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,"

and over again until I

the car and stares at me through the rearview

your name?" he

I knew if I kept staring at

"Z-Zane,"

my body stiffening in preparation for the blow

I'm met

up some courage, I open one eye and steal

says nothing as he opens the door

a disappointment," he growls as he

bother coming out.You won’t

as he storms off towards the mansion, completely ashamed

to soothe me

the rest of the evening.Just the two of us? I’m sure your father can handle the

as I wipe my tears and she

love," she chirps, reaching for the

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

the crowd of wolves as I settle back into my

car, I squint my eyes and stare

memorized all of the packs in the Kingdom and knew Scarlett Haven was not the only Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I was curious

chance to see another silver wolf

use his gift many times, each

the gift of gas

to avoid being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing him

wolf has ever defeated

only hope on the night of my first shift that I would not disappoint my father and have a

rear view window just in time to see a large pack of wolves storm

long before the screaming overpowers the music playing from the Mansion, wolves

quickly whisked away by their gammas to safer

come with his family in a separate

finds my mother in time to protect

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

I climb out of the car and make a run for the trees near the house,

is!

the comer and there amongst the trees, I

fear but upon hearing my

horrifying scene that

beneath a Ravenstone wolf, my mother struggles to free herself,

my eyes

my direction, her neck now

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

in annoyance and I quickly scramble to

a

hot water jets drum against my skin, the room quickly filling with steam.I count my scars as I scrub my body, a habit I developed after years of being

attack and my life is starkly different now that

that both

sworn to secrecy while I was locked away in

and the maids were told to never speak to

silent and soon, so did

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

be passing his title to when the time

and given an Omega rank, was

no more

however, were not the reason she was spared from certain death,

the

time my father came to see me before I

.- FLASH BACK....

Agnes," my father's voice echoes across

new mother." I freeze, unsure if

eyes for me hadn’t faded after all this time

before the man I once called

a small woman standing behind him; she is

the Omega house with her," he

help you

when both Agnes and! remain

have to repeat myself? Get moving!" he commands,

over her feet and collapses onto

eyes as she looks around the

reach over to help her up and she flinches, her

over again and tap her shoulder, offering my hand

did not intend to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers her arms

her hands in

wrinkle my nose in confusion and

and shakes a finger at

she pulls out a pen and paper from

writes, pointing again to her ears

is Agnes.What is

dressed before the rest of

a large building just south of the main

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