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.

on Kota," the woman smiles as they step out

little boy bounces on his toes, hopping from black tile to black tile while the woman

wolf," the voices warn as

stay close behind, keeping just enough distance between us so

into a play center, my son scurrying off to climb the

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

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

and I take the time

witnesses are standing

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

my pup’s

turning back at

my head as I reach into

woman looks

"What-"

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

look around the sitting area once more, relieved to see all the adults preoccupied with their own children to 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

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

my pup looks up at me and smiles a big toothy

I wave at him, the little boy

chirps, tossing some balls

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

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

pit.I slip my hand into my pocket and hide a coin between

amazement, giggling innocently at the trick and inspecting the coin for

Again!" he cries,

smile, pulling another coin from

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

he sighs in

shake my head for any coins and shrug

I’m all out of

grins and flicks his

name?" I ask, the

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his leg

I ask, waving a lollipop in his

cuz we’re

biting his lips

friends share, right?" I ask,

as he unwraps it before popping it in his

candy and eat with

enough to go to

and

I count." I pretend to

under the slides and I proceed to count aloud to

quietly tiptoe towards the slides where I find Dakota curled

down the front part of his overalls

in my arms and

as she climbs a rock wall chuckles as he watches me adjust Kota

find the funniest places to nap," he

I take my son out of the playcenter and walk

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

as I tuck my pup into the

so I lay him flat on the seats and buckle

the voices

"Father of the year."

me to Chaos,"

want my wolf

begin to give me

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

find an elderly woman sitting cross-legged in the

work fast," the woman says in an all too familiar

back the snarl in my throat

mischievously upon seeing it and rises to her feet to get

reach it, I

wolf first, then your little

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

the medallion

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

wearing thin but I hold my tongue to get

to himself,

have your

mutter, pulling out the

I

release your wolf, crush the stone and call to

"That’s it."