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

“O-okay,”

looking over

“Okay.”

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

“Adios, Mami,”

squeeze as the

the ventilator from her mother’s mouth

can’t,” she

can’t do

calm her down by

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

and into the The nurse pauses and looks at Talia who only squeezes her

nurse nodding and proceeding with the removal of the

“It’s okay, Mami,”

away the last of her

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

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

Talia for a few more moments while she sobs silently before

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

appear angry or upset, quietly sitting beside her

her

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

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

her a tight squeeze and letting her rest her

“I know…”

of the hospital disappears into the

room is painted white with minimal decor, just a few

desk sits in the middle of the room, right wall, there is a reading nook with a large comfy chair and

book shelf full of thick books and a

calculator and jotting something down on

in concentration when a

out, a beautiful woman

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

happily, rushing to greet the woman with a

this,” the woman corrects her, her

Kay. You know Mrs.Hart makes me feel

as she puts the flowers on her desk and nods nervously at the man beside

a smile for the silent man who only gives her a quick glance and nods

to behave but Mr.Hart only growls in

Kay clears her throat and cheerfully hands the small red box to

smiling like a two years and Goddess you

honey?” She

at Talia, his intense stare sending chills down my

does not seem bothered by his

gift for you,” Kay continues, attempting to diffuse the developing

you

extracts a beautiful

of hurt flickering in

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

“Oh I see,”

although I see the anger twitching in

you.How thoughtful

few stones are going to fix

Talia doing her

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

“Christopher!”

at her

take that back this

but she’s a

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

turning 26 next month,” Mr.Hart

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

“Christopher!”

only glaring at her

should have never approved of this marriage,” he mutters to himself

looks at Talia with

sorry,” she

didn’t think he

shrugs, walking back to

getting used to

go find her husband.I watch Talia sit at her desk for a moment, her eyes

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

closes her eyes to take a deep

however, does not need me, wiping her own tears

dives into her work, somehow finding the strength to focus on

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

a silent scream and she collapses on her

to reach for her phone on the

into the phone,

“He-help me.”

on the floor for several minutes before a man

man asks, pulling

her scream

don’t know,”

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

her hands

can’t breathe! Jordan, I

as he

to the pack clinic so Dr.Lila can take a look at you,” he

an exam table in a patient gown and

have subsided temporarily, Talia no longer screaming or

to be fine,

to

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