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.

as they step out of

little boy bounces on his toes, hopping from black tile to black tile while

voices warn as I follow in

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

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

nonchalantly step into the play center, taking a

in her chair but offers a polite smile in my direction before

she says nothing and I take the time to watch Dakota climb into a ball

around the sitting area, I make sure no witnesses are standing by to interrupt me before

hear me over the laughs and giggles of some children

my pup’s general

mutters, turning back at her

in my head as I reach into

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

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

running around in

pup looks up at me and

him, the

mister," he chirps, tossing some balls in the

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

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

to the edge of the ball pit.I slip

innocently at

cries,

pulling another coin from

empty air beside my ear

sighs

pretend to shake my head for any

all

grins and flicks his

your name?" I ask, the little boy jumping

"I’m Chris."

says, swinging his

I ask,

cuz we’re friends

at me, biting

I ask, the little boy nodding

he unwraps it before popping it in

eat with him to

had enough to

and seek?" I ask, Kota

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

himself under the slides and I proceed

the slides where I

front part of

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

his daughter as she climbs a rock wall chuckles as he watches me adjust Kota in my

find the funniest places to nap," he

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

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

I tuck

car seat so I lay him flat on the seats and buckle him in

endangerment," the

"Father of the year."

up and get me to Chaos," I snarl, jumping into the

want my

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

I keep a close eye on the sleeping pup through the rear view mirror.I drive up to what

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

work fast," the woman says in

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

rises to

I pull it

then your

my head begin to shriek in anger, their loud shouts overwhelming my

medallion from

games with the Master of Juegos,"

but I hold my tongue to get this ordeal

chuckles to himself, turning on his

you have your

out the blue stone from

I

release your wolf, crush the stone and call to

"That’s it."