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

toes, hopping from black tile to black tile while the woman hurries

a wolf," the voices warn as I follow

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

the tubes and slides while the woman

to take what’s mine, I nonchalantly step into the play center, taking a seat next to

polite smile in my direction before turning back to

and I take the time

no witnesses are standing

in close for her to hear me over the laughs

points in my pup’s general

mutters, turning back at her

voices snickering in my head as I

The woman looks

"What-"

into it, her body instinctively fighting against me.She manages to fight for only a few

to see all the adults preoccupied with their own children to notice the sleeping woman in my arms.I lay the woman down gently

in a circle and watching the balls

looks up at me and

him, the little

chirps, tossing some balls in

"What are you doing?"

"I don’t know,"

knees to be at his eye level and smile, "Well, do you want to see a magic

trotting over to the edge of the ball pit.I slip my hand into my

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

cries, jumping up and

I smile, pulling another coin from his

the empty air beside my ear and

sighs in

shake my head for any

I’m all

flicks his

ask, the little

"I’m Chris."

says, swinging his leg back

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

know, cuz we’re friends now,

at me, biting his

right?" I ask, the

and giggles as he unwraps it before

candy and eat with him

to go to sleep, I

hide and seek?" I ask,

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

himself under the slides and I proceed to

tiptoe towards the slides where I find Dakota curled up in

I quickly pull down the front part of

cradle him in my arms and

helping his daughter as she climbs a rock wall chuckles as

funniest places to nap," he remarks,

the voices chuckle as I take my son out of the playcenter and

"Mommy Killer!"

"Shut up!"

as I tuck my pup into

flat on the seats and buckle him in

the voices

"Father of the year."

up and get me to Chaos," I

my wolf

voices snicker and jeer but ultimately begin to give me directions to

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

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

woman says in an

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

it and rises to her

as she’s about to reach it, I pull it

your

in my head begin to shriek in anger, their

woman takes the medallion from my hand with a cruel smile

play games with the Master of Juegos," the God

but I hold my tongue to get this ordeal over

chuckles to himself, turning

have

the blue stone

I

your wolf, crush the stone and call to your

"That’s it."