The Silent Alpha

***Christian*** 

..A few hours earlier...

I haven’t slept at all since Chaos made me a living compass, the voices in my head whispering and muttering non-stop in Jack’s absence.

Their incessant murmuring has led me all the way to California and now as morning breaks over the horizon, I find myself driving out of San Rafael through a dense forest.

"Turn here! No, there! Take a left, you i***t!", The voices hiss.

They are driving me insane! 

"Your mind wandered before us!"

A voicesnaps.

"You ungrateful mutt!"

My phone rings beside me, the screen flashing with my father’s name.He hasn’t stopped calling me all night and this morning.

"You miss your mommy?" Avoice snickers.

"She wasa stupid b***h for having you!"

"Shut up!" I shout, nearly swerving into another lane in anger.

"Aww you're going to protect her now, after all you've done to her?’ Another sneers.

"Mommy killer!"

The other voices begin to chant in unison, "Mommy Killer! Mommy Killer! Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up..." I murmur, scratching at my head to make them stop.

"I said shut up!"

I pull over down a secluded road and step out to catch my breath, counting each exhale until the voices stop.

Get it together...

I scold myself.

You have a mission to accomplish.

My phone begins to ring again and I hang up, scrolling through the messages left by my father.

WHERE ARE YOU?? PICK UP YOUR PHONE! HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR MOTHER?? I CAN’T FEEL HER! CHRISTIAN!!! I feel sick as I read through his desperation but I close his messages and check my recent messages for any updates from Brody, the spy I sent to watch Jordan.

That’s odd, I mutter.He hasn't messaged me any new updates in over 12 hrs.

"Traitor! He’s a traitor!" the voices hiss.

"The Killer has a traitor!" They shriek with laughter.

"He's got a target on his back! Who else will betray him?"

I climb back into the car, hoping to outrun these voices, but they follow me wherever I turn.

By the time I make it to the City where this River Moon Pack is located, I’m almost on the verge of tears with frustration.

"The Mall! The Mall!" The voices whisper.

"The boy will be at the Mall.He wears the medallion! Wait by the fountain at noon! Go!"

I drive to the mall, rushing in towards the restroom to clean myself up and prepare my tools for my mission.

The witches had given me a sleeping potion and I spray it on a cloth and some candy before heading to the fountain.

The Mall is crowded and without my wolf, I cannot smell Natalia, much less our pup.

The voices urge me to stay put and despite my impatience, I wait as the hour ticks by until my phone strikes noon.

My palms begin to sweat and I feel butterflies of excitement flutter in my stomach.

After all these years, my family is finally going to be together.As I smooth down my shirt, the voices suddenly start up again.

"He’s here! He's here!"

They cry.I look up and spot a beautiful older woman holding a little boy’s hand in hers.

The child has his back to me but I can see he wears overalls and bright blue vans as he skips happily towards the washroom.

Rising to my feet, I linger over to a small shop near the washroom to get a better look and wait patiently for them to come out.

The voices fall silent when I see the little boy, my son, face to face for the first time.

His eyes are mesmerizing with their brown and blue irises, a thick pair of lashes casting a shadow on his cheeks.He has my pale skin and small lips but his nose is all Natalia’s.He’s perfect, I smile to myself, the little boy blinking up at the older woman.

on Kota," the woman smiles as they step out of

black tile to black tile while the woman

the voices warn

us so that the woman does not notice

walk into a play center, my son scurrying off to climb the tubes and slides while the woman takes a seat in

what’s mine, I nonchalantly step into the

but offers a polite

several seconds, she says nothing and I take the time to

sure no witnesses are standing by to interrupt me before striking up a

I ask, leaning in close for her to hear me over the laughs and

in my pup’s

she mutters, turning back

hum, the voices snickering in my head as I reach

The woman looks

"What-"

press her head into it, her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to fight for only a few seconds before the potion begins to take effect

more, relieved to see all the adults preoccupied with their own children to notice the sleeping woman in my arms.I lay the woman down gently across the

running around in a circle and watching the

at me and smiles a

I wave at him,

tossing some

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

some of the balls sheepishly.I crouch down on my knees to be at his eye level and smile, "Well, do you

excitement and he nods his head cheerfully, trotting over to the edge of the ball pit.I slip

amazement, giggling innocently at the trick and inspecting the

he cries, jumping

smile, pulling another coin from

air

he sighs in

to shake my head for any coins and shrug at

I’m all out

grins and flicks his ears

your name?" I ask, the little boy jumping to

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his leg

want a candy, Kota?" I ask, waving

cuz we’re friends now,

me, biting his lips

share, right?" I ask, the little boy

giggles as he unwraps it before

a second untainted candy and eat with him to make him feel comfortable and he

positive he’s had enough to go to sleep, I suggest

and seek?" I ask, Kota nodding

to shield my eyes as he runs

tuck himself under the slides and

finished, I quietly tiptoe towards the slides where I find Dakota curled up in

down the front part of his overalls to find the

need, I gently cradle him in my arms and crawl out of

helping his daughter as she climbs a rock wall

nap," he remarks, and I

I take my son out

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

under my breath as I tuck my

I lay him flat on the seats and buckle him

endangerment," the

"Father of the year."

to Chaos,"

want my

ultimately begin to give me directions

as I make it to the park so I keep a close eye on the sleeping pup through the rear

shed where I find an elderly woman sitting cross-legged in the middle of the

fast," the woman says in an all too familiar

hold back the snarl in my

it and rises to her feet to get

it, I pull it away and growl at

first, then your little necklace," I

to shriek in anger, their loud shouts

my vulnerability, the woman takes the medallion from

Master of Juegos,"

feel my patience wearing thin but I hold my tongue to

chuckles to himself, turning on his

you have your

pulling out the blue stone from my

do I do with

and call to your wolf," the God

"That’s it."