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.

Kota," the woman smiles as they

tile to black tile while the

voices warn as I follow

distance between us so that

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

nonchalantly step into the play center, taking

chair but offers a polite smile in my direction before turning back to

she says nothing and I take the time

witnesses are standing by to

one is yours?" I ask, leaning in close for her to hear me over the laughs and giggles of

points in my pup’s general

mutters, turning back

my head as I reach into

The woman looks up

"What-"

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

woman in my arms.I lay

in the pit, running around in a circle and watching the balls roll

my pup looks up at

I wave at him, the little

mister," he chirps, tossing some balls in the

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

shrugs, kicking some of the balls sheepishly.I crouch down on my knees to be at his eye level

the edge of the ball pit.I slip my hand into my pocket and

the coin in amazement, giggling innocently at the trick

Again!" he cries, jumping up

smile, pulling another coin from his

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

sighs in

head for any coins

all

flicks his

your name?" I ask, the

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his leg

you want a candy, Kota?" I ask, waving a lollipop in

cuz we’re friends

me, biting his lips and

share, right?" I ask, the little

and giggles as he unwraps

out a second untainted candy and eat with

positive he’s had enough to go

play hide and seek?"

hide and I count." I pretend to shield my eyes as

tuck himself under the

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

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

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

rock wall chuckles as he

nap," he remarks, and I laugh with

take my son out of the playcenter and walk

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

my breath as I

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

the

"Father of the year."

me to Chaos," I snarl, jumping into

my wolf

snicker and jeer but ultimately begin to give me directions to

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 nowhere and park

shed where I find an elderly woman

the woman says in an all too

hold back the snarl in my throat and

it and rises to her feet to get a closer

I pull

first, then your little necklace,"

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

the woman takes the medallion from my hand

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

thin but I hold my tongue to get this

then," Chaos chuckles to himself,

you have

pulling out the

do I do with

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

"That’s it."