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

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

warn as

so that the woman does not notice my presence or

the woman and my pup walk into a play center, my son scurrying off to climb the tubes and slides while the woman takes a seat in an empty sitting area to read a

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

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

take the time to watch Dakota climb

I make sure no witnesses are standing by to interrupt me

to hear me over the laughs

my pup’s general

one," she mutters, turning back

voices snickering in my head as I reach into

The woman 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 to fight for only a few seconds before the

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 walking towards the ball

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

looks up at me and smiles a big

wave at him,

he chirps, tossing some

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

kicking some of the balls sheepishly.I crouch down on my knees to be at

eyes 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 fingers before

amazement, giggling innocently at the trick and inspecting

he cries, jumping up

another coin

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

he sighs in

shake my head for any

all

flicks his ears

I ask, the

"I’m Chris."

his leg

Kota?" I ask, waving a

cuz we’re friends now,

biting his lips and

share, right?" I ask, the little boy

and giggles as he unwraps it before popping it in

and eat with

had enough to go to

to play hide and seek?" I ask,

count." I pretend to shield my

under the slides and I proceed to count aloud

tiptoe towards the slides where I find Dakota

he sleeps and I quickly pull down the front part of

him in my arms and crawl out of the

man helping his daughter as she climbs a rock wall chuckles as he watches me

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

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

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

hiss under my breath as I tuck my

on the seats and buckle

the voices

"Father of the year."

up and get me to Chaos," I

want my wolf

voices snicker and jeer but ultimately begin to give me directions to Olompali State

close eye on the sleeping pup through the rear view mirror.I drive up to what appears to

shed where I find an elderly woman sitting cross-legged in the middle of

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

didn’t think you would succeed." I hold back the snarl in my throat and pull

and rises to

reach it, I pull it away and

then your

head begin to shriek in anger, their loud shouts

my vulnerability, the woman takes the medallion from my hand with a cruel smile on

games with the Master of Juegos,"

but I

to

have

the blue

I do with

the stone and call to your

"That’s it."