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.

tried to stop him but

think he hurt Zane’s

I don’t know.

Caine pulled over and started

just stared at Caine for

spun the cylinder of his gun and pointed it to his own head but he was crying, like

stood there,

pissed himself,

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

told me Alpha Sebastian would regret pushing him away-” “Wait, Zane actually spoke to you?” I ask,

Korbin

“He mind-linked me but...

weird.” mind-linked

wasn’t even

so?” “Well it

was like he was

he could hear and see everything I was

I felt an urge

and I couldn’t help but

“Like an Alpha

wasn’t compelled to

[twas me.

felt this urge, this need, this desire to do as he

son and his cryptic

carefully, Kor, because I am only going to say

as I tell

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

receive us, a deep frown on his face when he notices only Korbin and I step out

mission,” he

some serious explaining

where is the little prick? His mother has been driving me insane all day asking why you took so long to return.” “l’ll explain later,”

Caine?” “Tell the Alpha we have a Moon Warrior Ceremony to prepare for.” “**Sebastian*** “The Gamma has arrived, Alpha,” Beta Earl announces as he bursts through the door

gathered at his forehead, the look in his eyes telling

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

with multiple guards,

trembles anxiously beside him, any slight movement

says loudly, Korbin

is definitely wrong, Arden,

Wyatt seems to understand my question and lowers

that things took an unexpected turn while we were visiting California,” he says, his voice

“Speak clearly.

making any sense,” I snarl, barely hanging on

Wyatt

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

ask, a war

of me hopes that the boy was killed so I can be done with this

“He’s alright,” Wyatt explains.

and

I don’t exactly know who shot who but the gun went off, and Caine was shot.” In

ask, my face stone cold as