Mute from birth, Aiden Monroe, a young hybrid, had learnt from a young age just how cruel the world could be.

Yet, as means to pay off an old debt, Aiden finds himself trapped in wolf territory. With the Alpha of the Blackwater pack still deciding his fate, he places Aiden's wellbeing in the hands of his emotionally distant nephew, Lincoln Briar. 

At first, Aiden finds himself thinking that Link was just a cold hearted beast, a monster that spoke with such venom that even snakes would bow their head in respect. Yet, the more time that they were forced to spend together, the more Aiden began to realize that there was a tenderness to the beast, a gentleness, though subtle, that he had almost overlooked.

But when the outside threat that had been hanging over the Blackwater pack crept closer, Aiden, with his own life potentially in danger, finds himself thinking that perhaps a beast is only a beast after all.

And his silence, for as loud as it could sometimes be, would never be enough to tame such a beast. Right?

Silence and the Beast

It was hard to register what was being said when it took everything he had to keep from pissing his pants, but he forced a nod, drawing in a shaky gulp of air through his mouth because he'd forgotten how to breathe normally.

/"My son had put me in an impossible situation by bringing you back here. I should kill you. It would keep the peace. It nulls the danger of a backlash. It keeps my family safe from whatever wrongness lives inside you./" The Alpha rose. Aiden's neck craned to follow the movement. /"I just want you to understand just how much I'm risking by allowing you to continue to draw breath./"

He nodded. He was no stranger to danger, and he was accustomed to mercy, and he knew the wolf presented both. He didn't plan on taking the latter for granted.

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