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.

as they step out of the

his toes, hopping from black tile to black tile while the woman hurries after him to

the voices warn as I

distance between us so that the woman does not

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

I nonchalantly step into the play center, taking a seat

offers a polite

take the time to watch Dakota climb

standing by to interrupt me before striking up

close for her to hear me over the laughs

points in my pup’s

she mutters, turning back

head as I reach into my pocket for

The woman looks

"What-"

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

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

in a circle and watching the balls roll off

pup looks up at me and smiles a big

at him,

tossing

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

down on my knees to be at his eye level and

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

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

he cries,

another coin from

at the empty air beside my ear and opening

he sighs in

for any coins and shrug at

I’m all

grins and flicks

your name?" I ask, the little boy jumping

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his leg back and

I ask, waving

know, cuz we’re friends

me, biting his lips

friends share, right?" I ask, the

the candy and giggles as he unwraps it before popping it in

and eat with him to make him feel comfortable and he smiles happily to see

had enough to go to sleep, I

play hide and seek?" I ask, Kota nodding in

I count." I pretend to shield

tuck himself under the

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

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

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

rock wall chuckles as he watches me adjust Kota in

to nap," he remarks, and I laugh with

as I take my

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

as I tuck my pup

I lay him flat on the

endangerment," the

"Father of the year."

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

want my

and jeer but ultimately begin

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

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

says in an all too

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

rises to her

she’s about to reach it, I pull it away and growl at

wolf first, then your little

begin to shriek in anger, their

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

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

I

chuckles to himself, turning on

you have

out the blue stone from

do I do with

crush the stone and

"That’s it."