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,"

again

and stares at me through the rearview

he asks through clenched

because I knew if I kept staring at

"Z-Zane,"

preparation for the blow /

I'm met with

up some courage, I open one eye

nothing as he opens

disappointment," he growls as he

out.You won’t

storms off towards the mansion, completely ashamed of myself and

tries her best to soothe me but I

and I find ourselves a quiet place and hang out for the rest of the

as I wipe my tears and

my love," she chirps,

we'll hide out until it's time to go

wolves as I

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

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

see another silver wolf shift or use their

gift many times, each time leaving any

gift of gas

allowing him to avoid being injured by an

wolf has ever

I would not disappoint my father and have a decent gift worthy of the Scarlet Haven reputation

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

music playing from the Mansion, wolves rushing

are quickly whisked away by their gammas to safer

had come with his family

my mother in

heart pounding in my chest almost drowns out the sounds of

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

it is! who finds

and there amongst the trees,

stiffens with fear but upon hearing my mother’s

scene that would forever haunt

my mother struggles to

eyes

my direction, her

drain from my mother's eyes.I

groan in annoyance and I quickly scramble to

to get a head start on the day,

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

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

announcement that both my mother and I

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

father never came to visit me and the maids were told to never speak to me

and soon, so

me that my father had remarried and was

he would be passing his title to when the

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

small woman, no more

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

still remember the day

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

.- FLASH BACK....

is Agnes," my father's voice echoes across

mother." I freeze, unsure if I

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

before the man I

woman standing behind him; she is

be moving to the Omega house with

you

growls when both Agnes and! remain frozen

moving!" he commands, pushing

and collapses onto the

as she looks around the

up and she flinches, her arms flying

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

to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers her arms

me a warm smile and places her hands in front of her face,

my nose in

her ears and shakes a finger

don't understand, she pulls out a pen

writes, pointing again to her

Agnes.What is

off the shower and get dressed before the rest of the Omegas come rushing in to get

is a large building just south of the

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