The Silent Alpha (Natalia)

Chapter 36

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“Zane, l-”

Talia pauses for a moment to wipe her tears and several thoughts fill my head.

ls my past too much of a burden to share with her? Am I too broken to love?

“Thank you so much for sharing with me,” she murmurs, my entire body tensing as I brace myself for her to turn me down for my baggage.

My mate, however, interlocks our fingers together, bringing my hand up to her lips and kissing it.

“You are so strong, Zane,” she whispers through her tears.

“So strong and so brave,” she adds, giving my hand a squeeze.

“My problems feel so small compared to yours now,” she chuckles sheepishly.

“I had a much easier life than you did.Good parents and for a brief time, a good husband.”

She fidgets with her hair at the mention of her ex husband and I frown at her.I did not show her my past to compare pain.

Pain is pain, no matter how small or big.I hold her close, hoping I can somehow shield her away from any more pain and suffering.

“I guess it’s my turn, isn’t it?” she says quietly, resting her it?”

I nod my head and place my hands over her eyes.

My walls come down and I focus on her thoughts until the pitch black fades away.

It doesn’t take long for me to figure out that I am in a hospital room of sorts, a machine steadily beeping in the corner as I look around.

The room is quite spacious with a large window overlooking the city.

A woman lays asleep on the hospital bed, a series of tubes coming out of her.

Her face is bruised and swollen, her entire body covered in bandages.

Talia sits by her side, her thumb caressing the back of the woman’s hand.

“I’m sorry, Mami,” she murmurs as she strokes the woman’s cheek.

“I-I’m so sorry for pushing you away this past year.I should have…I should have tried to understand you more because I know that you only ever had the best intentions for me.”

She stops to catch her breath and wipe her tears.

“I know you don’t like him much, but Christian is a good man…” she says with a forced smile.

“And he’ll take good care of me.I know he will…So you don’t have to worry about me anymore.You can rest now with Dad.Yo voy a estar bien {I’m gonna be okay},”

She leans over her mother and kisses her on the forehead.

“Te quiero mucho, mami.{I love you}.Siempre te voy a querer {I will always love you}.For a moment, she stays there with her cheek pressed against her mother’s before her phone dings and she looks down to read the message.is almost here, okay? Just a little more and then I-I’ll…I’ll let you go, okay?” she smiles through her tears.

Her lips tremble as she brushes away the woman’s hair.

“Un poquito mas {Just a little more}.”

The heart monitor responds with its beeping but the woman never stirs.

Suddenly, the door bursts open, the same woman from Talia’s last memory and her ex-husband bursting in.

That must be Vanessa, I note, watching her ignore Talia as she rushes to the woman’s side and kisses her forehead.

Christian, however, comes up behind Talia and holds her to his chest.

I know it shouldn’t, but it angers me to see my mate in his arms.

“Ay, Mami,”

Vanessa whispers as brushes away her mother’s hair, her voice morphing into a sob.

“;Qué te pasd? ;Qué te hicieron? {What happened to you? What did they do to you?}”

She turns to Talia, her face stained with tears.

“Are you sure she’s…”

Her voice trails off at the end but Talia understands and nods as she wipes the tears on her face.

“And Dad?” Talia shakes her head, a fresh stream of tears rolling down her cheeks.

Christain squeezes her tightly, Talia burying her face in his chest as he responds on her behalf.

“They couldn’t do anything for him.He died on impact…” he Asmall whimper escapes Talia’s throat while Vanessa caresses her mother’s cheeks.

The medical team arrives, Talia sobbing even louder now that the end is near.

“l-is she in pain?” Vanessa asks.

“Does she hurt?”

One of the nurses steps forward.

“No, sweetie.She’s not in any pain.”

“Good,” Vanessa nods to herself.

“And…H-how many….How many lives is she saving?”

“Four,” the nurse responds.

“She’s saving four.”

“O-Okay,”

Vanessa says to herself, kissing her mothers cheek.

“H-How long will it take before…she umm…before she…”

“Not long,” the nurse.

a few minutes and

“O-okay,”

looking over

“Okay.”

by her sister,

“Adios, Mami,”

a squeeze as

nurse reaches over to remove the

can’t,” she

can’t do this.I

calm her

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

nurse pauses and looks at Talia who only

the nurse nodding and proceeding with

“It’s okay, Mami,”

the last

scared but I’ll take good care of her for you.You just go

nurse promised, it only takes a few minutes before Talia’s mother finally

holds Talia for a few more moments while she sobs silently

Vanessa curled up on the

or upset, quietly sitting

whimpers, her

couldn’t do it.I couldn’t watch them …k-kill her,” she hiccups, Talia throwing her arm around

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

giving her a tight squeeze and

“I know…”

into the

decor, just a

in the middle of the room, right wall, there is a reading nook with

of thick books and a wedding portrait of Talia and

sits at the desk, punching away at a calculator and jotting something down on a sheet of

are furrowed in concentration when a gentle

woman and a brooding

woman holds a small bouquet of flowers and a little red box in

to greet the woman

about this,” the woman corrects her, her smile

You

the flowers on her desk and nods

who only

nudges her husband in the stomach to behave but

embarrassed, Kay clears her throat and cheerfully hands

like a two years and

honey?” She asks

Talia, his intense stare sending chills down my

does not seem bothered by his cold

for you,” Kay continues, attempting to diffuse

you

box and extracts a beautiful

explains, a bit of hurt flickering in

you good luck with your fertility.Figured it would be

“Oh I see,”

although I see the

thoughtful

yes.Because a few stones are

Hart mutters, Talia doing her best to stay

she-wolf.A pathetic one at that.A real

“Christopher!”

snaps at

take that back this

might be a Luna, but she’s a disgrace

her failure to produce an heir but I still

turning 26 next month,” Mr.Hart adds, his voice low and

any younger.You have one more year, Natalia, one more year to give him an heir or I will see to it

“Christopher!”

only glaring at her

never approved of this marriage,” he

at Talia with

so sorry,” she

didn’t think he

walking

getting used

Talia sit at

between her fingers, as if willing them to work.She ties the bracelet on left wrist, her lower lip quivering

her cheeks as she closes her eyes to take a deep

me, wiping her

her as she dives into her work, somehow finding the strength

work, Talia doubles over, intensifies, pushing herself away from

silent scream and she collapses on her knees onto the floor, her

her phone on the desk, her fingers shaking

gaps into the phone,

“He-help me.”

the floor for several minutes before a

happened?” the man asks, pulling Talia in his

back her

know,”

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

her hands clawing at her

can’t breathe! Jordan, I can’t breathe.I can’t

hard as he tries to think of what to

Dr.Lila can take a look at you,” he says, carrying her out of the

an exam table in a patient

no longer screaming or writhing

to be fine,

tries to

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