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 out

his toes, hopping from black tile to

voices warn as I follow in

enough distance between us so that

the woman and my pup walk into a play center, my son scurrying off to climb the tubes and slides while the woman takes a seat in an empty sitting area to read a

I nonchalantly step into

her chair but offers a polite smile

I take the time to watch Dakota climb into a

are standing by to

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

points in my pup’s general

one," she mutters, turning back at her

the voices snickering in my head as

too." The woman looks

"What-"

her head into it, her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to fight for only a few seconds before the potion begins to take effect and

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

in a circle and watching

presence, my pup looks up at me and smiles

at him, the little boy

tossing

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

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

widen 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 hide a

coin in amazement, giggling innocently at the trick and

Again!" he cries, jumping

smile, pulling another coin from

air beside my ear and opening his hand

he sighs in

shake my head for any coins and shrug at

all out

grins and flicks his ears

what’s your name?" I ask, the

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his leg back and

I ask,

know, cuz we’re

blinks at me, biting

I ask, the little boy

and giggles as he

with him to make him feel

to go to

hide and seek?" I ask, Kota

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

the slides and I proceed to count aloud

slides where I find Dakota

down the front

everything I need, I gently cradle him in

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

the funniest places to nap," he remarks, and I

the voices chuckle as I take my son out of the

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

I tuck my pup into

so I lay him flat on the seats and buckle

the

"Father of the year."

Chaos," I snarl, jumping

my wolf

begin to give me directions

the park so 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

find

woman says in an all too

back the snarl in my throat and pull the

and rises to her feet to

to reach it, I pull it away and growl

wolf first, then your little necklace," I

begin to shriek in anger,

takes the medallion from my hand with a

of Juegos," the God within

feel my patience wearing thin but I hold

chuckles to himself, turning on his

have your

I mutter, pulling out the blue stone from

do I

the stone and call to your

"That’s it."