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,"

mumble to myself over and over again until I feel I could say nothing

and stares at me through the rearview mirror, his cold eyes boring

your name?" he

staring at

"Z-Zane,"

for the

I'm met

some courage, I open one eye and steal a

clenched but he says nothing as he opens the

as he steps out

coming out.You won’t be presenting yourself this

as he storms off towards the mansion, completely ashamed of myself and

mother tries her best to soothe me but I

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

nod as I wipe my tears and she gives me

she chirps, reaching

us a snack and we'll hide out until

of wolves as I settle back into my

stare at the guests as they arrive, trying to

the packs in the Kingdom and knew Scarlett Haven was not the only Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I

I'd get the chance to see another silver wolf shift

use his gift many times, each time

had the gift of

being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing him

has ever

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

back of the car and peek through the rear view window just

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

are quickly whisked

Gamma, Wyatt, had come with his family in a separate

finds my mother in time

out the sounds of death

out of the car and make a run for the

it is! who finds

and there amongst the trees, I hear a

upon hearing my mother’s voice, I force

the most horrifying scene

my

eyes

head in my direction, her neck now perfectly exposed to

my voice never leaves my lips as I watch the life drain from my mother's eyes.I flinch at the memory of

in annoyance and I quickly scramble to my

reads 5 am and I decide to get a head start on the day, grabbing my

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

life is starkly different now that my mother is

my father made the announcement that both my

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

me and the maids were told to never speak to me when they attended

became silent and soon, so

Wyatt informed me that my father had remarried and was expecting a

he would be passing his

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

no more than 5 feet tall and

not the reason she was spared from certain death, for Agnes had one small defect that would benefit my father

still remember the

to see

.- FLASH BACK....

Agnes," my father's voice echoes across the

mother." I freeze, unsure if I

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

legs shake as I stand before the man

a small woman standing behind him;

will be moving to the Omega house

help you pack your

when both Agnes and!

moving!" he commands, pushing Agnes

over her feet and collapses

she looks around

she flinches,

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

her, Agnes

her hands in front of her

nose in confusion

ears and shakes

pulls out a pen and paper

am deaf," she writes, pointing again to her ears and

name is Agnes.What

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

large building just south of the main Pack house where the Alpha and