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

tile to black tile

voices warn as I follow in

so that the woman does not notice my

center, my son scurrying off to climb the tubes and slides while

what’s mine, I nonchalantly step

chair but offers a polite smile in my direction before turning

the time

I make sure no witnesses are standing by to

to hear me over the laughs

in my pup’s

she mutters, turning

snickering in my head as I reach into my pocket for the

too." The woman looks up at

"What-"

body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to fight for only a few seconds before the potion begins to take effect and her

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

in the pit, running around in

presence, my pup looks up at me and smiles a big toothy

wave at him, the little

mister," 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 at his eye level

slip my hand into

amazement, giggling innocently at

he cries, jumping

I smile, pulling another coin from

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

sighs

pretend to shake my head for any coins

I’m all out of

and flicks his ears

the little boy

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his leg

you want a candy, Kota?" I

cuz we’re friends now,

me, biting his lips

right?" I ask, the little boy nodding

he unwraps it

was 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

he’s had enough to go

hide and seek?" I ask, Kota nodding

pretend to shield my eyes as he runs

watch him tuck himself under the

I quietly tiptoe towards the slides where I find

quickly pull down the front part of his

him in my arms and crawl out of the

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

the funniest places to nap," he remarks,

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

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

hiss under my breath as I tuck my pup

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

endangerment," the

"Father of the year."

get me to Chaos,"

my wolf

begin to give me directions to Olompali State

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

my son, I carry him into the shed where I find

work fast," the woman says in an all too

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

seeing it and rises to her feet to

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

your

in my head begin to shriek in anger, their loud shouts

woman takes the medallion from my

play games with the Master of Juegos," the God within sneers, the

wearing thin but I hold my tongue to get

Chaos chuckles to

have

pulling out the blue stone from my

do I do

the stone and call to your

"That’s it."