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.

as they step out of the

his toes, hopping from black tile to black tile while the woman

the voices warn as I

enough distance between us so that the woman does not notice my presence or

scurrying off to climb the tubes and slides while the woman takes a seat in an empty sitting area

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

polite smile in my direction

and I take the time to watch Dakota climb into a

sure no witnesses are standing by to interrupt me

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

in my

mutters, turning back

my head as I reach into my pocket

The woman looks up at mein

"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 effect and her

own children to notice the sleeping woman in

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

presence, my pup looks up at me and

wave at him, the

mister," he chirps, tossing some

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

to be at his

eyes widen with excitement and he nods his head cheerfully, trotting over to the edge of the ball pit.I slip my

the coin in amazement, giggling innocently at

he cries, jumping up

smile, pulling another

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

he sighs

head for any coins

think I’m all

and flicks his ears

name?" I ask, the

"I’m Chris."

says, swinging his leg back

Kota?" I

we’re friends now,

me, biting

right?" I ask,

reaches for the candy and giggles as he unwraps it before popping it in

with him to make him feel comfortable and he smiles

enough to go

hide and

I count." I pretend to shield

fingers, I watch him tuck himself under the slides and I proceed to

slides where I find Dakota curled up in a deep

and I quickly pull down the front

in my arms and crawl

wall chuckles as he watches

nap," he remarks, and I

the voices chuckle as I take my son out of the playcenter and walk out of the

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

as I tuck my pup into the

flat on the seats and buckle him in as

the

"Father of the year."

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

my

snicker and jeer but ultimately begin to give me directions

eye on the sleeping pup through the rear view mirror.I drive up

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

the woman says in an

I hold back the snarl in my throat and pull

smiles mischievously upon seeing it and rises to her feet to get a closer

it, I pull it

then your little

shriek in

the woman takes the medallion from my hand with a cruel

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

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

chuckles to

have

the blue stone

do I do

crush the stone and

"That’s it."