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

black tile to black tile while the woman hurries after him

warn as

just enough distance between us so that

my son scurrying off to climb the tubes and slides

step into the play center,

a polite smile in my direction before turning back to

she says nothing and I take the

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

in close for her to hear

in my pup’s

mutters, turning back at her

hum, the voices snickering in my head as

looks up

"What-"

into it, her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to fight for only a few

preoccupied 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

boy is alone in the pit, running around in a circle and watching the balls roll

looks up at

I wave at him, the little

mister," he chirps, tossing

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

balls sheepishly.I crouch down on my knees to be at

eyes 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 between my fingers before pretending to pull the

coin in amazement, giggling innocently at

Again!" he cries, jumping up and

pulling another coin from his

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

sighs in

shake my head for any coins

think I’m all

flicks his ears

ask, the

"I’m Chris."

swinging his leg back and

candy, Kota?" I ask, waving

we’re friends

at me, biting

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

giggles as he unwraps it before popping it in his

too easy, I sigh.I pull out a second untainted candy and eat with him to make him feel comfortable

positive he’s had enough to go

you want to play hide and seek?"

pretend to shield my eyes as he runs off

himself under the slides and I proceed to count

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

front part of his overalls to find

in my arms

daughter as she climbs a rock wall chuckles as he

the funniest places to nap," he remarks,

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

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

under my breath as I

seat so I lay him flat on the seats and buckle him in as best I

the voices

"Father of the year."

and get me to Chaos," I

want my

voices snicker and jeer but ultimately begin to give me directions to

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 in the middle of

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

work fast," the woman says in an all

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

it and rises to her feet to get a closer

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

your little necklace," I

shriek in

the medallion from my hand

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

patience wearing thin but I hold my

to himself, turning

you have

mutter, pulling out the blue stone

do I do with

the stone and call to your

"That’s it."