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.

as they step out of the

to black tile while the woman hurries after him

warn as I follow in

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

off to climb the tubes and slides while the woman takes a

mine, I nonchalantly step into the play center,

in her chair but offers a polite smile in my direction before

several seconds, she says nothing and I take the time to watch

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

close for her to hear me over the laughs

points in my

mutters, turning back

voices snickering in my head as I reach into my pocket

looks

"What-"

I place the cloth over her nose and press her head into it, her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to

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

pit, running around in a

looks up at me and smiles a big

at him, the little boy waving

tossing some

"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 see a

and he nods his head cheerfully, 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

giggling innocently at the

Again!" he cries,

smile, pulling another coin

the empty air beside my ear and opening his hand to

he sighs

to shake my head for any coins and shrug at

think I’m all out of

flicks his ears

name?" I ask, the little boy jumping to

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his leg back and

Kota?" I ask, waving a

we’re friends

at me, biting his lips and

I ask, the

reaches for the candy and giggles as he unwraps it before popping

out a second untainted candy and eat with him to make him feel comfortable and he smiles happily to

enough to go to sleep, I

you want to play hide and seek?" I ask, Kota

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

under the

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

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

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

his daughter as she climbs a rock wall chuckles as he

places to nap,"

bastard," the voices chuckle as I take my

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

as I

flat on the seats and buckle him in as best

the voices

"Father of the year."

and get me to Chaos," I snarl, jumping into the

my wolf

snicker and jeer but ultimately begin to give me directions to Olompali State

uneven as I make it to the park so I keep a close eye on the sleeping pup through the rear view mirror.I drive up to what

I find an elderly

woman says in

snarl in my throat and pull the medallion over

mischievously upon seeing it and rises to

she’s about to reach it, I pull

first, then your

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

of my vulnerability, the woman takes the medallion

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

thin but I hold my tongue to

then," Chaos chuckles to himself,

you have

pulling out the blue

I do

release your wolf, crush the stone and call to your wolf,"

"That’s it."