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 the

hopping from black tile to

warn as I follow in

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

son scurrying off to climb the

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

chair but offers a polite smile

she says nothing and I take the time to watch Dakota climb into a ball

standing

is yours?" I ask, leaning in close for her to hear me over the laughs and giggles of some

points in my pup’s

turning

as

The woman looks up at

"What-"

against me.She manages to fight for only a few seconds before the

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 carefully walking towards the ball

boy is alone in the pit, running around in a

looks up at me and smiles a

wave at him, the

chirps, tossing some

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

knees to be at his eye level and smile, "Well,

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

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

Again!" he cries,

pulling another coin from

to replicate the trick, grasping at the empty air beside my ear and opening his hand to find it

he sighs

for any coins and shrug

all

flicks his ears

the

"I’m Chris."

says, swinging his leg

a candy, Kota?" I ask, waving a

we’re friends

blinks at me, biting his

share, right?" I ask, the little boy

candy and giggles as he unwraps it before

I sigh.I pull out a second untainted candy and eat with him to make him feel comfortable and

positive he’s had enough to go to sleep, I

play hide and seek?"

to shield my eyes as he runs

my fingers, I watch him tuck himself under the slides and I proceed to count

I quietly tiptoe towards the slides where I find Dakota curled

so peaceful as he sleeps and I quickly pull down the front part of his overalls to find the gold medallion tucked

need, I gently cradle him in my arms and

as she climbs a rock wall chuckles as he watches me

places to nap," he

voices chuckle as I take my

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

under my breath as I tuck

so I lay him flat on the seats and buckle

the voices

"Father of the year."

get me to Chaos,"

my

begin

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 the car

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

says in an all too familiar

back the snarl in

seeing it and rises to her feet to

she’s about to reach it, I

then your

shriek

medallion from my

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

thin but I hold my tongue to

Chaos chuckles to

you have your

mutter, pulling out the

do I do with

crush the stone and call to your

"That’s it."