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.

the woman smiles as they step out of

hopping from black tile to black tile while

a wolf," the voices warn as I

so that the woman does not notice my

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

mine, I nonchalantly step into the play center, taking a seat next

polite smile in my direction before

the time to watch Dakota climb

around the sitting area, I make sure no witnesses are standing by to interrupt me before striking up a conversation with

ask, leaning in close for her to hear me over the laughs and giggles of some children going

in my

turning back at

snickering in my head as I reach into my pocket

too." The woman looks

"What-"

and press her head into it, her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to fight for only a few seconds before

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

alone in the pit, running around in a circle and watching the balls roll off his tiny

looks up at me

him, the little boy waving

tossing some balls in the

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

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

excitement and he nods his head cheerfully, trotting over to the edge of the ball pit.I slip my hand into my pocket

coin in amazement, giggling innocently

he cries, jumping

smile, pulling another coin from

to replicate the trick, grasping at the empty air beside my

he sighs in

to shake my head for any

I’m all out of

flicks his

what’s your name?" I ask, the little

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his

a candy, Kota?" I ask,

cuz we’re friends

me, biting his lips

I ask, the little boy

the candy and giggles as he unwraps it before popping it in

eat with him to make

positive he’s had enough to

to play hide and

to shield my

watch him tuck himself under the slides and

quietly tiptoe towards the slides where

sleeps and I quickly pull down the front part of

I need, I gently cradle him in my arms and

wall chuckles as

nap," he remarks, and

I take my son out of the playcenter

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

under my breath as I tuck my pup

so I lay him flat on the

endangerment," the voices

"Father of the year."

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

my

jeer 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

into the shed where I find an elderly

work fast," the woman says in

I hold back the snarl in my throat and pull the medallion

mischievously upon seeing it and rises to her

as she’s about to reach it, I

wolf first, then your

to shriek in anger, their

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

Juegos," the

feel my patience wearing thin but I hold my tongue

then," Chaos chuckles to himself, turning on his

have

mutter, pulling out the blue

I do with

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

"That’s it."