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

hopping from black tile to black tile while the woman hurries after him

a wolf," the voices warn as

distance between us so that the woman does not

woman and my pup walk into a play center, my son scurrying off to climb the tubes

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

uncomfortably in her chair but offers a polite smile

the time to watch Dakota climb into

standing by to interrupt me before striking up a conversation with the

to hear me over the laughs and giggles of some children

my

one," she mutters, turning back

snickering in my head as I reach

looks up at

"What-"

cloth over her nose and 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 take effect and her thrashing

with their own children to notice the sleeping woman in my arms.I lay the woman down gently across the seats and cover her

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

looks up at me and

at him,

tossing some balls in

"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

widen with excitement and he nods his head cheerfully, trotting over to the edge of the ball pit.I slip my hand into my pocket and hide a coin between my

giggling innocently at

Again!" he cries, jumping

pulling another coin from his

the trick, grasping at the empty air

he sighs

head for any coins and shrug at

all out

flicks

the little boy jumping to

"I’m Chris."

says, swinging his leg back

I ask,

know, cuz we’re

me, biting his lips and

I ask, the little

giggles as he unwraps

sigh.I pull out a second untainted candy and eat with him to make him feel comfortable and he smiles happily to see we

to go to sleep, I

want to play hide and seek?" I ask,

I pretend to shield my eyes as he runs off

himself under the slides and I proceed to count aloud to

the slides where I find

looks so peaceful as he sleeps and I quickly pull down the front part of his overalls to find the gold medallion tucked within his

I gently cradle him in my arms

climbs a rock wall chuckles as

find the funniest places to nap," he remarks, and I laugh

voices chuckle as I take my son out of

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

breath as I tuck my pup into

car seat so I lay him flat on the seats and buckle him in

the voices

"Father of the year."

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

want my wolf

begin to give me directions

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 nowhere

son, I carry him into the shed where I find an elderly woman sitting cross-legged in the middle

woman says

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

it and rises to

as she’s about to reach it, I pull it away

first, then your little

begin to shriek

of my vulnerability, the woman takes the medallion from my hand with

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

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

chuckles to himself,

have your

I mutter, pulling out the blue stone from

I

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

"That’s it."