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 the

his toes, hopping from black tile to black tile while the

warn as I follow

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

a play center, my son scurrying off to climb the tubes and slides while the

my chance to take what’s mine, I nonchalantly step into the play center,

polite smile in my direction before turning

I take the

sure no witnesses are standing by to interrupt me

hear me over the

in my

mutters, turning

in my head as I reach into my pocket

The woman looks up at

"What-"

her nose and 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

to notice the sleeping woman in my arms.I lay the woman down gently across the

in a circle and watching the

pup looks up at me and smiles a

I wave at him, the little

tossing some balls in

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

to be at his eye level and smile, "Well,

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

coin in amazement, giggling innocently at the trick

cries, jumping up

pulling another coin from

air beside my ear and opening his

he sighs

to shake my head for any

I’m all out

grins and flicks

name?" I ask, the little boy

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his

a candy, Kota?" I

we’re

me, biting his

ask, the little boy nodding

the candy and giggles as he unwraps it before popping it

easy, I sigh.I pull out a second untainted candy and eat with him to make him feel comfortable and he smiles happily to see we

to go to sleep, I

to play hide and seek?" I

to shield my eyes as he runs

my fingers, I watch him tuck himself under the slides and

tiptoe towards the slides where I find

I quickly pull down the front

to have everything I need, I gently cradle him in

helping his daughter as she climbs a rock wall

find the funniest places to nap," he remarks, and

one sick bastard," the voices chuckle as I take my son out of the playcenter and walk

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

under my breath as I tuck my pup

lay him flat on the seats and buckle him in

endangerment," the voices

"Father of the year."

me to Chaos," I snarl, jumping into

my

voices snicker and jeer but ultimately begin to give me directions

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

son, I carry him into the shed where I find an elderly

the woman says in an all too familiar

I didn’t think you would succeed." I hold back the snarl in my throat and pull the

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

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

first, then your

begin to shriek

my vulnerability, the woman takes the medallion from my hand with a cruel

Juegos," the God within sneers, the voices

patience wearing thin but I hold my tongue to get this ordeal over

to himself, turning

have

pulling out the blue stone

do I do

stone and call to your wolf,"

"That’s it."