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.

smiles as they step out of the

toes, hopping from black tile to black

voices warn as I follow

stay close behind, keeping just enough distance between us so that the woman does not notice my presence or my

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

take what’s mine, I nonchalantly step into the play center, taking a seat

offers a polite

several seconds, she says nothing and I take the time to watch Dakota climb into

make sure no witnesses are standing by to

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

in my pup’s

turning back at

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

looks up at mein

"What-"

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

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 ball

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

at me and smiles

I wave at him, the

he chirps, tossing

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

sheepishly.I crouch down on my knees to be at his

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 at the trick and inspecting

cries, jumping up and

smile, pulling another coin

the trick, grasping at the empty air beside my ear and opening his

he sighs

to shake my head for any coins and shrug at

I’m all out of

grins and flicks

name?" I ask, the little

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his leg

I ask, waving a lollipop in his

cuz we’re friends

at me, biting

I ask,

the candy and giggles as he unwraps it before

out a second untainted candy and eat with him to

I’m positive he’s had enough to go to

and

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

watch him tuck himself under the slides

towards the slides where I find Dakota curled

down the front part of his overalls to find the gold

him in my arms and crawl out

wall chuckles as he watches

places to nap," he remarks, and I

voices chuckle as I take my son out of the

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

hiss under my breath as I

on the seats and buckle him in

endangerment," the

"Father of the year."

me to Chaos," I snarl, jumping into the driver’s

want my

and jeer but ultimately begin to give me directions to Olompali

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

find an elderly woman sitting

woman says in an all too familiar

think you would succeed." I hold back the snarl in my throat and pull the medallion over

seeing it and rises to her feet

reach it, I

then your

shriek in anger, their

takes the medallion from my hand with a cruel

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

my patience wearing thin but I hold my tongue to get

chuckles to himself,

you have

mutter, pulling out the blue stone from

do I do with

crush the stone and call to

"That’s it."