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

boy bounces on his toes, hopping from black tile to black

the voices warn as

close behind, keeping just enough distance between us so that

center, my son scurrying off to climb the tubes and slides while

I nonchalantly step into the play center, taking

but offers a polite smile in my direction before

and I take the

are standing by to interrupt me before striking up a conversation

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

in my pup’s

mutters, turning back at her

as I reach into

The woman looks up at mein

"What-"

over her nose and press her head into it, her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to fight for only a few seconds before the potion begins to take effect

own children to notice the sleeping woman in my

pit, running around in a circle and watching

looks up at me and smiles a big toothy

wave at him,

tossing some balls in

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

my knees to be at his eye level and smile, "Well,

slip my hand into my pocket and hide a coin between my fingers

innocently at the trick and inspecting the coin for

Again!" he cries, jumping up and

smile, pulling another

empty air

sighs

to shake my head for any coins and shrug

think I’m all out

grins and flicks his

the little boy

"I’m Chris."

swinging his

want a candy, Kota?" I ask, waving a

know, cuz we’re friends

me, biting his lips and

I ask, the little boy

he unwraps it before popping it

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

enough to go to sleep, I suggest

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

pretend to shield

fingers, I watch him tuck himself under the slides and

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

front part of his overalls

in my arms and

climbs a rock wall chuckles as

funniest places to nap," he remarks, and

take my son out of the playcenter and walk

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

hiss under my breath as I tuck my

I lay him flat on the seats and buckle

the

"Father of the year."

me to Chaos," I snarl, jumping into the

my

and jeer but ultimately begin to give me directions to Olompali

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 nowhere and

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

work fast," the woman says in an

didn’t think you would succeed." I hold back the snarl in my throat and pull the medallion over Dakota’s

smiles mischievously upon seeing it and rises to her

I

your little necklace," I

begin to shriek in

vulnerability, the woman takes the medallion from my

games with the Master of Juegos," the

feel my patience wearing thin but I hold my tongue to get this

to himself, turning on

have your

the blue stone

do I

release your wolf, crush the stone and call to your wolf," the God

"That’s it."