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.

woman smiles as they

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

wolf," the voices warn as

us so that

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

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

offers a polite smile in

take the time

no witnesses are standing by to interrupt me before striking up a conversation with

for her to hear me

points in my pup’s

one," she mutters, turning back at

in my head as I reach into my pocket for the

looks

"What-"

fighting against me.She manages to fight for only a few seconds before

the adults preoccupied with their own children to notice the sleeping woman in my arms.I lay the

pit, running around in a circle and watching the balls

looks up at me and

wave at him,

mister," he chirps, tossing some balls in

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

sheepishly.I crouch down on my knees to be

he nods his head cheerfully, trotting over to the edge of the ball pit.I slip

amazement, giggling innocently at the trick and

he cries, jumping

another coin from his

air beside my ear and opening his

sighs

to shake my head for

all

grins and flicks his

the little boy jumping

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his leg back

Kota?" I ask, waving a lollipop in

cuz we’re friends now,

biting his lips

ask, the little

as he unwraps it before popping it in his

pull out a second untainted candy and eat with him to make him feel

he’s had enough to go to sleep, I suggest

and seek?" I ask, Kota

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

watch him tuck himself under the slides

the slides where I

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

him in my arms

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

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

chuckle as I take my son out of

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

I tuck my pup into

no car seat so I lay him flat on

the

"Father of the year."

and get me to Chaos," I snarl, jumping into

want my wolf

ultimately begin

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

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

says

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

upon seeing it and rises to her feet to

about to reach it, I pull it away and growl

your little necklace," I

in my head begin to shriek in

vulnerability, the woman takes the medallion

of Juegos," the God within

patience wearing thin but I

to himself,

you have

out the blue stone from my

do I do

stone and call to your

"That’s it."