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,"

mumble to myself over and over again

and stares at me through the rearview mirror, his cold eyes boring holes

name?" he asks

knew if I kept staring at those cold angry eyes, I

"Z-Zane,"

body stiffening in preparation for the blow /

I'm met

one eye and steal a glance at my

is clenched but he says nothing as he opens the

he growls as he steps out of

won’t be

burst into tears as he storms off towards the mansion, completely ashamed of

best to soothe me but I am

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

nod as I wipe my tears and she

love," she chirps, reaching

snack and we'll hide out until

crowd of wolves as I settle back into my

tinted windows of the car, I squint my eyes and stare at the

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 to see if we were really the strongest

I'd get the chance to see another silver

many times, each

gift of

gas, allowing him to avoid being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing him to poison

has ever

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

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

not long before the screaming overpowers the music

are quickly whisked away by their gammas to

had come with

my mother in time to

heart pounding in my chest almost drowns out the

the car and make a run for the trees near the house, hoping somehow to

is! who finds

round the comer and there amongst the trees, I hear

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

the most horrifying scene

a Ravenstone wolf, my mother struggles to

whimper, my eyes filling

turns her head in my direction, her neck

her blue orbs as we maketo scream but my voice never leaves my lips as I watch the life drain from my mother's

annoyance and I quickly scramble to

reads 5 am and I decide to get a head start

with steam.I count my

attack and my life is starkly different now

from battle, my father made the announcement that both my mother and

to secrecy while I was locked away in my room, left to mourn the loss

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

became silent and soon, so did

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

he would be passing

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

small woman, no more than 5 feet

from certain death,

remember the

the only time my father came to

.- FLASH BACK....

Agnes," my father's voice echoes

unsure if I

look of disdain in his eyes for me

I stand before the man I

a small woman standing behind him;

the Omega house with her," he

help you

both Agnes and! remain

have to repeat myself? Get moving!"

over her feet and collapses onto the ground in front

as she

her up and she flinches, her arms

reach over again and

to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers her

and places her hands in front of her face,

wrinkle my nose in confusion and

ears and shakes a

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

deaf," she writes, pointing

Agnes.What is your

and get dressed before the rest of the Omegas come rushing in to get

of the main Pack house where the Alpha

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