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 and over again until

me through the rearview mirror, his cold eyes boring holes into

name?" he

knew if I kept staring at

"Z-Zane,"

the blow / knew was coming.But it never

I'm met with cold

I open one eye and steal a glance at

says nothing as he opens the

he growls as he steps

won’t

tears as he storms off towards the mansion, completely ashamed of myself and

best to soothe

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

I wipe my tears and she gives me her

love," she chirps, reaching for the

go fetch us a snack and we'll hide out until it's

as I settle back into

my eyes and stare at the guests as they

the only Silver wolf pack in

chance to see another

father use his gift many times, each time leaving

the gift of

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

ever defeated

my father and have a decent gift

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

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

their pups are quickly whisked away by their

Gamma, Wyatt, had come with his family in a

finds my

pounding in my chest almost drowns out the sounds of

screams, I climb out of the car and make a run for the trees near the house, hoping somehow to

is! who finds

comer and there amongst the

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

when I see the most horrifying scene that would forever haunt

beneath a Ravenstone wolf, my mother struggles to

whimper, my eyes

turns her head in my direction, her

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

roommates groan in annoyance and I quickly scramble to

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

my scars as I scrub my body, a habit I developed after years

years since the attack and my life

returning from battle, my father made the announcement that both my

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

were

became silent and

Gamma Wyatt informed me that my father had remarried and was expecting a

whom he would be passing his title to when the time

brother, Caine, was born and given an Omega

more

certain death, for Agnes had one small defect

still remember the

my father came to see me before I left the

.- FLASH BACK....

father's

freeze, unsure if I

eyes for me hadn’t faded after all this time

as I stand before the man I once

small woman standing behind him;

be moving to the Omega

help you pack

growls when both Agnes and! remain frozen

moving!" he commands,

feet and collapses onto the ground in

eyes as she looks around the

she flinches, her

and tap her shoulder, offering my hand to help

intend to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers

warm smile and places her hands in front of

in confusion and she laughs

and shakes a

don't understand, she pulls out a pen

writes, pointing again to her

name is Agnes.What is

dressed before the rest

of the main Pack house where the

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