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.

Kota," the woman smiles as they step

bounces on his toes, hopping from black tile to

a wolf," the voices warn

stay close behind, keeping just enough distance between us so that

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

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

chair but offers a polite smile

and I take the time

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

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

in my

turning back at her

in my head as I reach

woman looks up at

"What-"

me.She manages to fight for

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

around in a circle and watching the balls roll off his tiny

presence, my pup looks up at me

at him, the

chirps, tossing some balls in

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

kicking some of the balls sheepishly.I crouch down on my knees to be at his eye level and smile, "Well, do you want to

with excitement and he nods his head cheerfully, trotting over to the edge of the ball pit.I slip my hand into my pocket and

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

Again!" he cries, jumping up and

another

trick, grasping at the empty air beside my ear

sighs in

shake my head for

all out

flicks his ears

I ask, the little boy jumping to

"I’m Chris."

swinging his leg

candy, Kota?" I ask, waving a lollipop in his

know, cuz we’re friends now,

at me, biting

right?" I ask, the little

and giggles as he unwraps it before popping it

and eat with him to make him feel comfortable and he smiles happily

had enough to go to sleep, I suggest a

hide and seek?" I ask,

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

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

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

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

him in my arms and crawl out of the

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

nap," he remarks, and I laugh

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

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

under my breath as I tuck

flat on the seats and

endangerment," the voices

"Father of the year."

to Chaos," I

want my

and jeer but ultimately begin

pup through the rear view mirror.I drive up to what appears to be an old abandoned shed in the middle of nowhere and

son, I carry him into the shed where I find an elderly woman sitting cross-legged in the middle of the

says in an all too familiar

the snarl in my throat and pull the medallion over Dakota’s head to show the old

seeing it and rises to her feet to get a

reach it, I pull it

first, then your little necklace," I

in my head begin to shriek

takes the medallion from my hand with

of Juegos," the God within

wearing thin but I hold my

chuckles to himself, turning on his

have

out the blue stone

I

and call to your wolf," the God

"That’s it."