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 but he

he hurt Zane’s

I don’t know.

Caine

just stared at

it to his own head but he was crying, like he was

there, staring at

himself, he was so

its way through his skull.” “Zane turned to

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 Zane utter a

Korbin

“He mind-linked me but...

was weird.” mind-linked

even sure

so?” “Well it was

like he was inside my head,” Korbin

hear and see everything I

felt an urge to do as

up and

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

wolf wasn’t compelled

[twas me.

this desire to

grow impatient with my son and his cryptic storytelling as we

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

be silent as I tell Sebastian

nods his head and I proceed to explain my plan to

we 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 I step out of

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

serious explaining

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

“The Gamma has arrived, Alpha,”

gathered at his forehead, the look in his eyes telling

as I rise to my feet and follow him

the truck along with multiple guards,

anxiously beside him, any slight

says loudly, Korbin

is definitely wrong, Arden, my wolf,

where is my son? Wyatt seems to

unexpected turn while we were

“Speak clearly.

not making any sense,” I snarl, barely hanging on to my patience as

Wyatt

to speak with Zane one last time before we left and as we were approaching his new aimed at your

hurt?” I ask, a war waging

I can be done with

“He’s alright,” Wyatt explains.

to shoot and Zane reacted to

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

Caine?” I ask, my face stone cold as