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

tile to black

warn as I

us so that the woman does not notice my presence or my

my son scurrying off to climb the tubes and slides while the woman takes a seat in an empty sitting

chance to take what’s mine, I nonchalantly step into the play center, taking a seat next to the

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

and I take the time to

the sitting area, I make sure no witnesses are standing

her to hear me over the laughs

my pup’s

turning

my head as I reach into my pocket

looks

"What-"

her 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 few seconds before

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

pit, running around in a circle and

pup looks up at me and

at him, the

chirps, tossing some balls in the

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

crouch down on my knees to be at his eye level and smile,

over to the edge of the ball pit.I slip my hand into my pocket and

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

cries, jumping up and

smile, pulling another coin

to replicate the trick, grasping at the empty air beside my

he sighs

to shake my head for any coins and

all out

and flicks his ears

I ask, the little boy jumping to

"I’m Chris."

his leg back

I ask, waving a lollipop in

know, cuz we’re

blinks at me, biting his

right?" I ask,

he unwraps it

a second untainted candy and eat with him

had enough to go to

play hide and seek?"

pretend to shield

watch him tuck himself under the

finished, I quietly tiptoe towards the slides where I find Dakota curled up in a

down the front part of his overalls

everything I need, I gently cradle him in my arms and crawl

rock wall chuckles as

nap," he remarks, and I laugh

the voices chuckle as I take my son out

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

as I

so I lay him flat on the

the voices

"Father of the year."

Chaos," I snarl, jumping

my wolf

ultimately begin to give me

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

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

woman says in

you would succeed." I hold back the snarl in my throat and pull the medallion over Dakota’s head to show the old

it and rises to her feet to get a closer

I pull it

then your little necklace,"

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

the medallion from my hand with a cruel smile on

Juegos," the God

thin but I hold my tongue to get this

to himself, turning on his

have your

out the blue stone from my

do I

the stone and

"That’s it."