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

car and stares at me through the rearview mirror,

is your name?" he asks through

I knew if I kept staring at those cold angry eyes, I would actually piss

"Z-Zane,"

in preparation for the blow /

met with

up some courage, I open one eye

nothing as he opens the door to

as he steps out of

coming out.You won’t

as he storms off towards the mansion, completely

tries her best to soothe me

the rest of the evening.Just the

nod as I wipe my tears and

love," she chirps, reaching for the door

and we'll hide out until it's time

wolves as I settle back into my

my eyes and stare at the guests as

not the only Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I was

see another silver wolf shift or use

gift many times, each

had the gift of

gas, allowing him to avoid being injured

has ever

shift that I would not disappoint my father and have a

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

overpowers the music playing from the Mansion,

pups are quickly whisked away

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

just hope he finds my mother in time

drowns out the sounds of death

the car and make a run for

is! who

the comer and there amongst the trees, I hear a sickening

body stiffens with fear but upon hearing my mother’s voice,

see the most horrifying scene that would forever haunt me

beneath a Ravenstone wolf, my mother struggles to

my eyes filling

in my direction, her neck now perfectly exposed

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 off the edge

annoyance and I quickly scramble to my

and I decide to get a head start on the day, grabbing my things for

drum against my skin, the room quickly filling with steam.I count my

the attack and my life is

father made the announcement that both

secrecy while I was locked away in my room, left to mourn the

father never came to visit me and the maids were

and soon,

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

passing his title to when the time

formally stripped of my rank the day my half brother, Caine, was born and given an Omega rank, was

woman, no more than 5 feet tall and

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

remember the day I

was the only time my father came to see me before I left the

.- FLASH BACK....

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

mother." I freeze, unsure if

his eyes for me hadn’t faded after all this

stand before

standing behind him;

will be moving to the Omega house

help you pack

Agnes

moving!" he

and collapses onto

as she looks around the room

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

I reach over again and tap her shoulder, offering my hand to

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

and places her hands in front of her face,

my nose in

ears and

don't understand, she pulls out a pen and

pointing again to her

name is Agnes.What

before the rest of the Omegas come rushing

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

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