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 focused and

as

our pup.I hope they are sleeping peacefully together.I hope they

my mom?" I blurt

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

her like a queen," Tylen replies after

safe with

see," I sigh in relief knowing my mother was not in pain all these years

to

may-maybe he hurts y-you too.Tylen heaves

a

intelligent man, he’s an

sentence, holding his hand up so I halt in

go still, listening to

"f**k!"

me by the collar of my shirt and dragging me deeper

the islands so our drones won't see jack s**t for the next few hours.We’ve been moved to the western island closest ambush.We'll head

close to the walls of the tunnels, muttering ‘ Where is it? Where

a closet

take this," he instructs,

further into the closet, finding a trunk at the very back.He pulls out two rifles

in case,"

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

reach a four-way intersection, Tylen pushing me towards

finally see the

thick layer of fog covers

shouts

is this

on foot through the fog for a while,

onto your fanny pack, hooman.We might need your

long into our sprint, we find the

is a tall wooden structure resembling a small bird

climb into

unlocks the metal trunk glued to the floor of the tower and pulls out a

me a set of

eyes on the water surrounding the main island.We are expecting a lot of movement

out a radio and puts it

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

it to channel

your family," Tylen sighs, patting my

something important during a war.It makes it

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

saw each other after I was beaten and thrown out of the pack and now

that I will be fighting the soldiers I grew up watching as

it wrong that I don’t feel any

Haven was never

Grayson mutters.

have to feel anything towards

this thought a little more when I hear

too and

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

the water but I keep searching for the plane until I finally

of the tower from the north west, but I rush to the other side of the tower and lean over the edge

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

skin, my bare flesh

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

inspects it carefully, lightly

he accidentally touches some residue of the powder with his fingers

"s**t, that’s silver chloride,"

his breath, grabbing the gas

silver.Put your mask on

from my medical kit and dress

sirens as the plane flies over the harbor and across the main island,

"s**t!" Tylen mutters.

I ask, using my

only job is to stand watch and make sure no one gets through there," Tylen says,

handing

the rifle all

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

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