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.

few minutes and we’ll make

“O-okay,”

replies, looking

“Okay.”

to stand by her

“Adios, Mami,”

her mother’s hand a squeeze as the nurse begins

nurse reaches over to remove the ventilator from her mother’s mouth when she suddenly bursts into

she

can’t do this.I

tries to calm her down

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

of the room and into the The nurse

she murmurs, the nurse nodding and

“It’s okay, Mami,”

away the last of

care of her

Talia’s mother finally

moments while she

to find her, Vanessa curled up on the

or upset, quietly sitting

sorry,” Vanessa whimpers, her body

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

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

Talia giving her a tight squeeze

“I know…”

the hospital disappears into

with minimal decor, just a few plants here and

there is a reading nook with a large comfy chair and a

wall is a book shelf full of

desk, punching away at a calculator and jotting something down

in concentration when a gentle knock on the

in,” she calls out, a beautiful woman and a brooding man walking

little red box in her

Talia smiles happily, rushing to greet the woman with

the woman corrects her, her smile

Kay. You

as she puts the flowers on her desk and

who only gives her a quick glance

in the stomach to behave but

Kay clears her throat and cheerfully hands the small red box

dear,” she chirps, smiling like a two

She

man only looks at Talia, his intense stare sending chills

seem bothered by his cold demeanor, keeping her

gift for you,” Kay

you like

beautiful bracelet

a bit of

luck with your

“Oh I see,”

see the anger twitching

thoughtful of

stones are going

Hart mutters, Talia doing

a human pretending to be a she-wolf.A pathetic one at that.A real she-wolf would have already delivered a whole

“Christopher!”

snaps at her

that

might be a Luna, but she’s a disgrace to this

failure to produce an heir but I still see the slight tremor

Mr.Hart

one more year to give him an heir or I will see to

“Christopher!”

only glaring at

approved of this marriage,” he mutters to himself before storming

at Talia with

sorry,”

didn’t…I didn’t

walking

used to

she excuses herself to go find her husband.I watch Talia sit at

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

cheeks as she closes her eyes to take a deep breath.I

however, does not need me, wiping her own

of her as she dives into her work, somehow

Talia doubles over, intensifies, pushing herself

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

a moment to reach for her phone on the desk, her fingers shaking as

gaps into the phone,

“He-help me.”

a

man asks,

holds back her

don’t know,”

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

her hands clawing at

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

blinking hard as he

so Dr.Lila can take a look at you,” he says, carrying

clinic, Talia sitting anxiously on an exam table in a patient

seems to have subsided temporarily, Talia no

going to

tries to

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