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.

Kota," the woman smiles as they step out

hopping from black tile to

the voices warn as I

stay close behind, keeping just enough distance between us so that the woman does not notice my

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

what’s mine, I nonchalantly step

her chair but offers a polite smile in

I take the time to watch

area, I make sure no witnesses are standing by to interrupt me before striking up a conversation with the

close for her to hear

points in my pup’s

turning back at

I hum, the voices snickering in my head as I reach into

woman looks up at

"What-"

place the cloth over her nose and press her head into it, her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages

look around the sitting area once more, relieved to see all the adults preoccupied with their own children to notice the sleeping woman in my arms.I lay the woman

alone in the pit, running around in a circle and watching

my presence, my pup looks up at me and smiles a

him,

he chirps, tossing some balls

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

crouch down on my knees to be at his eye level and smile, "Well, do you

ball pit.I slip my hand into my pocket and hide a coin between my fingers before pretending to pull the coin from his

at the coin in amazement, giggling innocently

cries, jumping up

another

the empty air

sighs

my head for any coins

all

and flicks

I ask, the little

"I’m Chris."

his

a candy, Kota?" I

cuz we’re friends

at me, biting his lips and

share, right?" I ask, the

and giggles as he unwraps it before popping

with him to make him feel comfortable and he smiles happily to see we are

enough to go to

want to play hide and seek?" I ask, Kota

I count." I pretend to shield my eyes as he runs

watch him tuck himself under the slides and I

where I find Dakota curled

as he sleeps and I quickly pull down the front part of his

have everything I need, I gently cradle him in

climbs a rock wall chuckles as he watches me adjust Kota in

find the funniest places to nap," he

bastard," the voices chuckle as I take my son out of

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

as I tuck my pup

seat so I lay him flat on the

endangerment," the voices

"Father of the year."

to Chaos," I snarl, jumping

my

voices snicker and jeer but ultimately begin to give me directions to

close eye on the sleeping pup through the rear view mirror.I drive

I find an elderly woman sitting cross-legged in the

the woman says in an all too familiar

in my throat and pull the

smiles mischievously upon seeing it and rises to her feet to

she’s about to reach it, I pull it away and

wolf first, then your little necklace,"

my head begin to shriek in

the medallion from my hand with a

of Juegos," the

wearing thin but I hold my

Chaos chuckles to

have

mutter, pulling out the blue stone from

do I do

crush the stone and call to your wolf," the

"That’s it."