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 again until
through the rearview mirror, his cold eyes boring holes into
is your name?" he asks
concentrate because I knew if I kept staring at those cold angry eyes,
"Z-Zane,"
body stiffening in preparation for the blow / knew
I'm met with cold
eye and
says nothing as
growls as he steps out of the
as he storms off towards the mansion, completely ashamed of myself and my
her best to soothe me but
the rest of the evening.Just the two of us? I’m sure your father can handle the other
I wipe my tears and she
she chirps, reaching for the
we'll hide out
wolves as I settle back
my eyes and stare at the
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 pack
get the chance to see another silver wolf shift or use their
many times, each time
gift of
morph into a toxic gas, allowing him to avoid being injured
ever
I would not disappoint my father and have a
scramble to the back of the car and peek through the rear view window just in time
the screaming overpowers the music playing from the Mansion, wolves rushing to
are quickly whisked away by their gammas to safer
Gamma, Wyatt, had come with
my
chest almost drowns out the
car and make a run for the trees near
is! who
there amongst the trees, I
hearing my
most horrifying scene that would
wolf, my mother
eyes filling with
turns her head in my direction, her neck now perfectly exposed
my lips as I watch the life drain from my mother's eyes.I flinch
groan in annoyance and I quickly scramble
clock reads 5 am and I decide to get a head start on the
quickly filling with steam.I count my scars as I scrub
life is starkly different
from battle, my father made the announcement that both my mother
the maids who knew of me were sworn to secrecy while I was locked away in my room, left to mourn
were told
and soon, so did
Gamma Wyatt informed me that my father had
to whom he would be passing his title to when the time
of my rank the day my half brother, Caine, was born and
woman, no more than
she was spared from certain death, for Agnes had one small defect that would
the day
my father came to see me
.- FLASH BACK....
Agnes," my father's voice
new mother." I freeze, unsure
his eyes for me hadn’t faded after all this time we
before the
a small woman standing behind him;
the Omega house with her," he
you pack
both Agnes and!
Get moving!" he commands, pushing
feet and collapses onto the
eyes as she looks around the room
her up and she flinches, her arms flying over her
again and tap her shoulder, offering my hand to help
I did not intend to hurt her, Agnes slowly
smile and places her hands in front of her face, thrusting
nose in
and
! don't understand, she pulls out a pen and
deaf," she writes, pointing again
Agnes.What
off the shower and get dressed before the rest of the Omegas come rushing
nicknamed the Hive, is a large building just south of the
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