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 nothing
me through the
he asks
kept staring at
"Z-Zane,"
for the
I'm met with
courage, I open one eye and steal
jaw is clenched but he says nothing as he
disappointment," he growls as
coming out.You won’t be presenting yourself this
he storms off towards the mansion,
best to soothe me but
place and hang out for the rest of the evening.Just the
tears and she
she chirps, reaching for
us a snack and we'll hide out
into the crowd of wolves as I settle back into my
I squint my eyes and stare at the guests as
Kingdom and knew Scarlett Haven was not the only Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I was
see another silver wolf shift or use their
father use his gift many times,
had the gift of
avoid being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing him to poison his
has ever defeated him in
night of my first shift that I would not disappoint my father and have a
back of the car and peek through the rear view window just in time to
music
pups are quickly whisked away by their gammas to safer
Gamma, Wyatt, had come with his family in a separate
finds my mother in
pounding in my chest almost drowns out the sounds of death around me
of the car and make a run
it is! who
the comer and there amongst
body stiffens with fear but upon hearing my mother’s voice, I force my legs
most horrifying scene that would forever haunt me in
beneath a Ravenstone wolf, my mother
whimper, my eyes filling with
turns her head in my direction, her neck
the life drain from my mother's eyes.I flinch at the memory of my mother’s lifeless body
in annoyance and I quickly scramble
am and I decide to get a head start
drum against my skin, the room quickly filling with steam.I count my scars as I scrub my body, a habit
and my life is starkly different now that my
the announcement that both my mother and I had died in the
were sworn to secrecy while I was locked away
the maids were told
became silent and soon, so
me that my father had remarried
be passing
born and given an Omega rank,
small woman, no more
death, for Agnes had one small defect
still remember the day I met
my father came to see me before I left the
.- FLASH BACK....
father's
new mother." I freeze, unsure
of disdain in his eyes for me hadn’t faded
shake as I stand before the man I once called
a small woman standing behind
will be moving to the Omega house
help you pack
both Agnes and! remain
I have to repeat myself? Get moving!" he commands, pushing
her feet and collapses onto the
line her eyes as she
she flinches, her arms flying over
do, I reach over again and tap her shoulder, offering my
did not intend to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers her arms and takes my
places her hands in front of her face, thrusting them
my nose in confusion
and
pulls out a pen and paper from
am deaf," she writes, pointing again to her ears
is Agnes.What
get dressed before the rest of
just south of
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