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 I feel I could

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

name?" he

eyes to concentrate because I knew if I kept staring at those cold

"Z-Zane,"

for the

I'm met

I open one eye and steal

says nothing as

as

bother coming out.You won’t

burst into tears as he storms off towards

to soothe me but I am

the rest of the evening.Just

tears and she gives me her brightest

love," she chirps,

we'll hide

disappears into the crowd of wolves as I

windows of the car, I squint my eyes and stare at the guests as they arrive, trying to figure

Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I was curious

to see another silver wolf

gift many times, each time leaving any onlookers in awe

gift of gas

avoid being injured by an attacker

ever defeated

first shift that I would not disappoint my father and have a decent gift worthy

just in time to

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

quickly whisked away

come with his

finds my mother

my chest almost drowns out the sounds of death around

of the car and make a run for

is!

amongst the

my mother’s voice, I force my legs

scene

my mother struggles to free herself,

eyes filling

direction, her

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

and I

and I decide to get a head start on the

room quickly filling with steam.I count my scars as I scrub my

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

returning from battle, my father made the announcement that both my mother and I had died in the

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

never came to visit me and the maids were

world became silent and soon,

after, Gamma Wyatt informed me that my father

son to whom he would be passing his

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

a small woman, no more than

reason she was spared from certain death, for Agnes had one small defect that would benefit

the day

father came to see me before I left

.- FLASH BACK....

is Agnes," my father's

mother." I freeze, unsure if I heard him

his eyes for me hadn’t faded after

stand before the man

behind him; she is

be moving to the Omega house with her," he

help you

when both Agnes and! remain

moving!" he commands, pushing

collapses

eyes as she

up and she flinches,

what else to do, I reach over again and tap her shoulder, offering my

intend to hurt her, Agnes

gives me a warm smile and places her hands in

in confusion and she

and shakes a finger

pulls out a pen and paper from

she writes, pointing again to her ears

name is Agnes.What is

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

south of the main Pack house where the Alpha and the Higher Ranks

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