The Silent Alpha

***Zane *** 

"What is your name?" my father's voice booms, my shirt balled up in his fist as he holds me up against the wall.

I swallow the sob caught in my throat and blink away my tears as I try to concentrate on my words.

"Z-Z-Za-"

Before! can finish my attempt, my father's fist races towards my face, the blow connecting just below my jaw, sending a surge of pain to jolt my small body.I taste the blood instantly, the metallic lavor all too familiar against my tongue.

"Sebastian, please!" my mother cries pathetically, grabbing at my father's bicep to pull me free from his grip.

"Try again!" my father growls, slamming me against the wall.

Fear bubbles in the pit of my stomach as I stare at my father's cold eyes looking back at me with so much hatred, so much shame at having me for a son.

My mouth suddenly feels extremely dry as it hangs open.I could feel my name at the back of my throat but try as ! might, Isimply could not utter a single coherent sound.

At 6 years old, my stutter was no longer a cute little phase but a problem.

No matter how hard I concentrate, no matter how hard I try, I find stringing together a single sentence a daunting task, something pronounce my own name even to the maids.

lt was not a hard name either, Zane White.

Simple, or at least it should be.

To fix this problem, my father, the Silver wolf Alpha of the Scarlet Haven Pack, had the best speech therapists flown in, but none were successful in curing my defect.

I was incurable and in my father's eyes, this fact was unacceptable.

It had yet to be presented to the pack as the next Alpha and so far only two maids, the beta and my mother's Gamma knew what I looked like.

I was the hidden Heir of Scarlet Haven, locked away within the Pack mansion.

The one no one had ever seen before and for good reason too.

My father had a lot of enemies.

His first son, Jonathan, had been killed by our silver wolf rivals, the Ravenstone Clan just a few days shy of his first birthday and my father feared someone would try to kill me before I could take the title.

My incurable stutter only added to his need to hide me; for how could the next Alpha of one of the most prestigious Silver Wolf Packs on the West Coast have a stutter? Having given up on the professional therapist, my father took matters into his own hands, literally.

And that’s where I currently find myself now, in his hands and at his mercy.

Mom tries to help me, but she is too weak to stop the furious Alpha from taking out his frustrations on my face.

close my eyes and concentrate on my name dancing on the tip of my tongue.

I try to make a sound but the fear of my father’s fist makes my throat run dry.

Rather than my name coming out, a small squeak escapes my lips.

infuriated, my father's brown eyes begin to glow blue as his wolf makes his presence known.

His piercing eyes look at me with disgust and I suddenly fall to the ground as the Alpha tums on his heel.

"He's not even worth my time," the Alpha snarls over his shoulder.

He tums to my mother.

"Pick up your son and keep him quiet during the party.Make sure he doesn't embarrass me any further."

He slams the door on his way out and the sob I had been holding in finally breaks free.

My mother gently picks me up, cradling my head as she whispers soothing words to me.

"It's okay, Zane," she coos, "I know you're trying..."

"I-l'ms-s-orry,"I hiccup.

"H-he ha-tes me!"

"No he doesn’t,"

My mother protests, smoothing down my hair and kissing my forehead.

"He's just a little frustrated.There's just a lot on his plate right now."

She helps me to my feet and dusts me off "Come on, sweetie.Let's get you cleaned up."

After getting dressed, my mother walks me down to the car where my father waits impatiently for us.

It was the King's birthday today and all the Alphas of the Crescent Mane Kingdom and their families would be attending.

Unfortunately for me, this would also be Alpha of the Scarlet Haven pack.

I go over my lines in my head as we drive to the King’s territory where we find several guests already mingling outside of the King's Mansion.

"Hi, my name is Zane,"

and over again until I feel I

me through the rearview

your name?" he asks through

knew if I kept staring at those cold angry

"Z-Zane,"

stiffening in preparation for the blow / knew was coming.But

met

some courage, I open one eye and steal a

jaw is clenched but he says nothing as he opens the

growls as he steps out of

won’t be presenting

burst into tears as he storms off towards the mansion, completely ashamed of myself

to soothe me but

rest of the evening.Just the two of us?

tears and she gives me her

my love," she chirps, reaching for the

we'll hide out until it's time to go home,

disappears into the crowd of wolves as I settle

the tinted windows of the car, I squint my eyes and stare at the guests

not the only Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I was curious to

another silver wolf shift or use

use his gift many times, each time leaving

had the gift

into a toxic gas, allowing him to avoid being injured by an attacker

has ever defeated

my first shift that I would not disappoint my father and have a decent gift worthy of the Scarlet Haven reputation hear a howl in the

and peek through the rear view window just in time to see a large pack of wolves storm in through

the screaming overpowers the music playing

their pups are quickly whisked away by their gammas to safer

come with his family in a

just hope he finds my mother in

in my chest almost drowns out the sounds of death around me as Ravenstone

by the terrifying screams, I climb out of the car and make a run for the trees near

it is! who

there amongst the trees, I hear a sickening

with fear but upon hearing my mother’s voice, I force my legs to move

the most horrifying scene that would forever haunt me in

beneath a Ravenstone wolf, my mother struggles

whimper, my eyes

direction, her neck now perfectly exposed to her

life drain from my mother's eyes.I

in annoyance and I

I decide to get a head

jets drum against my skin, the room quickly filling with steam.I count my scars as I scrub my body,

20 years since the attack and my life is starkly different

battle, my father made the announcement that both my mother and I had died in

secrecy while I was locked

came to visit me and the maids were told to never speak to

world became silent and

Gamma Wyatt informed me that my father had remarried

he would be passing

stripped of my rank the day my half brother, Caine, was born and given an Omega rank, was spotted near the western border and brought before the

small woman, no more than 5 feet tall

was spared from certain death, for Agnes had one small defect that would benefit my

the day

time my father came to see me before I left the Pack

.- FLASH BACK....

father's voice echoes across the

unsure if I

me hadn’t faded after all this time

stand before the man I once

standing behind him; she is

will be moving to the Omega house with her," he

help you pack your

both Agnes and!

moving!" he commands, pushing Agnes into

feet and collapses onto the ground in

as she looks around the

up and she flinches, her arms flying over her

reach over again and tap her shoulder, offering my hand to

to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers her arms and takes my

and places her hands in front of her face, thrusting

wrinkle my nose in confusion and she

to her ears and shakes a finger

out a pen and paper from

am deaf," she writes, pointing again to her ears and

Agnes.What

shut off the shower and get dressed before the rest of the

is a large building just south of the main Pack house where the Alpha and