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,"

to myself over and over again until I feel

the rearview mirror, his cold eyes boring holes into

your name?" he

kept staring at

"Z-Zane,"

stiffening in preparation for the blow / knew was

I'm met with cold

courage, I open one eye and

nothing as he

disappointment," he growls as he

coming out.You won’t

storms off towards the mansion, completely ashamed of

best to soothe me but

for the rest of the evening.Just the two of us? I’m sure your father can

wipe my tears and she gives me

chirps, reaching for the

us a snack and we'll hide out

of wolves as I settle back into my

the tinted windows of the car, I squint my eyes and stare at the

wolf pack in Crest Mane.I was curious to see if we were really the strongest pack like

the chance to see another silver wolf shift or use their

gift many times, each time leaving any

the gift

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

wolf has ever

not disappoint my father and

the rear view window just in time to see a large pack

not long before the screaming overpowers the music playing from the Mansion, wolves rushing to

quickly whisked away by their gammas to safer

come with his family in a separate

my

chest almost drowns out the sounds of death

screams, I climb out of the car and make a run for the trees near the house, hoping somehow to find my

is! who finds

amongst the trees, I hear a

upon hearing my mother’s voice, I

when I see the most horrifying scene that would forever

wolf, my mother struggles to free

my eyes filling

my direction, her neck now perfectly exposed

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

in annoyance and I quickly scramble to my

and I decide to get a head

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

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

that

I was locked away in my room, left to mourn the loss of my

to visit me and the maids were told to never speak

world became silent and

that my

son to whom he would be passing his

was born and given an Omega rank, was spotted near the western border and

no more than 5 feet

reason she was spared from certain death, for Agnes

the day I met

to see me before I

.- FLASH BACK....

my father's voice echoes across

mother." I freeze, unsure if I heard him

of disdain in his eyes for me hadn’t faded after

stand before the man I once called

behind him; she is

to the Omega

you

Agnes and! remain frozen

moving!"

feet and collapses onto the ground in

eyes as she looks

she flinches, her arms

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

that I did not intend to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers her arms and takes

places her hands

wrinkle my nose in confusion

to her ears and shakes a finger

out a pen and paper

deaf," she writes, pointing

Agnes.What is

rest of

Hive, is a large building just south of

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