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,"

myself over and over again until I feel I

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

is your name?" he asks through

close my eyes to concentrate because I knew if I kept staring at those cold angry eyes, I

"Z-Zane,"

for the blow

met with

one eye and steal a

nothing as

growls as

out.You won’t be presenting yourself this

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

her best to soothe me but I

I find ourselves a quiet place and hang out for the rest of the evening.Just the two of us? I’m sure your father can handle the other Alphas

tears

chirps, reaching for the

us a snack and we'll hide out until

the crowd of wolves as I settle back into

squint my eyes and stare at

memorized all of the 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

to see another silver wolf shift

my father use his gift many times, each time

had the gift

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

has ever defeated him in

that I would not disappoint my father and have

to the back of the car and peek through the rear view window just in time

long before the screaming overpowers the music playing from the Mansion, wolves rushing to protect

quickly whisked away by their

had come with his family in a

he finds my mother in time to

out the sounds of death around me as Ravenstone

of the car and make a

it is! who

there amongst the trees,

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

see the most horrifying scene that would forever haunt

beneath a Ravenstone wolf, my mother struggles to

whimper, my eyes filling

direction, her neck now perfectly exposed to her

but my voice never leaves my lips as I watch the life drain from my

roommates groan in annoyance and I quickly scramble

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

against my skin, the room quickly filling with steam.I count my scars as I scrub my body, a habit I developed after years of

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

made the announcement that both my mother and I had died

Wyatt and the maids who knew of me were sworn to secrecy while I was locked away in my room, left to

visit me and the maids were told

world became silent and soon, so did

informed me that my father had remarried

son to whom he would be passing

half brother, Caine, was born and given an Omega rank, was spotted near the western border and brought

woman, no more

spared from certain death, for Agnes had one small

still remember the day

to see me before

.- FLASH BACK....

father's

mother." I freeze, unsure if

for me hadn’t faded after all this

as I stand before the man I once called

woman standing behind

be moving to the Omega house with

help you pack

Agnes and! remain

moving!" he commands, pushing

over her feet and collapses onto the ground in

line her eyes as she looks

her up and she flinches, her arms

over again and tap

intend to hurt her, Agnes slowly

her hands in front of her

in

her ears and shakes

she pulls out a pen and

am deaf," she writes, pointing again

is Agnes.What is

shut off the shower and get dressed before the rest

a large building just south of the

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