Alpha Kael ✔️

Chapter Five

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~Jada

I wasn't aware we would be meeting the Alpha so early.

A sense of nervousness seems to settle over everyone. We all share the same disbelief. Perhaps if our Alpha did more public appearances, or didn't have the amount of rumour surrounding him that he does, then we wouldn't be so stricken with surprise.

Niko leads us out of the building we all slept in, leading us toward one which towers so high above us, the shadow it casts chills me to my bone. The large doors are pushed open as we arrive, Niko ushering is in. Everyone is too stunned to utter a single word, as we look around what I assume is a gymnasium.

Niko requires to all line up, which we all do without a word of protest uttered. I'm assuming the lot of us are too worried Kael may be watching to act out.

I stand between Shana and Ace. After what Ace admitted, I'm nervous being in his presence. Why did he go to jail? Everyone here seems to have some history with delinquency, me included to a degree. It leaves me wondering whether we were all chosen for a reason. With the way Baylee and Parker spat at each other, I don't see everyone getting along for the rest of the competition.

"The Alpha put a lot of faith in the scouters who decided you were all good enough for this competition," Niko tells us. He paces threateningly in front of us, ensuring to look into our gazes as he passes.

Niko has no trouble intimidating everyone here. A couple years older than us, he adorns two small scars that run parallel to each other on his right cheek. His hands are also littered in scars, their cause unknown. I can safely assume he wouldn't share their origin with anyone else. And those eyes, I can imagine being the only part of his body seen by a victim as he achieves his goal as a Silent.

"He will want to see you all. Hear your names and such," Niko explains. "Any questions?"

"I want to know how this competition thing is going to work. And when and how-"

Niko holds his hands up, stopping Baylee from her questioning. Everything she asked, I'm just as curious about. The have been awfully vague about what our trainings will be, and I have an uneasy feeling that it's something none of us will like. We don't even know what we are competing against each other in.

"You'll find all that out with time. It is essential to know that you will learn with experience, and nothing else. Silent's don't have time to hear what is needed of them. They will learn on the field, and as will you," Niko explains, much to my own disgust.

I'm not good with the unknown. I've already taken a dive into this, so to hear I won't know what's coming at me until it's here makes me incredibly uncomfortable. By the way everyone else shifts on their feet and rubs the backs of their necks, they are thinking the same as me.

Niko goes to speak again, however, his voice is cut off by the gasps that arise from the row of competitors.

My gaze follows them, and I realise they have noticed who is standing on the other side of the gymnasium, leaning against an open archway. It's the Alpha. I can tell almost instantly, and not because of the reactions, or the fact I've seen pictures of him. I simply can tell because I can feel it.

My immediate reaction is that he doesn't look like the photos we looked at of Kael when we studied his reign as Alpha back in school. He's older, but not in a physical way it seems. From the look in his eyes, he seems so much more mature, as if he's seen things none of us could ever imagine. My next observation is that I'm surprised he needs Silent's to do his bidding. By his masculine stature alone, no matter my strength and capabilities, I would run in fear if I saw him in combat.