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

from black tile to black tile while the woman hurries after

the voices warn as

between us so that the woman does not notice my

climb the tubes and slides while the woman takes a seat in an

mine, I nonchalantly step into

in her chair but offers a polite smile in my

seconds, she says nothing and I take the time to watch Dakota climb

witnesses are standing by to interrupt me before

for her to hear me

my pup’s

she mutters, turning back

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

looks up at mein

"What-"

and press her head into it, her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to fight for only a few seconds

own children to notice the sleeping woman in my arms.I lay the woman down gently across the seats and cover her up

little boy is alone in the pit, running around in a circle and

my pup looks up at me and smiles a

I wave at him, the little

chirps, tossing some

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

my knees to be at his

edge of the ball pit.I slip my hand into my pocket and hide a coin between my fingers before pretending to pull

giggling innocently at the trick

cries,

pulling another

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

he sighs

pretend to shake my head for any

I’m all

and flicks his

the little boy jumping to introduce

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his leg

Kota?" I ask, waving a lollipop

know, cuz we’re

me, biting his lips

friends share, right?" I ask,

as he unwraps it before popping it in his

out a second untainted candy and eat with him to make him feel comfortable and he smiles happily to see

positive he’s had enough to

you want to play hide and

I count." I pretend to shield

under the slides and I

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

down the front part of his overalls to find the gold medallion tucked within

I gently cradle him in my arms

a rock wall chuckles as he watches me

funniest places to nap," he

sick bastard," the voices chuckle as I take my son out of the playcenter

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

my breath as I

I lay him flat on the seats

the voices

"Father of the year."

Chaos," I snarl,

my

snicker and jeer but ultimately begin to give me directions to

road is bumpy and uneven as I make it to the park so I keep a close eye on the sleeping pup through the rear

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

says in an all too familiar

would succeed." I hold back the snarl in my throat and pull the medallion

seeing it and rises to her feet to

to reach it, I pull it away and growl

your

to shriek

the woman takes the medallion from

the Master of Juegos," the God within sneers, the voices

patience wearing thin but I hold my tongue to

then," Chaos chuckles to himself, turning

you have

mutter, pulling out the blue stone

do I

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

"That’s it."