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,"

and over again until I feel I

the car and stares at me through the rearview mirror, his

name?" he asks

knew if I kept staring at

"Z-Zane,"

stutter, my body stiffening in preparation for the blow / knew was

met with cold

eye and steal

he says nothing as he

a disappointment," he growls as he

out.You won’t be presenting yourself this

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

mother tries her best to soothe

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

I wipe my tears and she gives me

she chirps, reaching for the

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

as I settle back into my seat and

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

Haven was not the only Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I was curious to see if we were really the strongest

another

seen my father use his gift many times,

the gift

body could morph into a toxic gas, allowing him to avoid being injured by

ever defeated him

that I would not disappoint my father and have

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

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

their pups are quickly whisked away by their gammas

Gamma, Wyatt, had come with his family in a separate

finds my

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

I climb out of the car and make a run for the trees near the house,

is! who

amongst the trees, I hear a sickening

upon hearing my mother’s

scene that

a Ravenstone wolf, my mother struggles to free herself,

whimper, my eyes filling with

turns her head in my direction, her

we maketo scream but my voice never leaves my lips as I watch the life drain from my mother's eyes.I

in annoyance and

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

with steam.I count my scars as I scrub my

attack and my life is starkly different now that my mother

father made the announcement that both my mother and I had died

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

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

silent and soon,

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

to whom he would be passing his title

brother, Caine, was born and given

was a small woman, no more than 5

reason she was spared from certain death, for Agnes had one small

the day

time my father came to see

.- FLASH BACK....

my father's

freeze, unsure if I heard

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

I stand before

behind him; she

to the Omega house

you pack your

Agnes and! remain frozen in

to repeat myself? Get moving!" he

over her feet and collapses onto the ground

line her eyes as she looks around

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

reach over again and tap her shoulder, offering my hand

not intend to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers her arms

and places her hands in front

in

ears and

out a pen and paper from her back

am deaf," she writes, pointing again to her ears

is Agnes.What is your

dressed before the rest

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

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