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,"

again until I feel I

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

your name?" he asks

to concentrate because I knew if I kept staring at those cold angry

"Z-Zane,"

preparation for the

I'm met with

I open one eye and steal a glance at my

jaw is clenched but he says nothing as he

disappointment," he growls as he steps out

won’t be presenting yourself

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

tries her best to soothe me but I

you and I find ourselves a quiet place and hang out for the rest of

wipe my tears and she

my love," she chirps, reaching for the door

go fetch us a snack and we'll hide out until it's time to go home,

as I settle back into my

windows of the car, I squint my eyes and stare at the guests as they arrive, trying to figure who was

was not the only Silver wolf pack in Crest Mane.I

the chance to see another silver wolf shift

times, each

the gift of gas

to avoid being injured by

ever defeated

my first shift that I would not disappoint my father and have a decent gift worthy of the Scarlet Haven reputation hear

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

long before the screaming overpowers the music playing from the Mansion, wolves

whisked away by their gammas to

with his family in a separate

just hope he finds my mother in

chest almost drowns out the

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

it is!

and there amongst the

my mother’s voice, I force my legs to

the most horrifying scene that would forever haunt me in

wolf, my mother struggles to free herself,

whimper, my eyes filling with

head in my direction, her

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

in annoyance and I quickly

and I decide to get a head start on the day, grabbing my things

with steam.I count my scars as I scrub

20 years since the attack and my life is starkly different now

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

knew of me were sworn to secrecy while I was locked away

never came to visit me and the maids were told to

became silent and

that my father had remarried and was

son to whom he would be 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

no more

certain death, for Agnes had

still remember the

came to

.- FLASH BACK....

father's voice

I freeze, unsure if

of disdain in his eyes for me

I stand before the

small woman standing behind him; she

to the Omega house with her,"

you pack

both Agnes and!

repeat myself? Get moving!" he commands,

feet and collapses onto the ground in front

her eyes as she looks around the room

she flinches, her arms flying over her head to shield

I reach over again and tap

intend to hurt her,

places her hands in front of her face,

nose in confusion and

to her ears and

out a pen and paper from her back

she writes, pointing

is Agnes.What is

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

south of the main Pack house where the Alpha and the Higher Ranks

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