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.

to stop him

he hurt

I don’t know.

Caine pulled over and started shooting at

shifted and just stared at Caine for

and pointed it to his own head but he was

just stood there,

even pissed himself, he

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

would regret pushing him away-” “Wait, Zane actually spoke to you?” I ask, trying to remember

no,” Korbin shakes

“He mind-linked me but...

was weird.” mind-linked

even sure he

so?” “Well it was

like he was inside my

hear and

me an order and I felt an urge

was shut up and I couldn’t help but

Alpha command?”

wolf wasn’t compelled to listen

[twas me.

urge, this need, this desire to do as

son and his cryptic storytelling as we pull up to the Scarlett Haven gates and snap at

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

be silent as I

head and I proceed to

door ready to receive us, a deep frown on his face when he notices only Korbin and I

your failed mission,” he mutters, eyeing

serious explaining

the little prick? His mother has been driving me insane all day asking why you

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

in his eyes telling me something is

rise to my feet and

truck along with multiple guards, the look in his eyes

trembles anxiously beside him, any slight movement frightening

loudly, Korbin jumping

wrong, Arden,

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

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

“Speak clearly.

I snarl, barely hanging on to my patience

Wyatt nods

we left and as we were approaching his new aimed at your son.” My blood boils hearing the news of

ask, a war

be done with

“He’s alright,” Wyatt explains.

continued to shoot and Zane reacted

altercation for control of the gun so I 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 still, my own

face stone cold as I