The Silent Alpha

Chapter 71: The Fog 

***Zane***

 "Are the canisters in place?"

"Yes, for the umpteenth time, Toran! They are!" Taryn groans.

"Would you stop questioning my abilities? You insult me," she huffs.

Toran rolls his eyes at her but the hint of a smile on his lips tells me he enjoys pestering his little sister.

The Alpha then turns to Tylen and I, taking a deep breath to gather all of his thoughts.He takes a utility belt and an armlet with a built-in pouch and explains the tools within them.

Opening a pouch on the belt, Toran pulls out small metal beads and holds them between his thumb and forefinger.

"These are silver beads.They are coated with a thin layer of aluminum to allow you to hold them.Give these to Tylen if there's an attack.He will charge them and when they detonate, they'll release silver shrapnel that will do some serious damage."

He points to a number of small grenade-looking things on the belt.

"These contain silver nitrate and wolfsbane gas," Toran explains.

"Useful for providing cover."

"Pull the safety, toss, and run.This s**t travels and it burns if it touches you."

Tylen interjects.

One by one, Toran explains all the contents of the belt.

"And under any circumstances, enter the water."

Tylen and Taryn nod in agreement with the Alpha.

"There are guns positioned within the cliffs all around the islands that shoot pellets containing magnesium and silver nitrate into the water.Upon contact with the water, the magnesium and silver explode and you do not want to be anywhere near when that happens.We also have canisters in the surrounding water containing pressurized silver nitrate, wolfsbane, and nightshade.The gas is extremely poisonous and we only have a handful of antidote vials available."

He pulls out two preloaded syringes from his pocket and puts them in my armlet.

"I pray you never need this but this is the antidote.The guns and canisters are motion-sensored so DO NOT ENTER THE WATER."

"Also remember, your only job is to protect the bunker.No matter what happens, you stay on the bunker island.We'll handle the rest of the islands,"

Taryn explains.

"Anyone who tries to get into the bunker is killed on sight. No questions asked." Inod silently, Toran lost in thought for a moment.

"Are we done with the sermon?" Tylen snaps, turning on his heel.

"If so, we better get moving."

"Tylen,"

Toran calls out, Tylen pausing by the door.

"Be careful son."

"I don’t need you looking out for me,"

Tylen snaps, Toran doing his best to remain calm.

"Zane, let’s go."

The tension in the room is uncomfortable, but Toran lets the "Goddess be with you,"

Toran says to us before turning to his sister and getting back to work planning out the last details of their attack.

It’s a simple blessing, but having never heard those words from my own father, I find myself standing a little taller as I turn to leave.

I rush to keep up with Tylen as he storms out of the meeting room, walking past several soldiers who salute him on his way out.

Once out of the house, we make our way towards the northern part of the island covered in dense forest.

I feel my heart rate accelerate as we maneuver our way through the thick trees until we reach an unassuming stone formation.

Tylen lifts a small stone and a secret passageway reveals itself within the ground.

"Let’s go," Tylen sighs.

"The faster we get to the bunker, the better."

I follow him into the darkness, doing my best to stay

mutters as we walk through the

get much action on the bunker island.He says nothing more, the silence allowing my mind to drift off to my Talia and our pup.I hope they are sleeping peacefully together.I hope they are okay.I think of my moms too and how but I hope he treats Agnes

Toran g-good to my mom?" I blurt out, anxiously waiting

the question and it makes me nervous that I may not

treats her like a queen," Tylen replies after a

safe with

relief knowing my mother was not in pain all these

was just wonder-wondering since y-you and y-your dad are...Well m-my father...u-used to hu-hurt us," I say,

y-you too.Tylen

is a complicated man..."

for an intelligent man,

hand up so I halt in

go still, listening to

"f**k!"

by the collar of my shirt and

the next few hours.We’ve

tunnels, muttering ‘ Where is it? Where is it’

he finds a closet door in the tunnel

instructs, handing me a

finding a trunk at the very back.He pulls out two rifles and hands me one

case,"

bullets, so we should be good to go.Stay close to me," he instructs,

reach a four-way intersection, Tylen pushing

what seems like an eternity, we finally see the exit and I shield my eyes from

we resurface, a thick layer of

shouts after examining a

tower is this

as we travel on foot through the fog for

your fanny pack, hooman.We might

we find the watchtower hidden between

is a tall wooden structure resembling a small bird house with a ladder running up

into

of the tower and pulls out a large telescope, setting it up so it faces

then hands me a set

the main island.We are expecting a lot

a radio and

the units.You don’t have a mindlink with us so

it to

Tylen sighs, patting my

something important during a war.It makes it feel like your fight is worth something

to my father, wondering what it will be like to face him

of the pack and now I’m

will be fighting the soldiers I grew up watching

that I don’t feel any remorse for switching

Haven was never

Grayson mutters.

to

this thought a little more when I hear the hum of

too and "l see

lost in the fog.There's a huge farm just south of

keep searching for the

hood of the tower from the north west, but I rush to the other

of dust follows in its wake, and I stick

with my skin, my bare flesh begins to burn and I cry

wiping the residue off

inspects it carefully,

when he accidentally touches some residue of the powder with

"s**t, that’s silver chloride,"

under his breath, grabbing the gas

us with silver.Put your mask on

medical kit and

plane flies over the harbor and across the main island, dropping its load on its unassuming

"s**t!" Tylen mutters.

I ask, using

is to stand watch and make sure no one gets through there," Tylen says, pointing to the passage between

handing me an assault

that moves in the water, kill it.I practiced how to use the rifle all last night, but it’s a different ball game when the target is alive

grabbing his own rifle and resting

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