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.

minutes and we’ll

“O-okay,”

looking over at

“Okay.”

steps out of Christian’s arms to stand by her sister, grabbing hold of

“Adios, Mami,”

giving her mother’s hand a squeeze as

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

can’t,” she whispers

can’t do this.I can’t

calm her down

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

snaps, storming out of the room and into the The nurse

the nurse nodding and proceeding with the removal

“It’s okay, Mami,”

wiping away the

care of her for you.You just

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

holds Talia for a few more moments while she sobs silently before she rushes

her long to find her, Vanessa curled up on the floor, hugging

or upset, quietly sitting beside her

whimpers, her body shaking

them …k-kill her,” she hiccups, Talia throwing her arm around

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

into another sob, Talia giving her a tight squeeze and letting her rest her head on her

“I know…”

hallway of the hospital disappears into the abyss, morphing

white with minimal decor, just a few plants here and

the middle of the room, right wall, there is a reading

left wall is a book shelf full of thick

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

are furrowed in concentration when a gentle knock on the

out, a beautiful woman and a brooding

little red box in

to greet the woman

we’ve talked about this,” the woman corrects her, her smile never

call me Kay. You

the flowers on her desk and nods nervously

who only gives her a

stomach to behave but Mr.Hart

her throat and cheerfully hands the

two years

She asks

Talia, his intense stare sending chills down my

by his cold demeanor, keeping her attention on

a gift for you,” Kay

hope you

box and extracts a beautiful

of hurt flickering in Talia’s

luck with your

“Oh I see,”

I see the anger twitching

thoughtful

are going to fix the

mutters, Talia doing her

one at that.A real she-wolf would have already delivered a whole

“Christopher!”

snaps at

take that back this

be a Luna, but she’s a disgrace

Mr.Hart berates her for her failure to produce an heir but I still

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

more year, Natalia, one more year to give him an heir or I will see to it that you are removed from your

“Christopher!”

shouts, her husband only glaring

of this marriage,” he mutters

at Talia

sorry,”

didn’t…I didn’t think he

walking back to

used to

excuses herself to go find her husband.I watch Talia

if willing them to work.She ties the bracelet on left wrist, her lower lip quivering when she finally looks

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

me, wiping her own tears and sitting up

awe of her as she dives into her work, somehow finding the

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

and she collapses on her knees onto the

to reach for her phone on the desk, her fingers shaking

gaps into the

“He-help me.”

several minutes before a man bursts through the door, kneeling down

the man asks, pulling Talia

holds back her scream to

know,”

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

hands clawing

breathe! Jordan, I can’t breathe.I

the man named Jordan replies, blinking hard as he tries to think of

pack clinic so Dr.Lila can take a look

exam table in a patient gown and Jordan sitting beside

seems to have subsided temporarily, Talia no

to be fine,

to

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