The Silent Alpha
Chapter 5: What is your name?
***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
through the rearview mirror, his cold eyes boring holes into
your name?" he asks through clenched
I kept staring at those cold angry eyes,
"Z-Zane,"
the blow / knew was
I'm met with
some courage, I open one eye
says nothing as
growls as he steps out
won’t be
storms off towards
mother tries her best to soothe me but
for the rest of the evening.Just the two of us?
wipe my tears and she gives me her
she chirps, reaching
and we'll hide out until it's time
crowd of wolves as I settle back into my seat
of the car, I squint my eyes and stare at the guests as they arrive, trying to figure who was
was not the only Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I was curious
see another silver wolf
use his gift many times, each time leaving any
gift of gas
a toxic gas, allowing him to avoid being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing him to poison
ever defeated
shift that I would not disappoint my father and have a decent gift worthy of the Scarlet Haven reputation hear a howl
the back of the car and peek through the rear view window just in time to see a large pack of wolves storm in
not long before the screaming overpowers the music playing from
quickly whisked away by their gammas
Gamma, Wyatt, had come with his family in a
my
drowns out the sounds of
climb out of the car and make a run for the trees near the house, hoping
it is! who
the comer and there amongst the trees, I hear a
with fear but upon hearing my
horrifying scene that would forever haunt me in my
wolf, my mother struggles to free
whimper, my eyes filling
mother turns her head in my direction, her neck
I watch the life drain from my mother's eyes.I flinch at the memory of my mother’s
and I quickly scramble to
am and I decide to get a head start on the day, grabbing my things for
filling with steam.I count my scars as I scrub my body, a habit I developed
the attack and my life is starkly
made the announcement that
to secrecy while I was locked away
were told to never speak to me when they
world became silent and soon, so
Gamma Wyatt informed me that my father had remarried and was
he would be passing his title to when
was born and given an Omega rank, was spotted near the western border and brought before
more than 5
death,
remember the day I
only time my father came to see me before I left the
.- FLASH BACK....
father's voice echoes across
mother." I freeze, unsure if I heard
eyes for me
stand before the man I once
a small woman standing behind him; she is also
will be moving to the Omega
help you pack
Agnes and! remain frozen in
moving!" he commands, pushing Agnes
her feet and collapses onto the ground in
her eyes as she looks around the room
help her up and she flinches, her arms flying over her head to
again and tap
intend to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers her
places her
my nose in confusion and she
to her ears and shakes
understand, she pulls out a pen and
deaf," she writes, pointing again
name is Agnes.What is
rest of the Omegas come rushing in to
large building just south of the main Pack house where the Alpha and the
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