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.

and

“O-okay,”

replies, looking over at

“Okay.”

by her

“Adios, Mami,”

squeeze as the nurse begins

over to remove the ventilator from her mother’s

she whispers

can’t do this.I

calm her

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

the room and into the The nurse pauses

she murmurs, the nurse nodding and proceeding with the removal

“It’s okay, Mami,”

wiping away the last of

good care of her for you.You just go home to Dad.We’ll be

before Talia’s mother finally goes home, the medical

while she sobs silently before she rushes off

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

not appear angry or upset,

sorry,” Vanessa whimpers, her body shaking

watch them …k-kill her,” she

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

her a tight squeeze and letting her rest her head on

“I know…”

hospital disappears into the

painted white with minimal decor, just

there is a reading nook with a large comfy

entire left wall is a book shelf full of thick books and a wedding

calculator and jotting something down

a gentle knock on the

calls out, a beautiful woman and a brooding man walking into the

woman holds a small bouquet of flowers and a little red box in her hands, a beaming

rushing to greet the woman

the woman corrects her, her smile never

can call me Kay. You

chuckles as she puts the flowers on her desk and nods nervously

man who only gives

nudges her husband in the stomach to behave

her throat and cheerfully hands the small red box to

she chirps, smiling like a two years and Goddess you have

honey?” She asks

looks at Talia, his intense

does not seem bothered by his cold

Kay continues,

you like

beautiful bracelet

bit of hurt flickering in Talia’s

bring you good luck with your fertility.Figured it

“Oh I see,”

smiles politely, although I see the anger twitching in her

thoughtful of

a few stones are going to fix the

Hart mutters, Talia doing her

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

“Christopher!”

snaps at

take that back this

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

produce an heir but I still see

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

younger.You have one more year, Natalia, one more year to give him

“Christopher!”

shouts, her husband only glaring at her in

marriage,” he mutters to himself before storming

at Talia

so sorry,”

didn’t…I didn’t

Talia shrugs, walking

used to

she excuses herself to go find her husband.I watch Talia sit at her desk for a moment, her eyes studying the fertility

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

to take a deep breath.I walk over

wiping her own tears and

she dives into her work, somehow finding the strength to

as suddenly as she begins her work, Talia

and she collapses on her knees onto the floor,

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

into the phone,

“He-help me.”

floor for several minutes before a man bursts through the door,

the man asks, pulling

her

know,”

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

hands

Jordan, I can’t breathe.I

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

pack clinic so Dr.Lila can take a look at you,” he says, carrying her out

sitting anxiously on an exam table in a

Talia no longer screaming

to be

tries to soothe

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