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,"

mumble to myself over and over again until I

father stops the car and stares at me through the

your name?" he asks through clenched

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

"Z-Zane,"

the blow

met

open one eye and steal

nothing as he opens the

growls as

coming out.You won’t be presenting yourself this

he storms off towards the mansion, completely ashamed of myself

tries her best to soothe me but I am

rest of the evening.Just the two of

wipe my tears and she gives me her brightest

she chirps, reaching for the

a snack and we'll hide out until it's

the crowd of wolves as I

car, I squint my eyes and stare at the

pack in Crest Mane.I was curious

to see another silver wolf shift or use

had seen my father use his gift many times, each time

the gift of gas

being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing him to

wolf has ever defeated him

hope on the night of my first shift that I would not disappoint my father and have a decent gift worthy of

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

not long before the screaming overpowers the music playing

are quickly whisked away

Wyatt, had come with his family in a

my mother in time

the

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

it is! who finds

comer and there amongst the trees, I

upon hearing my

the most horrifying scene that would forever haunt me in my

beneath a Ravenstone wolf, my mother struggles to

eyes

my direction, her neck now perfectly

blue orbs 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 the memory of my

annoyance and I quickly scramble

a head start

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

my life is starkly different now that

made the announcement that both my mother and I had died

who knew of me were sworn to secrecy while I was locked away in my room, left

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

world became silent and soon,

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

whom he would be passing his

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

a small woman, no more than

death, for

still remember the

my father came to see me before I left the Pack

.- FLASH BACK....

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

unsure if I heard him

me hadn’t faded after all this time

before

a small woman standing behind

moving to the Omega house with her," he

help you pack

both Agnes and!

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

her feet and collapses onto the ground in front

she looks around

she flinches, her arms flying over her head to

I reach over again and

to hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers her arms

places her hands in front of

in confusion and she laughs

points to her ears and shakes

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

writes, pointing again to

Agnes.What is your

rest of the Omegas come rushing

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

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