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 step out of

from black tile to black tile

a wolf," the voices warn as I

close behind, keeping just enough distance between us so that the woman does not notice my presence or

walk into a play center, my son scurrying off to climb the tubes and slides while

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

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

the time to

sitting area, I make sure no witnesses are standing by to interrupt me before striking

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

my pup’s

turning back at

in my head as I reach into

The woman looks up

"What-"

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

in a

my presence, my pup looks up at me and

at him, the little

chirps, tossing some balls in

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

be at his

the edge of the ball pit.I slip my hand into my pocket and hide a

in amazement, giggling innocently at the trick and inspecting the coin

cries,

another

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

sighs in

shake my head for any coins and shrug at

think I’m all

grins and flicks his

ask, the little boy

"I’m Chris."

swinging his

I ask, waving a

we’re friends now,

blinks at me, biting

ask, the little boy

he unwraps it before

candy and eat with him to make him feel comfortable and

had enough to go to sleep, I suggest

and seek?" I ask,

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

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

I quietly tiptoe towards the slides where I find

front part of his overalls

I need, I gently cradle him in my arms and crawl out of the

his daughter as she climbs a rock wall chuckles as he watches me adjust Kota in my

find the funniest places to nap," he

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

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

my breath as I tuck my pup into

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

endangerment," the

"Father of the year."

to Chaos," I snarl, jumping into the

my

begin to give me directions to

park so I keep a close eye on the sleeping pup through the rear view mirror.I drive up to

son, I carry him into the shed where I find

fast," the woman says in

I hold back the snarl in my

upon seeing it and rises to her feet to

to reach it, I pull

then your little necklace,"

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

woman takes the medallion

Master of Juegos," the God within

wearing thin but I hold my tongue to get this ordeal over

Chaos chuckles to

you have

pulling out the blue stone from

do I do

and call to your wolf,"

"That’s it."