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 they step

to black tile while the

wolf," the voices warn as I follow

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

my son scurrying off to climb the

nonchalantly step into the

chair but offers a polite smile in my direction before

I take the time to watch Dakota climb into a ball

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

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

in my

she mutters, turning back at

I hum, the voices snickering in my head as I reach into my pocket for the sleeping

looks up at

"What-"

by 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

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

around in a circle and watching the balls roll off his

presence, my pup looks up at

I wave at him,

chirps, tossing some balls in the

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

down on my knees to be at his

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

in amazement, giggling innocently at

Again!" he cries,

I smile, pulling another coin from

at the empty air beside my

sighs

my head for any coins

think I’m all

flicks his

the little boy

"I’m Chris."

swinging his leg back

I ask, waving

we’re

blinks at me, biting his lips

right?" I ask, the little boy nodding

as he unwraps

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

had enough to

to play hide and seek?" I ask, Kota nodding in

and I count." I pretend to

watch him tuck himself under the slides and I proceed to count

slides where I find

I quickly pull down the front

in my

wall chuckles as he watches me

to nap," he remarks, and I

take my son out of the playcenter and walk

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

I tuck my pup into the

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

the

"Father of the year."

to Chaos," I

my

but ultimately begin to give me directions to Olompali State

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 and park the car under

him into the shed where I find an elderly woman sitting

work fast," the woman says in an all too

succeed." I hold back the snarl in my

it and rises to her feet

about to reach it, I pull it

your little necklace,"

head begin to shriek in anger, their

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

play games with the Master of Juegos," the

but I hold my tongue to get this ordeal

Chaos chuckles to himself, turning

have your

out the blue stone

do I

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

"That’s it."