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

tile to black

wolf," the voices warn as

between us so that the woman does not notice my

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

now is my chance to take what’s mine, I nonchalantly step into

uncomfortably in her chair but offers a polite smile in my

seconds, she says nothing and I take the time to

are standing by to interrupt me

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

in my

one," she mutters, turning

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

looks

"What-"

her head into it, her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to fight for only a few seconds before the potion begins to take

with their own children to notice the sleeping woman in my arms.I

in a circle and watching the balls

at me and smiles

I wave at him, the little boy waving

he chirps, tossing some balls

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

some of the balls sheepishly.I crouch down on my knees to be at his eye level and smile, "Well,

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

the coin in amazement, giggling innocently at the

Again!" he cries, jumping up and

another

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

he sighs in

head for any coins and shrug at

I’m all

and flicks his

what’s your name?" I ask, the little boy jumping

"I’m Chris."

his

Kota?" I ask, waving a lollipop in his

cuz we’re friends

biting his lips and

friends share, right?" I ask, the little

giggles as he unwraps it before popping it in his

and eat with him to make him feel comfortable and he smiles

to go

play hide and seek?" I

to shield my eyes as he

him tuck himself under the slides and

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

front part of his

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

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

to nap," he remarks,

voices chuckle as I take my son out of

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

I

flat on the seats and

the

"Father of the year."

up and get me to Chaos,"

my

ultimately begin to give me directions to Olompali State

a close eye on the sleeping pup through the rear view

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

fast," the woman says in

I didn’t think you would succeed." I hold back the snarl in my throat and pull the medallion over Dakota’s head

seeing it and rises to her feet to get

about to reach it, I pull it away and growl at

wolf first, then your little necklace,"

begin to shriek in anger, their loud

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

of Juegos," the

I hold

chuckles to himself, turning on his

have

the

do I do

release your wolf, crush the stone and call to

"That’s it."