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

me through the rearview mirror, his cold eyes boring holes

name?" he asks through clenched

concentrate because I knew if I kept staring at those cold angry eyes, I would

"Z-Zane,"

the blow / knew was coming.But it

I'm met

eye

but he says nothing as he opens the door to

a disappointment," he growls as he steps out of the

won’t be

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

best to soothe

quiet place and hang out for the rest of the evening.Just the two of us? I’m

as I wipe my tears and she gives me

my love," she chirps, reaching for the door

fetch us a snack and we'll hide out

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

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

only Silver wolf pack

to see another silver wolf shift or use their

my father use his gift many times,

had the gift

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

has ever defeated him in

disappoint my father

scramble 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 through the mansion

it's not long before the screaming overpowers the music playing from the Mansion, wolves rushing

are quickly whisked away by their gammas

come with his family in a

my

drowns out the sounds of death around me

a

it is!

round the comer and there amongst the trees,

hearing my mother’s voice, I force

when I see the most horrifying scene that

beneath a Ravenstone wolf, my mother

my eyes filling with

turns her head in my direction, her neck now perfectly

as we 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

annoyance and I quickly

I decide to get a

jets drum against my skin, the room quickly filling with steam.I count my scars as I scrub my body, a habit

my life is starkly

father made the announcement that both my mother and I

Wyatt and the maids who knew of me were sworn to secrecy while I was locked

father never came to visit me and the maids were

silent and

after, Gamma Wyatt informed me that my father had

to whom he would be passing

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

a small woman, no more than

was spared from certain death,

the day

the only time my father came to see me before I

.- FLASH BACK....

is Agnes," my father's voice echoes across the

mother." I freeze, unsure if I heard him

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

legs shake as I stand before

woman standing behind him; she

be moving to the

help you pack

both Agnes and!

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

over her feet and collapses onto the ground in front of

eyes as she looks

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

and tap her shoulder, offering my hand to

did not intend to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers her arms

a warm smile and places her hands in front of her face, thrusting

my nose in confusion

to her ears and shakes

pulls out a

pointing again to her ears

name is Agnes.What

before the rest

building just south of the main Pack house where the Alpha

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