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.”

an eyebrow at him. Zane had never mind-linked before. I wasn’t even sure he

was inside my head,” Korbin explains.

felt an urge to do as he said. All he said was shut up and I couldn’t help but listen to him.

“Like an Alpha command?”

his head. “No, my wolf wasn’t compelled to listen… It was me. I felt this urge, this need, this desire to

doesn’t make

son and his cryptic storytelling as we pull up to the Scarlett Haven

I am only going to say this once.” I snarl through gritted teeth. “You will be silent as I

head and I proceed to explain my plan to him, Korbin muttering it to himself over and over

the pack house, Beta Earl is already at the door ready to receive us, a deep frown

and I step out of the

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

little prick? His mother has been driving me

Earl shifting his gaze between

“Where is Caine?”

to me for help and I clear

have a Moon Warrior Ceremony to

***Sebastian***

has arrived, Alpha,” Beta Earl announces as he bursts through the

gathered at his forehead, the look in his eyes telling me something is off about Wyatt’s arrival.

out to the driveway. There, I find Wyatt standing by the truck along with multiple guards, the look in his eyes distant and

Wyatt says loudly, Korbin

definitely wrong, Arden,

count two heads, but where

and lowers himself

took an unexpected turn while

laced

barely hanging on

nods solemnly. “I took Caine and Korbin to speak with Zane one last time before we left and

with Zane. Caine took a gun

Caine’s audacity to override my wishes and

a war waging in my head. A part of me hopes that the boy was

altercation for control of the gun so I don’t exactly know who shot who

the world comes to a stand still, my own lungs pausing

ask, my face stone cold as I wait for

announces very bluntly, the familiar pain of

no fault of

gasp calls out from behind

hear footsteps approaching, Sara stepping out of the house

did you say?” She whimpers through

inside,” I command, Sara ignoring me completely

hand clinging to her chest as several tears

said, GO INSIDE,” I snap, Earl stepping in her way and

Nol Not my babyl” She shrieks, Earl wrapping his arms

chest in hopes

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

protect him!” she snarts, slapping Wyatt across the face when he

space!” She sobs angrily, collapsing to the ground on

slowly approach the truck, finding a body covered in linen tucked tightly in

place and I pull back the linen, closing my eyes instantly when I see Caine’s