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.

woman smiles as they step out of the

to black tile while the woman hurries

voices warn as I follow

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

son scurrying off to climb the tubes and slides while the woman

nonchalantly step into the play center, taking a seat next to the

uncomfortably in her chair but offers a polite smile

I take the time to watch Dakota climb into a

no witnesses are standing by to interrupt me before striking up a conversation with the

I ask, leaning in close for her to hear me over the laughs

points in my

she mutters, turning back at her

the voices snickering in my head as I reach into my pocket for the sleeping

woman looks

"What-"

surprise, I place the cloth over her nose and press her head into it, her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to fight

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 carefully walking towards the

around in a circle and watching the balls roll off his tiny

my presence, my pup looks up at me

him,

chirps, tossing some balls in the

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

the balls sheepishly.I crouch down on my knees to be at his eye level and smile, "Well, do you want to see a

head cheerfully, trotting over to the edge of the ball pit.I slip my hand into my

innocently at the trick

cries, jumping up and

pulling another coin

at the empty air beside my ear and opening his

sighs

head for any coins and

all

and flicks his ears

name?" I ask, the

"I’m Chris."

his leg back

I ask, waving a

cuz we’re friends now,

me, biting his lips and

right?" I ask, the little boy nodding

he unwraps

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

to go to sleep,

to play hide and

to

under the slides and I

I quietly tiptoe towards the slides where I find Dakota curled up in a

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

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

man helping his daughter as she climbs a rock wall chuckles as

to nap," he

take my son out of the playcenter and

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

under my breath as I tuck my pup into

lay him flat on the seats and buckle him in as best

endangerment," the voices

"Father of the year."

me to Chaos," I snarl, jumping into

my wolf

begin to give me directions to Olompali State

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 an old abandoned shed in the middle of

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

work fast," the woman says

the snarl in my throat and pull the medallion over Dakota’s head to show the

seeing it and rises to her feet to get a

I pull it

your little necklace,"

shriek in anger, their loud shouts

takes the medallion from my hand with

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

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

chuckles to himself, turning on

you have your

pulling out the

I do with

release your wolf, crush the stone and

"That’s it."