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."

follow him into the darkness, doing my best to

as we walk through

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

footsteps when I ask the question and it makes me nervous that I may not want to

treats her like a queen," Tylen replies

safe

knowing my mother was not in pain all these years

and y-your dad are...Well m-my father...u-used to hu-hurt us," I say, growing

hurts y-you too.Tylen heaves

father is a complicated

not abusive...but for an intelligent man, he’s

stops mid sentence, holding his hand up so I halt in my

still, listening to the sounds of the

"f**k!"

me by the collar of my shirt and

off our coast.A thick fog has rolled in over the islands so our drones won't see jack s**t for the next few hours.We’ve been moved to the western island

walls of the tunnels,

a closet door in the tunnel equipped with gas

take this," he instructs, handing me

trunk at the very back.He pulls

in case," he

we should be good to go.Stay close to

a four-way intersection, Tylen pushing me

seems like an eternity, we finally see the exit and

resurface, a thick layer of fog covers the entire

way," Tylen shouts after examining a

tower is this

grow nervous as we travel on foot through the fog

pack, hooman.We might need your little balls"

long into our sprint, we find the watchtower hidden between

is a tall wooden structure resembling a small bird house with a

into

unlocks the metal trunk glued to the floor of the tower and pulls out a large telescope, setting it up so it faces the waters just beyond the main

hands me a set

island.We are expecting a lot of movement

out a radio

all the units.You don’t have a mindlink with us so this is the next

sets it

your family," Tylen

important during a war.It makes it feel

wanders to my father, wondering what it

thrown out of the pack and now I’m fighting a war against

dawns on me that I will be fighting the soldiers I grew

it wrong that I don’t feel any remorse for

was

Grayson mutters.

don't have to feel anything towards

thought a little more when I hear the hum of an

hear the humming too and

just an agricultural aircraft.Probably got lost in the fog.There's a huge farm

the water but I keep searching for the plane until I

I rush

dust follows in its wake, and I stick my hand over the ledge

bare flesh begins to burn

b-burns," I groan, wiping the residue off my arm

inspects it carefully, lightly pressing around the

the powder with his fingers and he yelps out

"s**t, that’s silver chloride,"

his breath, grabbing the

mask on so it doesn’t get into your

mask and places his own mask on, checking mine to make sure it’s on securely.I take some gauze from my medical kit and dress the wound quickly before rushing to the siren for battle

the plane flies over the harbor and across the main

"s**t!" Tylen mutters.

ask, using my binoculars

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

he adds, handing me an

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

being accurate.Just make them dance," Tylen says, grabbing his own rifle

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