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.

woman smiles as

hopping from black tile to black tile while the woman hurries after him

warn as I follow

between us so that the woman does not notice my presence

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

step into the play center, taking a

offers a polite

several seconds, she says nothing and I take the

I make sure no witnesses are standing by to

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

my pup’s general

mutters, turning back

in my head as

woman looks up at mein

"What-"

over her nose and press her head into it, her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to fight for only a few seconds before

adults preoccupied with their own children to notice the sleeping woman in my arms.I lay the woman down gently across the seats and cover her up with her own

in the pit, running around in a circle and watching the balls roll off his tiny

at me and smiles a big toothy

I wave at him, the

tossing some balls

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

sheepishly.I crouch down on my knees to be at his eye level and smile, "Well,

slip my hand into my pocket and hide a coin between my fingers before pretending to

amazement, giggling innocently at the trick

cries,

smile, pulling another coin

empty air beside my ear and opening his

sighs

to shake my head for any coins and

I’m all out of

flicks his

the little boy jumping to

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his leg back

you want a candy, Kota?" I ask, waving

know, cuz we’re friends

at me, biting his lips and

friends share, right?" I ask, the

candy and giggles as he unwraps it before popping it

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

I’m positive he’s had enough to go to

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

I pretend to shield my eyes as

under the slides and I

I quietly tiptoe towards the slides where I find Dakota curled

front part

to have everything I need, I gently cradle him in my arms and crawl out

rock wall chuckles as he watches

funniest places to nap," he remarks, and I

the voices chuckle as I take my son out of the playcenter and

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

under my breath as I tuck my pup into the

him flat on the seats and buckle him in as

endangerment," the voices

"Father of the year."

and get me to Chaos," I

my

and jeer but ultimately begin

to the park so I keep a close eye on the sleeping pup through the rear view mirror.I drive up to what appears to be an old abandoned shed in the middle of nowhere and park the car

find an elderly woman sitting cross-legged in the

says in an all too familiar

in my throat and pull the medallion over Dakota’s head to show the old

mischievously upon seeing it and rises to her feet to get a

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

first, then your little necklace,"

begin to shriek in anger, their loud shouts overwhelming

the woman takes the medallion from my hand with

with the Master of Juegos," the God within sneers, the voices quieting

but I hold my tongue to get this

chuckles to himself,

you have

mutter, pulling out the

I

and

"That’s it."