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 out

on his toes, hopping from black tile to

the voices warn

behind, keeping just enough distance between us so that the woman does not notice

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

mine, I nonchalantly step into the play center, taking a seat next

offers a polite

nothing and I take the time to watch Dakota climb into

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

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

my pup’s general

mutters, turning back at her

my head as

The woman looks up

"What-"

fighting against me.She

all the adults preoccupied with their own children to notice the sleeping woman in my arms.I lay the woman down gently across

alone in the pit, running around in a circle and watching the

my pup looks up at me and smiles

at him, the

he chirps, tossing some balls in

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

my knees to be at his eye level and smile, "Well, do you want to see a

the ball pit.I slip

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

Again!" he cries, jumping up and

smile, pulling another coin

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

sighs in

my head for any coins and shrug

think I’m all out

grins and flicks his

ask, the little boy

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his

I ask, waving a lollipop in his

know, cuz we’re

me, biting his

right?" I ask, the little boy nodding

reaches for the candy and giggles as he unwraps

untainted candy and eat with him to

positive he’s had enough to go to sleep,

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

pretend to

I watch him tuck himself under the slides

where I find Dakota curled

he sleeps and I quickly pull down the front part

to have everything I need, I gently cradle him in my arms and crawl out of the hiding spot

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

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

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

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

hiss under my breath as I tuck my

on the seats and buckle him in as

the

"Father of the year."

and get me to Chaos," I snarl,

want my wolf

begin to give me

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 appears to be an old abandoned shed

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

fast," the woman says in an all

you would succeed." I hold back the snarl in my throat and

it and rises to her feet to

as she’s about to reach it, I pull it away

first, then your little necklace,"

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

the woman takes the medallion from my hand with a

Master of Juegos," the God within sneers, the voices

I

then," Chaos chuckles to

you have your

pulling out the

do I

the stone and

"That’s it."