The Silent Alpha (Natalia)

60. Fallen Heirs 

***Wyatt**** 

Korbin is eerily quiet as we drive the last leg of our trip home, staring off at the trees that we zoom past. It’s frightening. He’s never

quiet.

Thad not even set foot on the plane when Korbin called me the day of the attack, the fear thick in his voice as he demanded I return

to the hotel. He could not even explain to me what had happened, his words slurred as he incoherently begged me to come help him. I did my best to calm him down and stayed on the line with him until I returned to the hotel where I got the shock of my life, finding

Caine’s lifeless body stuffed in the back of the truck.

“What happened?” I demanded, unwilling to believe my own eyes as I stared at the body.

“H-he just went crazyl” Korbin hiccuped between sobs. “I-I don’t even know what- what happened,” he cried. “I tried to stop him. I

tried but he wouldn’t listen to mel He wouldn’t… He just shot himself,” he whimpered. “He shot… He shot himself.”

It took several hours to calm Korbin down enough to make sense of what he was saying and even then, I could not make out the

events of that day, unable to understand how Zane made Caine shoot himself without uttering a single word. Caine is many things, but

suicidal is not one of them. He would have put up a fight before dying. Something else must have taken place that day but I cannot get

Korbin to tell me the truth.

“Dad…” Korbin whispers, his eyes glossy as he looks over at me. “I’m scared.”

So am I, I want to tell him but these words will do him no good right now, so I swallow them back and put on a brave face.

“Alpha will want to know the exact details of that day,” I sigh tiredly, looking over at Caine.

“So what should I tell him?” Korbin whispers to himself.

My hands tighten their grip around the steering wheel as I try to think of a good answer to that. Korbin can’t lie to save his life so it is

best to come clean with what happened. Lying to Sebastian is simply not an option.

“Tell me exactly what happened again,” I reply.

Korbin nods, his eye blinking fast as he clears his throat. “W-we were on our way to River Moon like you told us, when we saw Zane

and his mate driving in the opposite direction. That’s when Caine went berserk and drew a gun from his pants. I tried to stop him but he shot at them. I think he hurt Zane’s mate. I don’t know. Everything just happened so fast and then Caine pulled over and started shooting

at Zane again. Zane shifted and just stared at Caine for a really long time. That’s when Caine suddenly spun the cylinder of his gun and pointed it to his own head but he was crying, like he was begging Zane for mercy but Zane never said anything. He just stood there, staring at him. Caine even pissed himself, he was so scared. He pulled the trigger many times until a bullet finally made its way through his skull.”

“Zane turned to me and I panicked,” Korbin adds. “I told him your message and he told me Alpha Sebastian would regret pushing

him away”

“Wait, Zane actually spoke to you?” I ask, trying to remember the last time I ever heard Zane utter a single word.

“Well no,” Korbin shakes his head. “He mind-linked me but… it was weird.”

repeat, raising an eyebrow at him. Zane had never

my head,” Korbin explains. “Like he could hear and

to do as he said. All he said was

“Like an Alpha command?”

compelled to listen… It was me. I felt this urge, this

It doesn’t

grow impatient with my son and his cryptic storytelling as we pull up to the Scarlett Haven gates and snap at

going to say this once.” I

my plan to him,

already at the door ready to receive us, a deep frown on his

I step

about your failed mission,” he mutters, eyeing the truck suspiciously. “You

me insane all

shifting

“Where is Caine?”

for help and I clear

Alpha we have a Moon Warrior

***Sebastian***

has arrived, Alpha,” Beta Earl announces as

at his forehead, the look in his eyes telling me something is off about

my feet and follow him out to the driveway. There, I find Wyatt standing by the truck along with multiple guards, the look in his eyes distant and emotionless. Korbin trembles anxiously beside

says loudly,

wrong, Arden, my

but

to understand my question and

regret to inform you, Alpha, that things took an unexpected turn

fear laced within his

clearly. You’re not making any sense,” I snarl, barely hanging on to my

speak with Zane

Caine took a

hearing the news of Caine’s audacity

in my head. A part of me hopes that the boy was killed so I

alright,” Wyatt explains. “But Caine continued to shoot and Zane reacted to the gunfire. The two got into an altercation for control of the gun so I don’t exactly know who shot who but the

world comes to a stand still,

stone cold as I wait for his

dead, Alpha,” Wyatt announces very bluntly, the familiar pain of another lost

fault

a sharp gasp calls out

stepping out of the house as her lips

did you say?” She whimpers through

Sara ignoring me completely and staring at her

clinging to her chest as several tears roll down her

GO INSIDE,” I snap, Earl stepping in her way and pushing her back by the

wrapping his arms around her as she cries.”My babyl My

Earl’s chest in hopes

climbs up the steps to the house to comfort his I una, but she does not want his

to protect him!” she snarts, slapping Wyatt across the face when he tries to hug her. “You

waste of space!” She sobs angrily, collapsing

screams, I slowly approach the truck, finding a body covered in

my eyes instantly when I see Caine’s face with two