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.

the woman smiles as they step

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

the voices warn

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

the tubes and

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

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

she says nothing and I take the time to watch

standing by to interrupt me before striking

I ask, leaning in close for her to hear me over the laughs

points in my pup’s

she mutters, turning back

as I reach into my pocket for

The woman looks

"What-"

her nose and press her head into it, her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages

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

running around in a circle and watching the balls roll off

my pup looks up at me and smiles a big

wave at him,

he chirps, tossing some balls in

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

the balls sheepishly.I crouch down on my knees to be

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

innocently at the trick and inspecting the coin

cries, jumping up

pulling another coin from

grasping at the empty air beside my ear and opening his

he sighs

pretend to shake my head for any coins and shrug at

I’m all

and flicks

what’s your name?" I ask, the little boy jumping to introduce

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his

candy, Kota?" I

cuz we’re friends

biting his lips and

ask, the

giggles as he unwraps

out a second untainted candy and eat with him to make

I’m positive he’s had enough to go to

and

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

tuck himself under the slides and I proceed to count aloud to

towards the slides where I find Dakota curled up in a deep

the front part of his overalls

gently cradle him in my arms and crawl out of the

climbs a rock wall chuckles as he

the funniest places to nap," he remarks,

take my son out of

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

my breath as I tuck

on the seats and buckle

endangerment," the voices

"Father of the year."

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

want my

and jeer but ultimately begin to

the sleeping pup through the rear view mirror.I drive

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

work fast," the woman says in an all too

in my throat and pull the

rises to

she’s about to reach it, I pull it away and growl

first, then your little necklace,"

my head begin to shriek in anger, their

the medallion from my hand with a cruel smile on

Juegos,"

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

to

have your

I mutter, pulling out the blue

do I do with

your wolf, crush the stone and call

"That’s it."