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

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

the voices warn as I follow in

between us so that the woman does not notice my presence or

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

step

chair but offers a polite smile in my direction before turning back to

says nothing and I take the

are standing by to interrupt me before striking up

close for her to hear me over the laughs and giggles of some children

in my

she mutters, turning back

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

The woman looks up at

"What-"

her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to fight for only a few seconds before the

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 down gently across the seats and cover her up with her own sweater before

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

my presence, my pup looks up at me and smiles

wave at him, the

he chirps, tossing some balls in

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

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

pit.I slip my hand into my pocket and hide a coin between my

innocently

he cries, jumping up and

pulling another coin from his

to replicate the trick, grasping at the empty air beside my

he sighs in

pretend to shake my head for any coins and shrug at

think I’m all out

grins and flicks

the little boy jumping to introduce

"I’m Chris."

his leg

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

know, cuz we’re friends

biting his lips

ask, the

giggles as he unwraps it

sigh.I pull out a second untainted candy and eat with him

to go to sleep, I

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

pretend to shield my eyes as he runs

the slides and I proceed

quietly tiptoe towards the slides where I

sleeps and I quickly pull down the front part of his overalls to find

in

rock wall

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

as I take my

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

under my breath as I tuck my pup into the

seat so I lay him flat on the seats and

endangerment," the

"Father of the year."

up and get me to Chaos," I

want my wolf

jeer but ultimately begin to give me

is bumpy and uneven as I make it 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

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

fast," the woman says

in my throat and pull

it and rises to her feet to get a closer

to reach it, I pull it away and growl at

first, then your little necklace," I

begin to shriek in anger, their loud shouts

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

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

thin but I

Chaos chuckles to himself, turning on

have your

mutter, pulling out the blue stone from my

I do with

the stone and call to your

"That’s it."