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.

smiles as they step

hopping from black tile to black tile while the woman

voices warn as I follow

stay close behind, keeping just enough distance between us so

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

what’s mine, I nonchalantly step into the play center, taking

shifts uncomfortably in her chair but offers a polite smile in

several seconds, she says nothing and I take the time to

are standing by to interrupt

is yours?" I ask, leaning in close for her to hear me over the laughs and giggles of some children going

my pup’s general

mutters, turning back

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

looks

"What-"

me.She manages to fight for only a few seconds before the potion begins to

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

in the pit, running around in a circle and

pup looks up at me and smiles a big

at him, the little boy waving

mister," he chirps, tossing

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

down on my knees to be

over to the edge of the ball pit.I slip my hand into my pocket and hide a coin between my fingers before pretending

amazement, giggling innocently at the trick

he cries, jumping

another

attempts to replicate the trick, grasping at the empty air beside my ear and opening his hand to find it

he sighs

my head for any coins and shrug

all out of

flicks his

the little boy

"I’m Chris."

his leg

want a candy, Kota?" I ask,

cuz we’re friends

biting his

I ask, the little boy nodding

the candy and giggles as he unwraps it before popping

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

had enough to go to

you want to play hide and seek?" I

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

tuck himself under the slides and I

finished, I quietly tiptoe towards the slides where

I quickly pull down the front part of his overalls to find the gold medallion tucked

him in my arms and crawl out of the hiding spot

daughter as she climbs a rock wall

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

my son out of the playcenter

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

my breath as I tuck my pup into

on the seats and

the voices

"Father of the year."

Chaos," I snarl, jumping

my

voices snicker and jeer but ultimately begin to give me directions

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

I carry him into the shed where I find an

fast," the woman says in an all too familiar

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

mischievously upon seeing it and rises to her feet

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

then your

in my head begin to shriek in anger, their loud

the woman takes the medallion from my hand with a cruel smile

Juegos," the God within sneers,

thin but I hold my tongue to get this ordeal over

chuckles to himself, turning

have

out the blue stone from

do I do with

crush the stone and call to your wolf," the God

"That’s it."