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 she’s

“O-okay,”

replies, looking

“Okay.”

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

“Adios, Mami,”

whimpers, giving her mother’s hand a squeeze as the nurse begins to turn off the

the ventilator

can’t,” she

do

her down by

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

room and into the The nurse pauses and looks at Talia who

going,” she murmurs, the nurse nodding and proceeding with

“It’s okay, Mami,”

whimpers, wiping away the last of

take good care of her

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

while she

Vanessa curled up on the floor, hugging her

or upset, quietly sitting beside her

sorry,” Vanessa whimpers, her body shaking with

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

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

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

“I know…”

hospital disappears into the

white with minimal decor, just a few plants here and

sits in the middle of the room, right wall, there is a

of thick books and a wedding

away at a calculator and jotting something down on

brows are furrowed in concentration when a gentle

beautiful woman and a brooding man walking into

bouquet of flowers and a little red box in her hands,

to greet the woman

talked about this,” the woman corrects her, her

can call me Kay. You know Mrs.Hart makes

the flowers on her desk and nods nervously

says, forcing a smile for the silent man who only gives her a quick glance and

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

Kay clears her throat and cheerfully hands the small red box

a two years and Goddess you have done an

honey?” She asks

at Talia, his

by his cold

Kay continues, attempting to diffuse the developing

hope you

extracts a beautiful bracelet with stone beads

bit of hurt flickering in Talia’s

good luck with your fertility.Figured it would be

“Oh I see,”

politely, although I see the anger twitching in her

thoughtful

a few stones are going

Hart mutters, Talia doing her best to

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

“Christopher!”

at her

that back this

but she’s a disgrace to

failure to produce an

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

to give him an heir or I will see to it that you are removed from

“Christopher!”

shouts, her husband only glaring at her in

of this marriage,” he mutters to himself before

at Talia with

sorry,” she

didn’t think

shrugs, walking back to her

getting used

watch Talia sit at her

work.She ties the bracelet on left wrist, her lower lip quivering when

closes her eyes to take a deep breath.I walk over to her, wishing I

need me, wiping her own tears and sitting

somehow finding the strength to focus on the spreadsheet in front of

she begins her work, Talia doubles over, intensifies, pushing

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

to reach for her phone on the desk,

she gaps into the phone, her voice

“He-help me.”

floor for several minutes before a

happened?” the man asks, pulling Talia in

back her scream

don’t know,”

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

her hands clawing at her

can’t breathe! Jordan, I can’t

the man named Jordan replies, blinking hard as

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

on an exam table in

pain seems to have subsided temporarily, Talia no longer screaming or writhing but still

going to be

to soothe

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