The Silent Alpha

***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 again until

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

your name?" he asks through clenched

my eyes to concentrate because I knew if I kept staring at those cold angry eyes, I would actually piss

"Z-Zane,"

my body stiffening in preparation for the blow / knew was

I'm met with

some courage, I open one eye and steal

clenched but he says nothing as he opens the door

as he steps

coming out.You won’t be

towards the mansion, completely ashamed of myself and my

her best to soothe

a quiet place and hang out for the rest of the evening.Just the two of us?

as I wipe my tears and she gives

chirps, reaching for

snack and we'll hide out

wolves as

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

of the packs in the Kingdom and knew Scarlett Haven was not the only Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I was curious to see if we were really the strongest pack like Father claimed we

the chance to see another silver wolf shift or use their

seen my father use his gift many times, each time leaving any

had the gift

avoid being injured by

has ever defeated him in

of my first shift that I would not disappoint my father and

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

wolves… it's not long before the screaming overpowers the music playing

quickly whisked away by their gammas

with his family in

he finds my mother in

heart pounding in my chest almost drowns out the sounds of death around me as

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

is! who

and there amongst the trees,

with fear but upon hearing my

most horrifying scene that would

my mother struggles to free herself,

whimper, my eyes

in my direction, her neck now perfectly exposed

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 of my bed with a

in annoyance and I

am and I decide to get a

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

been 20 years since the attack and my life

that both my mother and I

me were sworn to secrecy while I was

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

world became silent and soon, so did

long after, Gamma Wyatt informed me that my father had

passing his title to when the

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

no more than 5 feet tall and

looks, however, were not the reason she was spared from certain death,

remember the day

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

.- FLASH BACK....

father's voice

unsure if I heard him

me hadn’t faded after all

shake as I stand before the man

a small woman standing behind him; she

be moving to the Omega house with her," he

help you pack

both Agnes and!

to repeat myself? Get moving!" he commands, pushing Agnes

trips over her feet and collapses onto the

eyes as she looks around

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

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

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

her hands

in confusion and

ears and shakes a

don't understand, she pulls out a pen and paper

she writes, pointing again to her

name is Agnes.What

dressed before the rest of the Omegas come rushing in to

large building just south of the