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,"

to myself over and over again until I feel

at me through the rearview mirror, his cold eyes boring

name?" he asks through clenched

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

"Z-Zane,"

preparation for the blow / knew was coming.But

I'm met

one eye and steal a

is clenched but he says nothing as he opens the door to

he growls as he steps out of the

won’t

towards the mansion,

best to soothe me but I am

for the rest of the

tears and she gives me her

chirps, reaching for the

a snack and we'll hide out

disappears into the crowd of wolves as I settle back into my seat and

stare at the guests as

wolf pack in Crest

another silver wolf shift

had seen my father use his gift many times, each time leaving any onlookers

had the gift of

could morph into a toxic gas, allowing him to avoid being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing him to poison his

ever defeated

night of my first shift that I would not disappoint my father and have a decent gift

and peek through the rear view window just in time to

overpowers the music playing from the Mansion, wolves rushing to

are quickly whisked away by their gammas

with his family in a separate

finds my mother in time to protect

drowns out the sounds of death

car and make a run for the trees near the house,

it is! who finds

the comer and there amongst the trees, I hear a sickening

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

scene that

a Ravenstone wolf, my

eyes

head in my direction, her neck now perfectly exposed to

maketo 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

and I quickly

reads 5 am and I decide to get a head start on the day, grabbing my things for a

with steam.I count my scars

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

that both my

while I was locked away in my room, left to mourn the loss of my only companion

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

world became silent and soon, so did

my father had remarried and was expecting a

would be passing his title to when the time

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

more than 5 feet

certain death, for Agnes had one small defect that would benefit my

still remember the day I met

was the only time my father came to

.- FLASH BACK....

father's voice

freeze, unsure if I heard him

eyes for me hadn’t

stand before the man I once

standing behind him; she is

be moving to the Omega house with

you pack

both Agnes

Get moving!" he

feet and collapses onto the ground in front

eyes as she looks around the room

she flinches, her arms flying over her head to shield

what else to do, I reach over again and tap her shoulder,

not intend to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers

gives me a warm smile and places her hands

wrinkle my nose in

her ears and shakes

a pen and paper

am deaf," she writes, pointing again to her ears

Agnes.What

off the shower and get dressed before the rest of the Omegas

a large building just south of the main Pack house where the Alpha

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