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

he hurt

I don’t know.

so fast and then Caine pulled over and started shooting at Zane

just stared at Caine for a really

own head but he was crying, like

just stood there,

himself, he was

many times until a bullet finally made its way through his skull.” “Zane

Zane actually spoke to you?” I

Korbin shakes

“He mind-linked me but...

weird.”

even sure

“Well

was like he was inside my head,”

and see everything I was

and I felt an urge to

he said was shut up and I couldn’t

“Like an Alpha command?” “No,”

wasn’t compelled

[twas me.

this desire

his cryptic storytelling as we pull up

Kor, because I am only going

will be silent as I tell Sebastian

understand?” Korbin nods his head and I proceed to explain my plan to him, Korbin muttering it

Earl is already at the door ready to receive us, a deep frown on his face when he notices only Korbin

is furious about your failed mission,” he mutters, eyeing the

have some serious

little 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

for.” “**Sebastian*** “The Gamma has arrived, Alpha,” Beta Earl

look in his eyes telling me something is off about

my spine as I rise to my feet and follow him out to

with

him, any slight

Wyatt says loudly, Korbin jumping

wrong, Arden, my

seems to understand my question and lowers himself onto his knees

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

“Speak clearly.

any sense,” I snarl, barely hanging on to my patience as

sir,” Wyatt

were approaching his new aimed at your son.” My blood boils hearing the news of Caine’s audacity to override my wishes and do

Zane hurt?” I ask, a war

killed so I can be done with this ordeal while the other half prays

“He’s alright,” Wyatt explains.

continued to shoot and Zane reacted

the gun so I don’t exactly know who shot who but the gun went off, and Caine

I ask, my face stone