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

at me through the rearview mirror, his

your name?" he asks

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

"Z-Zane,"

my body stiffening in preparation for the blow / knew was

met

one eye and

says nothing as he opens the door to

he growls as he steps out of

won’t be presenting

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

best to soothe

I find ourselves 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 and she gives

chirps, reaching for the

we'll hide out until it's time to go home,

disappears into the crowd of wolves as

eyes and stare at the guests as they arrive,

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 pack

see another silver wolf shift

father use his gift many times, each time leaving any onlookers in awe

gift

avoid being injured by an attacker while simultaneously allowing him to

wolf has ever

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

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

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

pups are quickly whisked away by their gammas to safer

with his family

finds my mother

drowns out the sounds of death around me as

of the car and make a

it is! who finds

amongst the trees,

fear but upon hearing my

the most horrifying scene that would forever haunt

Ravenstone wolf, my mother struggles to free

my eyes filling with

head in my direction, her neck now perfectly exposed to

as we maketo scream but my voice never leaves my lips as 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

groan in annoyance and I quickly

a head start on the day, grabbing

jets drum against my skin, the room quickly filling with steam.I count my scars as I scrub my

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

from battle, my father made the announcement that both my mother

to secrecy while I was locked away in

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

silent and soon, so

long after, Gamma Wyatt informed me that my

son to whom he would be passing his

born and given an Omega

was a small woman, no more than 5 feet tall

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

the day I

was the only time my father came to see me before I

.- FLASH BACK....

is Agnes," my father's voice echoes across the

unsure if I heard

disdain in his eyes for me hadn’t faded after all

as I stand before the man

small woman standing behind him; she

will be moving to the Omega house

help you pack

when both Agnes and!

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

her feet and collapses onto the ground in front

eyes as she looks around the room

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

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

not intend to hurt her, Agnes

and places her hands in front of her

nose in confusion and she

to her ears and shakes

out a pen

am deaf," she writes, pointing

name is Agnes.What is your

and get dressed before the rest of the Omegas come

Omega House, nicknamed the Hive, is a large building just south of the main Pack house where the Alpha and the Higher