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

he

I don’t know.

and then Caine pulled over and started shooting at Zane

shifted and just stared at Caine for a really long

own head but he was crying, like he was begging Zane for mercy but Zane never

stood there,

pissed himself, he was so

made its way through his skull.” “Zane turned to me and I

he told me Alpha Sebastian would regret pushing him away-” “Wait, Zane actually spoke to you?” I ask, trying to remember the last time I ever heard

no,” Korbin shakes his

“He mind-linked me but...

weird.” mind-linked

wasn’t even sure

so?” “Well

was inside my head,” Korbin

he could hear and see everything I was

gave me an order and I felt an urge

and I couldn’t help

“Like an Alpha command?” “No,” Korbin shakes his

wolf wasn’t compelled to

[twas me.

this urge, this need, this desire

any sense.” I grow impatient with my son and his cryptic storytelling as we pull up to the Scarlett Haven

very carefully, Kor, because I am only going to say this

as I tell Sebastian

not even breathe while I talk, you understand?” Korbin nods his head and I proceed to explain my plan to him,

pack house, Beta Earl is already at the door ready to receive us,

your failed mission,” he mutters,

have some serious explaining

asking why you took so long to return.” “l’ll explain later,” Ireply, Earl shifting his gaze between Korbin

Ceremony to prepare for.” “**Sebastian*** “The Gamma has arrived, Alpha,” Beta Earl announces as he bursts through the door

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

to my feet and follow him out

with multiple guards, the look in

him, any slight movement frightening

says loudly,

wrong,

my son? Wyatt seems to understand my question and lowers himself onto his knees before

regret to inform you, Alpha, that things took an unexpected turn while we were visiting California,” he

“Speak clearly.

snarl, barely hanging on to my patience as Wyatt stares blankly

Wyatt nods

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

Zane hurt?” I ask, a

the boy was killed so I can be done with

“He’s alright,” Wyatt explains.

continued to shoot and Zane reacted

don’t exactly know who shot who but the gun went off, and Caine was shot.” In ablink of an eye, the world comes to a stand

ask, my face stone cold as