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.

the woman smiles as they step out of

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

a wolf," the voices warn as

so that the woman does not notice my

scurrying off to climb the

is my chance to take what’s mine, I nonchalantly step into the play center,

a polite smile in my direction before turning back to her

nothing and I take the time to

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

for her to hear

my pup’s

she mutters, turning back at

my head as I reach into my pocket

The woman looks

"What-"

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

sleeping woman in my arms.I lay the woman down gently across the seats and cover her up with her own sweater before carefully

in a circle and watching the balls roll off his

my presence, my pup looks up at me and smiles a big toothy

wave at him, the little

he chirps, tossing

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

down on my knees to be at his eye level and smile, "Well, do you want to see

and he nods his head cheerfully, trotting over to the edge of the ball pit.I slip my hand into my pocket

coin in amazement, giggling innocently at the trick

Again!" he cries,

another

replicate the trick, grasping at the empty air beside my ear and opening his hand to

he sighs in

for

all out of

and flicks his

ask, the little

"I’m Chris."

swinging his leg back and

Kota?" I ask, waving

know, cuz we’re friends

at me, biting his lips and

I ask,

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

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

enough to go

want to play hide and

and I count." I pretend to shield my eyes as he runs off to

him tuck himself under the slides and I proceed to

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

front part of his overalls to find the gold medallion tucked within his

in my arms and crawl out of the hiding spot

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

to nap,"

my son out of the playcenter and walk out of

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

hiss under my breath as I tuck my pup into the

I lay him flat on the seats and buckle him in

endangerment," the voices

"Father of the year."

Chaos," I snarl, jumping into the

want my

ultimately begin to give me directions

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

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

says in an all

in my throat and pull the medallion

upon seeing it and rises to

as she’s about to reach it, I pull it

then your

begin to shriek in anger,

of my vulnerability, the woman takes the medallion from my

play games with the Master of Juegos,"

my patience wearing thin but I hold my

chuckles to

you have your

I mutter, pulling out the blue stone from my

do I do

the stone and call to your wolf,"

"That’s it."