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,"

again until I feel I

and stares at me through the rearview mirror, his

is your name?" he asks through clenched

if I kept staring at those cold

"Z-Zane,"

body stiffening in preparation for the blow / knew was coming.But it never

I'm met

up some courage, I open one eye and steal a glance at my

he says nothing as he opens

as

out.You won’t be presenting yourself this

towards the mansion,

tries her best to soothe me but I am

out for the rest of the evening.Just

tears and

chirps, reaching for

and we'll hide out until it's time to

wolves as I settle back into my seat and

and stare at the guests as they arrive, trying to

not the only Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I was curious to see if we were really the

chance to see another silver wolf shift or use

many times, each time leaving

had the gift of gas

morph into a toxic gas, allowing him to avoid being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing him to poison his

wolf has ever defeated

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

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

wolves… it's not long before the screaming overpowers the music playing from the Mansion, wolves rushing to protect their

quickly whisked away by their gammas

come with his family in a

he finds my mother

the sounds of death around me as Ravenstone wolves

a run for the trees near the house, hoping somehow to find my

it is! who finds

there amongst the trees, I hear

but upon hearing my mother’s voice, I force my

see the most horrifying scene

Ravenstone wolf, my mother struggles to free herself,

my eyes filling with

turns her head in my direction, her neck now perfectly exposed to her

we maketo scream but my voice never leaves my lips as I watch the life drain from my mother's eyes.I flinch at the memory of my mother’s lifeless body and fall off the edge of my bed

in annoyance and I quickly scramble

reads 5 am and I decide to get a head start on the day, grabbing my things for a

my

and my life is starkly different

that both my mother and I had died in

who knew of me were sworn to secrecy while I was locked away in my room, left to mourn the loss of my only companion in

visit me and the maids were told to never

became silent and soon, so did

after, Gamma Wyatt informed me that my father had remarried and was

would be passing his

half brother, Caine, was born and given an Omega rank, was spotted near the western border and brought

woman, no more than 5 feet tall and

not the reason she was spared from certain death, for Agnes

remember the day I

to see me before I left

.- FLASH BACK....

my father's voice echoes across the

I freeze, unsure if I

me hadn’t faded after all this

I stand before the man I

woman standing behind him; she

the Omega

you pack

growls when both Agnes and! remain frozen

Get moving!" he commands, pushing

feet and collapses onto the ground in front

eyes as she looks around the room

flinches, her arms flying

else to do, I reach over again and tap her shoulder, offering my hand to help her

to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers

warm smile and places her hands in front of her

my nose in confusion and she

points to her ears and shakes a

a pen and paper

deaf," she writes, pointing again to

Agnes.What is your

and get dressed before the rest of the Omegas come rushing in to

a large building just south of the main