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

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

your name?" he

kept staring at those cold angry eyes, I would

"Z-Zane,"

body stiffening in preparation for the blow / knew was

met with cold

some courage, I open one eye and

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

he growls as he steps

bother coming out.You won’t

he storms off towards the mansion,

tries her best to soothe

out for the rest of the evening.Just the

I wipe my tears and she gives me her

she chirps, reaching for the

a snack and we'll hide out until it's time to

as

car, I squint my eyes and stare at the guests as they arrive,

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 like Father claimed

get the chance to see another silver

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

gift of

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

ever defeated him

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

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

overpowers the music playing from the Mansion, wolves rushing to

whisked away by their gammas

Gamma, Wyatt, had come with his

just hope he finds my mother

drowns out the sounds

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

it is! who finds

the comer and there amongst the trees, I hear a

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

scene that would

my mother struggles to free herself,

my eyes filling with

direction, her neck now perfectly exposed to her

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

in annoyance and I quickly scramble

get a head start on the

with steam.I count my

been 20 years since the attack and my life is starkly different now that my mother

announcement that both my mother and

of me were sworn to secrecy while I was locked away in my room, left to

father never came to visit me and the maids were

and

Wyatt informed me that my father had remarried and was expecting

passing his title to when the

stripped of my rank the day my half brother, Caine, was born and given an Omega rank, was

was a small woman, no more than 5 feet

were not the reason she was spared from certain death, for Agnes had one small defect that would benefit my

still remember the

my father came to see me before

.- FLASH BACK....

is Agnes," my father's voice

freeze, unsure if I heard

of disdain in his eyes for me hadn’t

as I stand before the man I once called

a small woman standing behind him; she

to the

you

when both Agnes and! remain frozen in

Get moving!" he commands, pushing

feet and collapses onto

as she looks

over to help her up and she flinches, her arms

and tap her shoulder,

hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers her arms

me a warm smile and places her hands in front of her

my nose in confusion and she

her ears and shakes

understand, she pulls out a pen and paper from

writes, pointing again to her

Agnes.What is your

dressed before the rest of the Omegas

House, nicknamed the Hive, is a large building just south of the main Pack house where the Alpha and the

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