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 of

little boy bounces on his toes, hopping from black tile to black tile while the woman hurries after

the voices warn as

between us so that the woman does not notice my

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

nonchalantly step into the play center,

uncomfortably in her chair but offers a polite smile in my

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

sure no witnesses are standing by to interrupt

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

in my pup’s

she mutters, turning back at

I hum, the voices snickering in my head as I reach into my pocket

woman looks up at mein

"What-"

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

sitting area once more, relieved to see all the adults preoccupied with their own children to notice the sleeping woman in my arms.I lay the

around in a circle

my presence, my pup looks up at me and smiles a big

I wave at him, the little

chirps, tossing

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

on my knees to be at his eye

the ball pit.I slip my hand into my pocket and hide a coin between my fingers before pretending to pull the coin

giggling innocently at the trick

Again!" he cries, jumping up

I smile, pulling another coin

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

he sighs

shake my head for any

all out of

flicks his

what’s your name?" I ask, the little boy jumping to introduce

"I’m Chris."

his leg

I ask, waving a lollipop

we’re

at me, biting his

friends share, right?" I ask, the little boy nodding

candy and giggles as he unwraps it before

almost too easy, I sigh.I pull out a second untainted candy and eat with

enough to

hide and seek?"

pretend to shield

himself under the slides and I proceed to

finished, I quietly tiptoe towards the slides where

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

in my arms and

helping his daughter as she climbs a rock wall chuckles as he

funniest places to nap," he remarks, and I laugh with

bastard," the voices chuckle as I take my son out of the playcenter and

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

as I tuck

on the seats and buckle him in as

endangerment," the

"Father of the year."

get me to Chaos,"

want my

but ultimately begin

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 in the middle of nowhere and park the car under a

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

work fast," the woman says in an all

you would succeed." I hold back the snarl in my throat and pull the medallion over Dakota’s head to

mischievously upon seeing it and rises to her feet to get a

as she’s about to reach it, I

your little

begin to shriek in anger, their loud shouts

the medallion from my hand with a cruel

Master of Juegos," the God

I hold my tongue to get this ordeal over

chuckles to himself,

have

mutter, pulling out the blue stone

do I do

the stone and call to

"That’s it."