gently sets me down on the soft mattress, spreading my legs apart and climbing on top of me while not crushing me under

protect me from

back arches as his tongue twirls in my mouth,

my lips when he cups one of my breasts, molding it to the shape of his hand over and over again like

to tug his shirt over his head, my

dark but the moonlight spilling into the room illuminates

to make brave enough to show

to figure out his next move and I pull my shirt

linger on my tattoo for a moment, his fingers emitting sparks against my skin as he traces the intricate design of

my bra, but he swallows hard and

as he admires my bare chest and I reach for his jeans, unbuttoning them

my breasts breaks and Zane hurriedly removes our clothes until

my legs, his hands resting on

against each other, our tongues meeting for

his shoulders and up his neck as he

he murmurs when we pull apart to

lips travel down my

"I’m yours."

his

"Y-you’re m-mine."

around one of my curling as the heat builds up in

naked thighs, my body craving his the more he bites and licks my breasts.I rock my hips against his growing member, Zane groaning into my chest as he fights to keep

yours," I whisper against his ear when I can take the

to be

thigh, his fingers squeezing my bare ass and pressing me harder against him so that my hips

breasts but add to the pleasure as they brush over

I pant, needing him now more

in a swift thrust, fills me

whimper as he starts to move, pulling his c**k out slowly and pushing it all the way in in

rhythm, his tip hitting a spot that makes me see stars behind

I gasp, Zane groaning as he hits the

"Ah....Ah...0h god!"

growls in response, something animalistic taking over as he picks up

to keep going.My back arches

a tiny whine begging him for just a

little more so I can fall apart

eyes meet, I realize Zane is no longer in control, but

quite tell but it sends a warm tingle

again collide with mine, the sweet taste of his love and the savory

kisses ignite the fire within me again,

but he only moves slower

with each other so that one hand grips my knuckles while the fingers on my other

clasped hands above my head and pinning them against the mattress while his free arm wraps around my thigh to pull

he grunts when I tighten my walls around his girth, eager to

my legs quickly turning to

and uncurling as I gasp

pulls out of

go of my leg, this time grabbing onto the sides of my

almost instant, a burst of colors and light flooding my brain as I shatter completely.He pumps relentlessly as

me brings sweet relief as I breathe heavily, attempting to gather

head falls on my shoulder with the last drop of his c*m, his breath slow and sharp

savoring me, worshiping me as the need once

"Zane..."

moan, rocking my hips against

and when our eyes meet, his brown irises

I whimper, a smug look washing

my stomach, pushing squeezing and slapping

up my

my lips, lubricating himself with my c*m and