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.

him but he shot at

think he hurt Zane’s

I don’t know.

happened so fast and then Caine pulled

at

head but he was crying, like he was begging

stood there,

himself, he was so

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

Zane actually spoke to you?” I ask, trying to remember the last time

Korbin shakes his

“He mind-linked me but...

was weird.” mind-linked

wasn’t even

“Well it

was inside my head,”

could hear and

gave me an order and I felt

up and I couldn’t help but listen to

was weird.” “Like an Alpha command?” “No,”

my wolf wasn’t compelled to

[twas me.

felt this urge, this need, this desire

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

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

as

breathe while I talk, you understand?” Korbin nods his head and I proceed to explain my plan to

pull up to the pack house, Beta Earl is already at the door ready to receive us, a deep frown on his face when he notices only Korbin and

is furious about your failed mission,” he mutters,

some serious explaining to

day asking why you took so long to return.” “l’ll

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

his forehead, the look in his eyes

I rise to my feet and follow him out to the

find Wyatt standing by the truck along with multiple guards, the look in his eyes distant

him, any slight movement frightening

says loudly,

wrong,

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

turn while we were visiting California,” he says, his voice strong

“Speak clearly.

on to my patience as Wyatt

sir,” Wyatt nods

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

ask, a war

was killed so I can be done with this ordeal while the

“He’s alright,” Wyatt explains.

to shoot and Zane

gun went off, and Caine was shot.” In ablink

is Caine?” I ask, my face stone cold as I