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,"

to myself over and over again

me through the rearview mirror,

name?" he asks through

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

"Z-Zane,"

preparation for the blow

I'm met with cold

open one eye

nothing as he

as he

out.You won’t

burst into tears as he storms off towards the mansion, completely

mother tries her best to soothe me but I

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

my tears and she gives me her

love," she chirps,

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

wolves as I settle back into my

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

pack

see another silver

his gift many times, each time

had the gift of gas

him to avoid being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing

ever defeated him

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

scramble to the back of the car and peek through the rear view window just in time to

wolves… it's not long before the screaming overpowers the music playing from the

their pups are quickly whisked

had come with his family

hope he finds my mother in time to

drowns out the sounds of death around me

of the car and make a run for

it is! who finds

and there amongst the

but upon hearing my mother’s voice, I force

I see the most horrifying scene

a Ravenstone wolf, my mother struggles to free herself,

eyes

head in my direction, her neck now perfectly exposed to her

voice never leaves my lips as I watch the life drain from my mother's

annoyance and I quickly scramble

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

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

life is starkly different now that my mother

the announcement that both my mother and I had died in the

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

maids were told

became silent and

informed me that my father had remarried and was

would be passing his

of my rank the day my half brother, Caine, was born and given an Omega rank,

more than 5 feet tall

reason she was spared from certain death, for Agnes had one small

still remember the

time my father came to see me before I left the

.- FLASH BACK....

Agnes," my father's voice echoes

unsure

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

shake as I stand before

a small woman standing behind him; she

the Omega house with her," he

you pack

both Agnes and!

myself? Get moving!" he commands,

feet and collapses onto the ground in front

her eyes as she looks around the room

up and she flinches, her arms flying over her head to shield

do, I reach over again and tap her

hurt her, Agnes slowly lowers her arms

and places her hands in front of her face, thrusting

nose in

her ears and shakes a

don't understand, she pulls out a pen and

deaf," she writes, pointing again to her ears

is Agnes.What is

before the rest of the Omegas come rushing in to

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

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