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,"

over again until I feel I could say nothing

through the rearview mirror, his cold

is your name?" he asks through

I knew if I kept staring at those cold angry eyes,

"Z-Zane,"

stiffening in preparation for the

I'm met with cold

some courage, I open one eye and steal a glance at

nothing as he opens the door

disappointment," he growls as he steps out

out.You won’t be presenting yourself this

storms off towards the mansion, completely ashamed

to soothe me but I am

a quiet place and hang out for the rest of the evening.Just the two of us? I’m sure your father can handle the other

I wipe my tears

my love," she chirps, reaching for

go fetch us a snack and we'll hide

into the crowd of wolves as I settle back into

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

memorized all of the 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

see another silver wolf

use his gift many times, each

gift of gas

being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing him to poison

ever defeated him

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

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

the music playing from the

quickly whisked away by their

with his family

just hope he finds my mother

chest almost drowns out the sounds of death around me

the car and make a

it is! who finds

the comer and there amongst the

but upon hearing my mother’s voice, I force my

see the most horrifying scene

Ravenstone wolf, my mother struggles to free

my eyes

my direction,

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

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

room quickly filling with steam.I count my scars as I scrub

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

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

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

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

and soon, so

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

son to whom he would be passing his title to when

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

small woman, no more than 5 feet tall and quite

were not the reason she was spared from certain death, for Agnes had one small

the

time my father came to

.- FLASH BACK....

my father's

mother." I freeze, unsure if I heard

me

I stand before the man I once

behind him; she is

will be moving to the Omega house with her,"

help you

growls when both Agnes and!

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

and collapses onto the ground in

as she looks around

she flinches,

else to do, I reach over again and tap

did not intend to hurt her, Agnes slowly

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

nose in confusion and she

and shakes a

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

writes, pointing again to her ears and

is Agnes.What is

and get dressed before the rest of the Omegas come

south of