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

through the rearview mirror, his cold eyes boring holes into

is your name?" he asks through

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

"Z-Zane,"

body stiffening in preparation for the blow / knew was

I'm met with

some courage, I open one eye and steal a

nothing as he opens

he growls as he steps out

won’t be presenting

storms off towards

tries her best to soothe

hang out for the rest of the evening.Just the two of us? I’m sure your

as I wipe my tears and she gives me her brightest

love," she chirps, reaching for the

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

into the crowd of wolves as

of the car, I squint my eyes and stare at the guests as they arrive, trying

in the Kingdom and knew Scarlett Haven was not the only Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I was curious to see if we were

to see another silver

many times, each time

gift of

being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing him

wolf has ever defeated him

that I would not disappoint my father and have a decent gift worthy of the Scarlet Haven

and peek through the rear view window just in time to see

not long before the screaming overpowers the music

their pups are quickly whisked away by their gammas to

with

hope he finds my mother

out the

climb out of the car and make a run for the

is! who

comer and there amongst

stiffens with fear but upon hearing my mother’s

horrifying scene that would forever

wolf, my

eyes

mother turns her head in my direction,

fills her blue orbs as 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

and I quickly

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

the room quickly filling with steam.I count my scars as I

attack and my life is starkly different now that

my father made the announcement that both my mother and I

maids who knew of me were sworn to secrecy while I was locked away in my room, left to mourn

to visit me and the maids were told to

world became silent and soon, so did

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

be passing

born and given an Omega rank, was spotted near the western

woman, no more than 5 feet tall and

from certain death,

still remember the day I

the only time my father came to see me before I

.- FLASH BACK....

Agnes," my father's

freeze, unsure if I heard him

of disdain in his eyes for me hadn’t faded after all this time we spent

legs shake as I stand before the man

small woman standing behind him; she

moving to the Omega house

help you pack your

Agnes and! remain frozen in

myself? Get moving!" he commands,

her feet and collapses onto the ground in front of

eyes as she looks around the room

she flinches, her arms flying over her

and tap her shoulder, offering my hand to help her

I did not intend to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers her arms and takes my

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

my nose in

and shakes a finger at

! don't understand, she pulls out a pen

she writes, pointing again to her ears

is Agnes.What

rest of the Omegas come rushing in

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

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