His Silent Luna

CHAPTER 7

Lyka POV

At the wedding, I was shocked when the kissing part was missed but I was also relieved as well. The media were also suspicious and I was sure Silver would have to take care of that but I was not expecting him to kiss me right then and there suddenly without any warning. I needed to mentally prepare myself for that contact.

The kiss was soft, gentle, and quick. He pulled away before I could register what was happening and when I did, I wanted to grab him and kiss him again. My lips tingled from the peck he placed on my lips and my heart was racing.

“So father, what do you think of her? She's beautiful isn't she?”

His Majesty, Alpha James Dankworth, scrutinizes me with his eyes, which are the same blue as Silver's. I smiled at him again.

Silver placed a hand on the small of my back and guided me to the seats opposite Alpha James. “Like I said, she's very shy. She's the slow-to-speech type but she's very wise.” He continued his introduction me, I and just smiled as that was all I could do, Alpha James didn't take his eyes off of me as Silver spoke and it made me very nervous.

Some snacks were served later up on a maid poured us some tea. I was too shy to touch anything although I was starving. Silver bent over and took the cup of tea poured for me and handed it to me. I smiled at him and took a sip.

Alpha James scoffed, “She's hungry, not thirsty, moron.” He said to Silver and his smile dropped immediately.

Alpha James turned to me again, “What kind of a deal did this imbecile force on you?”

“I told you to stop talking me names in front of others!” Silver complained.

“Others? I thought she was your wife?” Alpha James snapped back. “I told you to raise a family, I never meant for you to do all this. You always think like you're on a battlefield and never like a man, can't even guess what your wife wants.”

Alpha James picked up a small plate of a slice of cake and gave it to me, “Here you go, sweetheart. Don't let that imbecile bully you.”

I smiled genuinely at him, for the first time. I was touched by his gesture and let out a chuckle.

Once the realization hit me that a sound came out of my mouth, I gasped and let the cake fall on my lap.

I stood up and tried to clean myself up whilst processing the fact that a sound came out of my mouth. Silver got up as well and got his handkerchief out, stopped me, and helped me clean off the stain instead. “Be more careful.” He says and I nod. “Are you okay?” He asked and I didn't know how to respond to that so I didn't answer.

When he was done, he turned to Alpha James, “Please excuse us and forgive this mistake.” He took my hand in his and led me to the exit of the pavilion, “And she is my mate but I'll learn how to treat her better.”

*****

“What the hell was that, back there?!” Silver yelled at me once we were in my room in my quarters. He sent all the maids away, leaving just us for privacy.

I flinched, I scrambled to get a pen and paper, I wrote, Sound! on it and let him read it.

“That's vague,” he responded, so I wrote more.

A sound came out of me!

“So?”

That has never happened before! I was shocked and overwhelmed.

He fell silent after reading that. He put his hands inside his pockets, “Coming to think of it, you indeed never made any sound before but why did it suddenly happen?”

I shrugged and he went back into his thoughts. He began pacing around with his hands in his pockets, I watched as his long legs stride around the room until he suddenly came to a halt. “That's what I'll do.” He said but it was mostly to himself. He turned to me, “I'll instruct the maids to get you some food. Eat and rest.” He instructed then left.

I tried speaking and make some sounds from my mouth but it was back to being completely silent. I groaned in frustration. I was disappointed, I thought I was getting better but I guess not.

Or was I?

Why did I suddenly chuckle? I was given a slice of cake from Alpha James and it made me happy but could that be the reason the sound came from my mouth after so many years?

I later learned that Princess Danbury, Silver's younger sister, was away in another country and I couldn't meet her for the time being, which was so convenient.

The next day I thought was going to be like after our wedding but it wasn't. I was informed by a maid that Silver wanted me to get ready and meet him.

I did as instructed, got ready quickly, and followed the maid to where he was waiting for me.

I was taken to an office, Silver and a she-wolf who looked to be around her late twenties was there with him.

She was sitting behind the desk while he stood beside her with his hands in his pockets when I walked into the room. The door shut behind me and I walked closer to them.

I bowed to Silver and gave him a weak smile. I have never seen the she-wolf before and she wasn't included in the files he gave to me about the werewolves I should know.

I looked to him for an explanation and he brought his hands from his pocket, “Lyka, this is Lynn, she'll be your therapist.” he explained and my mouth fell open.

Therapist?

He sensed that I had many questions so he spoke up again, “It's to help you speak again. I don't know when I'll find Hazel, that wench, so if you can speak, I'll double your reward.”