The Silent Alpha

***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,"

mumble to myself over and over again until I feel I could

father stops the car and stares at me through the

is your name?" he asks through clenched

my eyes to concentrate because I knew if I kept staring at those cold angry eyes, I would actually piss myself in

"Z-Zane,"

for the blow / knew was coming.But it

I'm met with

up some courage, I open one eye and steal

nothing as he

disappointment," he growls as

out.You won’t

he storms off towards the mansion, completely ashamed of

tries her best to

for the rest of the evening.Just

nod as I wipe my tears and she gives me her

love," she chirps, reaching

us a snack and we'll hide out until

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

stare at the guests as

Kingdom and knew Scarlett Haven was not the only Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I was

I'd get the chance to see another

father use his gift many times,

had the gift of

avoid being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing

wolf has ever defeated him in

first shift that I would not disappoint my father and have a decent gift worthy of the Scarlet Haven reputation hear a howl

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

not long before the screaming overpowers the music playing from the Mansion, wolves rushing to

their pups are quickly whisked away

with his family

just hope he finds my

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

screams, I climb out of the car and make a

it is!

and there amongst the trees, I hear a

with fear but upon hearing my mother’s voice,

see the most horrifying scene that would forever haunt me in

my mother struggles

eyes filling with

her head in my direction, her

never leaves my lips as I watch the life drain from my mother's

annoyance and I quickly scramble

decide to get a head start on the day, grabbing my

with steam.I count my scars as I

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

the announcement that both

was locked away in my room, left to mourn the loss of my

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

world became silent and soon, so did

long after, Gamma Wyatt informed me that my father had remarried and

he would be passing his

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

more than

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

the day I met

the only time my father came to see me

.- FLASH BACK....

my father's voice echoes across the

mother." I freeze, unsure if I heard him

of disdain in his eyes for me hadn’t faded after

before

a small woman standing behind him; she

moving to the Omega house with her," he

you pack

both Agnes and! remain

to repeat myself? Get moving!"

over her feet and collapses onto

her eyes as she looks around the

help her up and she flinches, her arms flying over her head to shield

I reach over again and tap her shoulder, offering my

intend to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers her arms and takes

smile and places her hands in

my nose in

and shakes

pulls out a pen and paper from her back

she writes, pointing again to her

Agnes.What

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

just south of the main Pack house where the