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.

on Kota," the woman smiles as they step

black tile to black tile while the woman hurries after

a wolf," the voices warn as

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

scurrying off to climb the tubes and slides while the woman takes

to take what’s mine, I nonchalantly step

shifts uncomfortably in her chair but offers a polite smile in my direction before turning back

take the time to watch Dakota climb into

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

in close for her to hear me over the laughs and giggles of some

my pup’s general

mutters, turning back at

head as I

The woman looks

"What-"

her nose and press her head into it, her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to fight

in my arms.I lay the woman

the pit, running around in a circle

looks up at me and smiles a big toothy

I wave at him,

he chirps, tossing

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

shrugs, kicking some of the balls sheepishly.I crouch down on my knees to be at

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

the coin in amazement, giggling innocently at the trick

cries, jumping up

another coin from his

empty air beside my

he sighs

for

I’m all

and flicks

name?" I ask, the

"I’m Chris."

his leg back and

candy, Kota?" I ask, waving

we’re friends

me, biting his lips and

share, right?" I ask, the little boy

and giggles as he unwraps it before

out a second untainted candy and eat with him to make him feel comfortable and he smiles happily to see

positive he’s had enough to go to

to play hide and seek?"

I count." I pretend to

himself under the slides and I proceed to count

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

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

to have everything I need, I gently cradle him in

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

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

the voices chuckle as I take my son out of

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

my breath as I tuck my pup into

no car seat so I lay him flat on the seats and buckle him in as best

endangerment," the voices

"Father of the year."

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

want my wolf

and jeer but ultimately begin to give me directions to

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

find an elderly woman sitting

fast," the woman says in an all

snarl in

mischievously upon seeing it and rises to her feet to

I pull it away

first, then your

head begin to shriek in anger, their

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

Master of Juegos," the

patience wearing thin but I hold my

then," Chaos chuckles to himself, turning on his

have your

out the blue stone

I

crush the stone and call to your

"That’s it."