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.

few minutes and

“O-okay,”

replies, looking over at

“Okay.”

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

“Adios, Mami,”

a squeeze as the nurse

remove the ventilator from her mother’s mouth when she suddenly

she whispers

can’t do

tries to calm her down

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

The nurse pauses and looks at Talia who only squeezes

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

“It’s okay, Mami,”

away the last of her

I’ll take good care of her for you.You just go home to

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

few more moments while she sobs silently before

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

angry or upset, quietly

whimpers, her

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

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

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

“I know…”

hallway of the hospital disappears into the abyss, morphing

painted white with minimal decor, just a few plants here and

the room, right wall, there is a reading nook with a large comfy chair and

entire left wall is a book shelf full of thick books

away at a calculator and jotting something down on

furrowed in concentration when a

beautiful woman and a brooding man

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

to greet the

this,” the woman corrects her, her smile

call me Kay. You know Mrs.Hart makes me

her desk and

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

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

cheerfully hands the small

a two years and Goddess

She asks her

man only looks at Talia, his intense stare

his cold demeanor, keeping

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

hope you like

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

of hurt flickering

bring you good luck with

“Oh I see,”

smiles politely, although I see the anger twitching

you.How thoughtful

few stones are going to fix the

Hart mutters, Talia doing her

to be a she-wolf.A pathetic one at that.A real she-wolf would have already delivered a whole litter

“Christopher!”

snaps at her

take that back this

Luna, but she’s a disgrace to

an heir but I still

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

getting any younger.You have one more year, Natalia, one more year to give him an heir or I will see to it that you are removed from your

“Christopher!”

her husband only glaring at

never approved of this marriage,” he mutters to

looks at Talia with

so sorry,” she

didn’t…I didn’t think he

walking back to

used

go find her husband.I watch Talia sit at her desk

if willing them to work.She ties the

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

wiping her own tears

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

begins her work, Talia doubles over, intensifies, pushing

hangs open in a silent scream and she collapses on her knees onto the floor, her arms wrapping around her

for her phone on the desk, her fingers shaking

the

“He-help me.”

several minutes before a

happened?” the man asks, pulling Talia

holds back her

know,” She

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

her hands clawing at

Jordan, I can’t

blinking hard as he tries to think of what to

clinic so Dr.Lila can take

morphs into a clinic, Talia sitting anxiously on an exam table in a patient gown and Jordan sitting

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

going to be

tries to soothe

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