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,"

over and over again until I feel I could say

the rearview

is your name?" he asks through clenched

to concentrate because I knew if I kept staring at those cold angry eyes, I

"Z-Zane,"

body stiffening in preparation for the blow / knew

met

one eye and steal

says nothing as he opens

disappointment," he growls as he steps out of the

coming out.You won’t be

into tears as he storms off towards the mansion,

mother tries her best to

I find ourselves a quiet place and hang out for the rest of the evening.Just the two of us? I’m

I wipe my tears and she gives

she chirps, reaching

a snack and we'll hide out until it's

crowd of wolves as I settle back into my

car, I squint my eyes and stare at the guests as they arrive, trying to figure who was

only Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I was curious to see if we were really the

I'd get the chance to see another silver wolf shift or

seen my father use his gift many times, each time leaving any onlookers in

gift of gas

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

has ever defeated him in

disappoint my father and have a decent gift worthy

just in time

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

whisked away by their gammas to

Wyatt, had come with

finds my mother in time to

in my chest almost drowns out the

make a

it is!

amongst

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

horrifying scene that would forever haunt

wolf, my

eyes

in my direction, her neck now perfectly exposed

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 with

annoyance and

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

my skin, the room quickly filling with steam.I count my scars as I scrub my body, a habit I developed after

the attack and my life is starkly different now that my

the announcement that both my mother and

Wyatt and the maids who knew of me were sworn to secrecy while I was

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

and soon,

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

whom he would be passing

the day my half brother, Caine, was born and given an Omega rank, was spotted near the

no more than 5 feet tall and quite

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

remember the

father came to see

.- FLASH BACK....

is Agnes," my father's voice echoes

unsure if I

of disdain in his eyes for me hadn’t

shake as I stand before the

a small woman standing behind him; she is

will be moving to the Omega house

help you

growls when both Agnes and! remain

myself? Get moving!" he commands, pushing Agnes into the

feet and collapses onto

line her eyes as she

reach over to help her up and she flinches, her

and

not intend to hurt her, Agnes

a warm smile and places her hands in front of her face, thrusting

wrinkle my nose in

points to her ears and shakes

! don't understand, she pulls out a pen and

she writes, pointing again to her

name is Agnes.What is

the rest of the Omegas come rushing in to get a

Hive, is a large building just south of the main Pack house where the

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