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

/"Toby is 'ill',/" Link said, throwing air quotations around the last word. /"The fucking rat bastard screwed me over again. So you just gotta suck it up, buttercup, cuz you get to deal with me for the next three and a half hours. Aren't you a lucky ducky?/"

/"Great,/" the girl sneered, but it was tainted by a saturated undertone of teasing. /"This is my punishment for taking the Goddesses name in vain./" She threw her hands together, titled her head skyward, causing the high ponytail to swish side to side. /"Forgive me, All-Mother. Take this vile beast away and I'll never curse you again./"

/"Vile beast? Stalking the mirror again, are we?/"

/"Ughh. Guess today is gonna suck then./"

/"I heard you liked sucking,/" Link retorted. /"At least, that's what Echo said./"

/"Not even if you begged me, Kessler./" He mocked a shudder. /"Ain't no amount of healing would be enough to cure me from what you have./"

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