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,"

myself over and over again until I feel I could say

stops the car and stares at me through the rearview mirror, his cold eyes boring holes into

he

concentrate because I knew if I kept staring at those

"Z-Zane,"

in preparation for the blow / knew was coming.But it never

I'm met with cold

courage, I open one eye and steal a glance at

is clenched but he says nothing as he opens

growls as he steps

won’t be presenting

he storms off towards

best to soothe

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

I wipe my tears and she gives

my love," she chirps, reaching for the

we'll hide out until it's time

the crowd of wolves as I settle back into my seat

eyes and stare at the guests as they arrive,

only Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I was curious to see if we were really

another silver

father use his gift many times,

the gift of

avoid being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing him to

wolf has ever

disappoint my father and have a decent gift worthy of the Scarlet Haven reputation

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

screaming overpowers the music playing

quickly whisked away by their gammas to

Wyatt, had come with his family in a

my mother in time

almost drowns out the sounds of death around me as Ravenstone

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

is! who

there amongst the trees, I

with fear but upon hearing my mother’s voice, I force my legs to

the most horrifying scene

beneath a Ravenstone wolf, my mother struggles to

whimper, my eyes filling with

her head in my direction, her neck now perfectly

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

annoyance and I quickly scramble

and I decide to get a head

hot water jets drum against my 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

from battle, my father made the announcement that both my mother and I had died in the

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

were told to never

world became silent and soon, so did

Gamma Wyatt informed me that my father had remarried and was

would be passing his title to when the

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

small woman, no more than 5 feet tall and quite

certain death, for Agnes had one small defect that would benefit

remember the

time my father came to see me before I left

.- FLASH BACK....

Agnes," my father's voice echoes across the

freeze, unsure

me hadn’t faded after all this

shake as I stand before

standing behind him; she is also

to the

help you

Agnes and! remain frozen

to repeat myself? Get moving!" he

and collapses onto the

eyes as she looks around the

help her up and she flinches, her

over again and

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

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

wrinkle my nose in confusion and she

ears and shakes a

she pulls out a pen and paper

writes, pointing again

Agnes.What is

shut off the shower and get dressed before the rest of the Omegas

the Hive, is a large building just south of the main Pack house where the