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 in

get away with throwing away everything we've worked hard

to hold back

a deadly look, Carter holding

think I

storming past

after him, Oliver pausing at

love you too," he sighs, closing the door after

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

can explain," Talia says when the suffocating silence becomes

up her hand, Talia clamping her

She mumbles, finally looking up at

as

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

does not make this

is the issue?" Talia

is just

"What’s the issue?"

sarcastically, sitting up

the heir apparent to the Alpha title and has been managing the shares

rub her temples

an agreement this morning until Grayson so graciously pissed on Benoit Perrault.Now, not only are all the negotiations off the table, but

Queen looks like her head might explode with frustration and for a brief moment, she appears overwhelmed with

to enter another

little credit," he

with the Witches and you took them down in less than 3 weeks.You

seem

guilt washes over

Aurora

have managed to cause trouble with or without Grayson’s help," she

it have to

Grayson snickers.It was either piss or rip out

the f**k up? I snap, Aurora bursting

cae bien tu lobo,

face once again

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

to discuss with both of you," Aurora says, her eyes

Talia asks, her

with a shrug as

and I have failed you now on

it looks like the time of peace in my Kingdom is

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

reservations about wolves,

Gwen completes her mission...But I would really love it if

wrapping her arms around my stomach and burying her nose in my

really likes it here," Talia whispers to herself, though

to be around other wolves.He’ll have questions that I don’t know the answer to...And there are some

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

is that a yes?" Aurora asks with

murmurs, slowly

"Should we stay?"

your shadow, Grayson grumbles, the desire to punch my own wolf growing by the

you protect Kota and

whispers, her thick lashes fluttering

I only manage to nod my

replies, turning to

"might like it."

glad to see River Moon is slowly changing your

chuckles, Talia’s

rummages through her drawers and plucks out an envelope,

a Night of Melodies ritual.Four of our pups will receive their wolves over the 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 test out their new wolves.There

quietly, taking the envelope

we free to leave

just have one more question for

she rises to

work here in River Moon and I think I have something you could do.Would you be at all interested in guard training? Now that we have a new enemy on the horizon, it would be nice to have another silver wolf helping

too quickly, Grayson rolling his eyes at me for my eagerness to be useful."I mean, yes, your Majesty.I would

"Great!"she says aloud.

sharp.Evan can

she heaves

for a meeting with the other Alpha’s.You are

Kota from the lawn and head

***Natalia*** 

of an

my reign as Luna and I'd only ever seen one rogue attack.It was small and luckily no one got hurt but it pales in comparison to an all out

and Grayson with me, however, puts my mind

protect