The Silent Alpha

Fallen Heirs ***Wyatt?*** Korbin is eerily quiet as we drive the last leg of our trip home, staring off at the trees that we zoom past.

It’s frightening.

He’s never quiet.

(had not even set foot on the plane when Korbin called me the day of the attack, the fear thick in his voice as he demanded I return to the hotel.

He could not even explain to me what had happened, his words slurred as he incoherently begged me to come help him.

I did my best to calm him down and stayed on the line with him until I returned to the hotel where I got the shock of my life, finding Caine’s lifeless body stuffed in the back of the truck.

“What happened?” I demanded, unwilling to believe my own eyes as! stared at the body.

“H-he just went crazy!” Korbin hiccuped between sobs.

“I-I don’t even know what- what happened,” he cried.

“I tried to stop him.

I tried but he wouldn’t listen to me! He wouldn’t...

He just shot himself” he whimpered.

“He shot...

He shot himself.” It took several hours to calm Korbin down enough to make sense of what he was saying and even then, I could not make out the events of that day, unable to understand how Zane made Caine shoot himself without uttering a single word.

Caine is many things, but suicidal is not one of them.

He would have put up a fight before dying.

Something else must have taken place that day but I cannot get Korbin to tell me the truth.

“Dad...” Korbin whispers, his eyes glossy as he looks over at me.

“I’m scared.” now, so I swallow them back and put on a brave face.

“Alpha will want to know the exact details of that day,” I sigh tiredly, looking over at Caine.

“So what should I tell him?” Korbin whispers to himself.

My hands tighten their grip around the steering wheel as I try to think of a good answer to that.

Korbin can’t lie to save his life so it is best to come clean with what happened.

Lying to Sebastian is simply not an option.

“Tell me exactly what happened again,” I reply.

Korbin nods, his eye blinking fast as he clears his throat.

“W-we were on our way to River Moon like you told us, when we saw Zane and his mate driving in the opposite direction.

That’s when Caine went berserk and drew a gun from his pants.

stop him but he shot at

think he

I don’t know.

then Caine pulled over and started shooting

shifted and just stared at Caine for a really long

pointed it to his own head but he was crying, like he was begging Zane for mercy but Zane

stood there, staring

even pissed himself, he

the trigger many times until a bullet finally made its way through his skull.” “Zane turned to me and I panicked,”

Zane actually spoke to you?” I ask, trying to

no,” Korbin

“He mind-linked me but...

was weird.” mind-linked

wasn’t even sure he

“Well it was

like he was inside

could hear and see everything I was

gave me an order and I felt

and I couldn’t help but listen to

Alpha command?” “No,” Korbin shakes his

my wolf wasn’t compelled to

[twas me.

need, this desire to do as

my son and his cryptic storytelling as we pull up to

carefully, Kor, because I am only going to say this once,” I snarl

will be silent as I tell Sebastian

even breathe while I talk, you understand?” Korbin nods his head and I proceed to explain my plan to him, Korbin muttering it to himself over

house, Beta Earl is already at the door ready to receive us, a deep frown on his face when he

furious about your failed mission,” he mutters, eyeing

have some serious explaining

prick? His mother has been driving me insane all day asking why you took so long to return.” “l’ll explain later,” Ireply, Earl shifting his gaze between Korbin and

is Caine?” “Tell the Alpha we have a Moon Warrior Ceremony to prepare for.” “**Sebastian*** “The Gamma has

of sweat are gathered at his forehead, the look in his eyes telling me something is

as I rise to my

with multiple guards,

beside him, any slight movement

loudly,

wrong,

my son? Wyatt seems to understand

while we were visiting California,” he says, his voice strong despite the fear laced within his

“Speak clearly.

not making any sense,” I snarl, barely hanging on to

Wyatt

we were approaching his new aimed at your son.” My

hurt?” I ask, a war waging in my

be done with this ordeal while the other

“He’s alright,” Wyatt explains.

and Zane

but the gun went off, and Caine was shot.” In ablink of an eye, the

stone cold as I wait