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

tile to black tile while

warn

keeping just enough distance between us so that the woman does not notice my presence

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

step into

offers a polite smile in

she says nothing and I take the time to watch Dakota climb into

witnesses are standing by to interrupt me before striking up

to hear me over the laughs and giggles of some children going down

points in my

mutters, turning back at

as I reach into my pocket for the sleeping

The woman looks up at

"What-"

me.She manages to fight for only a few seconds

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

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

looks up at me and

wave at him, the little boy waving

he chirps, tossing some

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

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

the edge of the ball pit.I slip my hand into my pocket and hide a coin between my fingers

giggling innocently at

Again!" he cries, jumping up

I smile, pulling another

the empty air beside my ear and opening his hand to

sighs

for any coins and

all out of

and flicks his

the

"I’m Chris."

his leg back

candy, Kota?" I

we’re friends now,

biting

share, right?" I ask, the little

the candy and giggles as he unwraps it before

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

he’s had enough to

hide and seek?" I ask,

I pretend to shield my eyes as he runs off to

him tuck himself under the slides and I proceed to

where I find Dakota curled up in a deep

peaceful as he sleeps and I quickly pull down the front part of his overalls to find the gold medallion tucked within his

I gently cradle him in

daughter as she climbs a rock wall chuckles as he

funniest places to nap," he remarks, and I

as I take my son out of the playcenter and

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

as I

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

endangerment," the voices

"Father of the year."

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

my wolf

jeer but ultimately begin to give me directions

pup through the rear view mirror.I drive up to what appears to be an old abandoned shed in the middle of nowhere and

the shed where I find an elderly

work fast," the woman says in an all

back the snarl in my throat and pull

seeing it and rises

reach it, I pull it away

then your

my head begin to shriek in anger, their

of my vulnerability, the woman takes the medallion from my hand with a

Master of Juegos," the God within sneers,

can feel my patience wearing thin but I hold

Chaos chuckles to himself, turning

have your

I mutter, pulling out the blue

do I do with

wolf, crush the stone and

"That’s it."