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.

woman smiles as they

to

warn as

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

and my pup walk into a play center, my son scurrying off to climb the tubes and slides while the woman takes a seat in

mine, I nonchalantly step into the

uncomfortably in her chair but offers a polite smile

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

sitting area, I make sure no witnesses are standing

one is yours?" I ask, leaning in close for her to hear me over the laughs and giggles of some children going down

in my pup’s general

one," she mutters, turning back at

I hum, the voices snickering in my head as I reach into my

looks up at mein

"What-"

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

notice the sleeping woman in my arms.I lay the woman

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

pup looks up at me and smiles

wave at him, the

chirps, tossing some balls in the

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

of the balls sheepishly.I crouch down on my knees to be at his eye level and

with excitement and he nods his head cheerfully, trotting over to the edge of the ball pit.I slip my hand into my pocket and hide a coin between

innocently at

Again!" he cries, jumping

smile, pulling another coin from his

at the empty air beside my ear and opening his hand to find

he sighs

to shake my head for any

all out of

grins and flicks his

name?" I ask, the little boy jumping

"I’m Chris."

he says, swinging his leg back

want a candy, Kota?" I ask, waving a lollipop in his

we’re friends now,

at me, biting his

friends share, right?" I ask, the little boy

candy and giggles as he unwraps it

a second untainted candy and eat with him to

I’m positive he’s had enough to go to sleep, I suggest

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

I pretend to shield my

watch him tuck himself under the slides and I proceed to count aloud to

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

quickly pull down the front part of his overalls to

in my arms and crawl out

his daughter as she climbs a rock wall chuckles as he watches me adjust Kota in my

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

take my son out of

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

hiss under my breath as I tuck

so I lay him flat on

endangerment," the

"Father of the year."

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

want my wolf

jeer but ultimately begin to give me

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 park the

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

fast," the woman says in an all too

think you would succeed." I hold back the snarl in

mischievously upon seeing it and rises to her feet to get

to reach it, I pull it away and growl at

first, then your

in my head begin to shriek in anger, their loud

takes the medallion from my hand with a cruel

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

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

Chaos chuckles to himself, turning on his

you have

the blue stone from my

I do

the stone and call to your wolf," the

"That’s it."