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 we’ll make sure

“O-okay,”

replies, looking over

“Okay.”

stand by her sister, grabbing hold of her mother’s

“Adios, Mami,”

as the nurse begins to turn

the nurse reaches over to remove the ventilator

she

can’t do this.I

to calm her down by

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

nurse pauses and looks at Talia who

she murmurs, the nurse nodding and proceeding

“It’s okay, Mami,”

wiping away the last

good care of her for you.You just go

nurse promised, it only takes a few minutes before Talia’s mother finally goes home, the medical team wheeling

moments while she

to find her, Vanessa curled up on the

or upset, quietly sitting beside

sorry,” Vanessa whimpers, her body

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

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

her a tight squeeze and letting her

“I know…”

the hospital disappears into the abyss, morphing into an

with minimal decor, just a

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

shelf full of thick books and a

away at a calculator and jotting something down on

in concentration when a gentle knock

calls out, a beautiful woman and a brooding man

flowers and a little

smiles happily, rushing to greet the woman

talked about this,” the woman corrects her, her smile never

me Kay. You know Mrs.Hart makes me feel

flowers on her desk and nods nervously at the man beside

who only gives her a quick glance and

nudges her husband in the stomach to behave but Mr.Hart only growls

Kay clears her throat and cheerfully hands

two years

She asks her

Talia, his intense stare sending chills

bothered by his

gift for you,” Kay continues, attempting

hope you like

opens the box and extracts a beautiful bracelet with stone beads “It’s a

a bit of

to bring you good luck with your fertility.Figured it would be

“Oh I see,”

see the

thoughtful

are going to fix

Hart mutters, Talia doing her best

to be a she-wolf.A pathetic one at that.A real she-wolf would

“Christopher!”

snaps at

that back

might be a Luna, but she’s a disgrace

an heir but I still see

Mr.Hart adds, his voice

one more year, Natalia, one more year to give him an heir or I

“Christopher!”

only glaring at

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

looks at Talia with

sorry,” she

didn’t…I didn’t think

alright,” Talia shrugs, walking back to her

used

to go find her husband.I watch Talia

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

to take a deep

wiping her

into her work, somehow

suddenly as she begins her work, Talia doubles

on her knees onto the floor,

phone on the desk, her fingers shaking as she

the phone, her

“He-help me.”

for several minutes before a man bursts through the

happened?” the man asks, pulling Talia in

back her

don’t know,” She

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

cries, her hands clawing at

I can’t breathe.I can’t

Jordan replies, blinking hard as he tries to think

I’ll take you to the pack clinic so Dr.Lila can take

exam table in a patient gown

have subsided temporarily, Talia no longer screaming or writhing but still equally

going to be

tries to

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