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

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

voices warn as I follow

us so that the

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

nonchalantly step into the play center, taking a

shifts uncomfortably in her chair but offers a polite smile in

the time to watch Dakota climb into

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

to hear me over the laughs and giggles of some children going down

in my

turning

my head as

The woman looks up at

"What-"

body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to fight

the sleeping woman in my arms.I lay the woman

is alone in the pit, running around in

looks up at me and

at him, the little boy

he chirps, tossing

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

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

he nods his head cheerfully, trotting over to the edge of the ball pit.I slip my hand into my pocket and hide a coin between my fingers before pretending to pull the coin

at the coin in amazement, giggling innocently at the trick and inspecting the coin

Again!" he cries, jumping up and

smile, pulling another coin from his

grasping at the empty air beside my ear and opening his hand to find

sighs

to shake my head for any

all out

grins and flicks

I ask, the little boy jumping to

"I’m Chris."

swinging his leg

want a candy, Kota?" I

we’re friends

at me, biting his

share, right?" I ask, the little boy

and giggles as he unwraps it before popping it in

second untainted candy and eat with him

I’m positive he’s had enough to go to sleep, I

play hide and seek?" I

to shield my eyes as

the

where I find Dakota curled up in a deep

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

cradle him in my arms and crawl

man helping his daughter as she climbs a rock wall

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

chuckle as I take my

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

my breath as I tuck my pup

flat on the seats and

the voices

"Father of the year."

me to Chaos," I snarl, jumping

want my

jeer but ultimately begin

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

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

says in an

I hold back the snarl in my

and rises

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

first, then your little necklace," I

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

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

with the Master of Juegos," the God

feel my patience wearing thin but I hold my tongue to get this

to

you have

I mutter, pulling out the

I do with

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

"That’s it."