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 until I feel I could say nothing

stares at me through the rearview mirror, his cold eyes

is your name?" he

staring at those cold angry eyes, I would actually

"Z-Zane,"

the blow / knew

met with cold

open one eye

says nothing as he opens the

growls as he steps out of

bother coming out.You won’t

towards the mansion,

mother tries her best to

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

as I wipe my tears and she gives me her

chirps, reaching for

and we'll hide out until it's time to go

the crowd of wolves as

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

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 pack

to see another silver wolf shift

his gift many times,

the gift of gas

toxic gas, allowing him to avoid being

wolf has ever defeated

that I would not disappoint my father and have a

the rear view window just in time to

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

and their pups are quickly whisked away by

had come with

just hope he finds my mother in time to protect

chest almost drowns out the sounds of death around me as Ravenstone

screams, I climb out of the car and make a run

is! who finds

there amongst the trees, I hear a sickening

upon hearing my mother’s voice, I force my legs

scene that would forever haunt me in my

wolf, my mother struggles to free

eyes filling

direction, her neck

life drain from my mother's eyes.I flinch at the

groan in annoyance and I quickly scramble to

I decide to get a

with steam.I count my scars as I

attack and my life is starkly different now that my mother is

that both my

were sworn to secrecy while I was locked away

visit me and the maids were told to never

and soon, so

after, Gamma Wyatt informed me that my father had remarried

son to whom he would be passing

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

no more than 5 feet

she was spared from certain death, for Agnes had

still remember the day I met

to see me before

.- FLASH BACK....

my father's voice echoes

mother." I freeze, unsure if I

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

I stand before

standing behind him; she

moving to the Omega

you pack

both Agnes and! remain frozen

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

feet and collapses onto the ground

eyes as she looks around the

to help her up and she flinches, her arms flying

I reach over again and tap her shoulder,

intend to hurt her,

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

in confusion

to her ears and shakes

! don't understand, she pulls out a

deaf," she writes, pointing

Agnes.What

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

is a large building just south of the

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