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-"

while the other slides down to my waist, teasing the waistband of my shorts.His lips ignite a fire within me, my

neck and

down on the soft mattress, spreading my legs apart and climbing on

I remember how tiny I am compared to him, how broad his shoulders are to protect me from any harm, how muscular his arms are from all the hard labor he must have done

as his tongue twirls in my mouth, his hands

my lips when he cups one of my breasts, molding it to the shape of his hand over and over again like a stress ball, my n****e hardening against

over his head, my eyes

is dark but the moonlight spilling into the room illuminates his face and I see the hint of

make

next move and I pull

against my

slight tremor in his hands as he reaches the clasp of my bra, but he swallows

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

breasts breaks and Zane hurriedly removes our

again settles in between my legs, his hands resting on either side of my head

against each other, our tongues meeting for an erotic dance that leaves

travel along his shoulders and up his neck as he

we pull apart to

his lips travel down my

"I’m yours."

he says again, his voice lowering

"Y-you’re m-mine."

I moan, his mouth wrapping around one of my

his 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

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

to

along my thigh, his fingers squeezing my

prickle my breasts but add to the pleasure as they brush over my sensitive flesh every time he

I pant, needing him

limit, Zane lines himself up against my entrance and, in a swift thrust, fills me up

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

his tip hitting a spot that makes me see stars

Zane groaning as he

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

animalistic taking over as he picks up the speed

slides his hand tightening from the intensity of the pleasure.My eyes roll back as I moan incoherently at him to keep going.My back arches as I feel myself come closer to the

open, a tiny whine begging him for just a

I can

meet, I realize Zane is no longer in control, but neither is Grayson, something else taking

but it sends a warm

with mine, the sweet taste of his love and the

ignite the fire within me again,

I moan between kisses, but he only moves

hands and interlocking my fingers with each other so that one hand grips my knuckles

the mattress while his free arm wraps around my thigh to pull my legs

when I tighten my walls around his girth, eager to feel every perfect

legs quickly turning to

and uncurling as I gasp

out each time he pulls out of

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

I shatter completely.He pumps relentlessly as

spurting inside me brings sweet relief as I breathe

falls on my shoulder with the last drop of his c*m, his breath slow and sharp as he peppers open mouth kisses on

savoring me, worshiping me as the need once again builds

"Zane..."

my

ears and when our eyes meet, his brown irises turn golden, Grayson smirking back

I whimper, a smug look washing

no time rolling me over on my stomach, pushing

my inner thigh, teasing my still weeping folds with his rough

my lips, lubricating himself with my