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

wolf," the voices warn as I follow in

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

climb the tubes and slides while the woman takes a

mine, I nonchalantly step into

her chair but offers a polite

the

sitting area, I make sure no witnesses are standing by to interrupt me before striking up

hear me over

in my pup’s

one," she mutters, turning back

snickering in my head as I reach into my

The woman looks up at

"What-"

her by surprise, I place the cloth over 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

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

pit, running around in a circle and watching the balls

pup looks up at me and smiles a big

at him, the

tossing some

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

to be at his eye level and smile, "Well, do you want to see a magic

ball pit.I slip my hand

in amazement, giggling innocently at the trick and

cries, jumping up and

pulling another

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

sighs in

to shake my head for any coins and shrug at

think I’m all out of

grins and flicks his ears

your name?" I ask, the

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his leg back

I

we’re friends now,

blinks at me, biting his lips

I ask, the little

he

a second untainted candy and eat with him to make him feel comfortable and he

positive he’s had enough to go to sleep,

play hide and seek?"

to shield my eyes as he

under the slides and I proceed to count aloud

slides where I find Dakota curled up in

I quickly pull down the front

I need, I gently cradle him in my arms and crawl out of the hiding spot with

wall

to nap," he remarks,

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

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

hiss under my breath as I tuck my pup

seat so I lay him flat on the seats and

endangerment," the

"Father of the year."

up and get me to Chaos," I snarl,

want my

but ultimately begin

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 an old abandoned shed in the middle of

carry him into the shed where I find

work fast," 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 medallion over Dakota’s

upon seeing it and rises

to reach it, I pull it away and growl

first, then your

to shriek in anger, their loud

woman takes the medallion from my hand

Juegos," the

but I

then," Chaos chuckles to himself,

you have

the blue stone

I do

and call

"That’s it."