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 make

“O-okay,”

replies, looking over at

“Okay.”

to stand by her sister, grabbing hold of her

“Adios, Mami,”

as the nurse begins to turn off

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

she whispers

can’t do

her down by

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

The nurse pauses and looks

murmurs, the nurse nodding and proceeding with the removal of the

“It’s okay, Mami,”

wiping away the

but I’ll take good care of her for you.You

minutes before Talia’s mother

more moments while she sobs silently before she rushes off to find

not take her long to find her, Vanessa curled up

or upset, quietly sitting beside her

Vanessa whimpers, her body shaking

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

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

her a tight squeeze and letting her rest her head on her

“I know…”

into the abyss,

with minimal decor, just a few plants here

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

of thick books and a

away at a calculator and jotting

are furrowed in concentration when a gentle knock on the door draws

a beautiful woman and a

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

smiles happily, rushing to greet

this,” the woman

me Kay. You know

on her desk and nods nervously

for the silent man who only gives

to behave but Mr.Hart only

cheerfully hands the small red box

smiling like a two years and Goddess

She asks

Talia, his intense stare

by his cold demeanor,

have a gift for you,” Kay continues, attempting to diffuse the

hope you like

a beautiful bracelet with stone beads “It’s a fertility

of hurt flickering in Talia’s

luck with

“Oh I see,”

see

thoughtful

few stones are going to fix the

Talia doing her best to stay

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

“Christopher!”

snaps at her

that

be a Luna, but she’s a

her for her failure to produce an heir but

26 next month,” Mr.Hart adds,

to give him an heir

“Christopher!”

husband only

have never approved of this marriage,” he mutters

at Talia with

sorry,”

didn’t…I didn’t think he

walking back to her

used

watch Talia sit at her desk for a moment, her eyes

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

closes her eyes to take a deep

however, does not need me, wiping her own

left in awe of her as she dives into her work, somehow finding the strength to focus on the

begins her work, Talia doubles over, intensifies, pushing

she collapses on her knees onto the floor, her arms wrapping around

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

into the phone, her voice

“He-help me.”

a man bursts through the door,

asks, pulling

holds back her scream

know,”

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

her hands clawing

Jordan, I can’t

blinking hard as

so Dr.Lila can take a look

clinic, Talia sitting anxiously on an exam table in a patient

subsided temporarily, Talia no longer screaming or writhing but

going to be fine,

to soothe

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