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,"

again until I feel I

through the rearview mirror, his cold eyes boring holes into my

name?" he

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

"Z-Zane,"

body stiffening in preparation for the blow

I'm met with cold

one eye and steal a glance at my

nothing as he opens the door to

growls as he steps out of

out.You won’t be presenting

he storms off towards the mansion,

her best to soothe me

you and I find ourselves a quiet place and hang out for the rest of the evening.Just the two

my tears and she gives

my love," she chirps, reaching for

us a snack and we'll hide out until

as I settle back into my

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

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

the chance to see another silver wolf shift or use their

many times, each time leaving any onlookers in

had the gift of gas

into a toxic gas, allowing him to avoid being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing him to poison his

has ever defeated him in

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

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

before the screaming overpowers the music playing from the Mansion, wolves rushing to protect

are quickly whisked away by their

Wyatt, had come with his family in a

he finds my mother in time

my chest almost drowns out the sounds of death

the car and make a run for the trees near the house, hoping somehow to find my

it is! who finds

amongst

fear but upon hearing my mother’s

horrifying scene that

Ravenstone wolf, my mother struggles to

my eyes filling

in my direction, her neck now perfectly exposed to

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 mother’s lifeless body and fall off the edge of my bed with

annoyance and

5 am and I decide to get a head

count my scars as I scrub my body, a habit I developed after years of being

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

from battle, my father made the announcement that both my mother

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

came to visit me and the maids were told

world became silent and soon, so did

that my father had remarried and was expecting a son

he would be passing his

born and given an

no more than 5 feet tall and

spared from certain death, for Agnes had one small defect

the day I

time my father came to see me before

.- FLASH BACK....

is Agnes," my father's voice echoes

freeze, unsure if I

for me hadn’t faded after all this time we spent

before the man I

standing behind him; she is also

will be moving to the Omega house with her,"

help you

Agnes and! remain frozen

moving!" he commands, pushing Agnes into

trips over her feet and collapses onto the ground in front of

she looks around the room

she flinches, her

again and tap her shoulder, offering

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

smile and places her hands in front of her face, thrusting them

nose in confusion

to her ears and

out a pen and

pointing again to her ears

Agnes.What

get dressed before the rest of the

House, nicknamed the Hive, is a large building just south of the main