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 we’ll make

“O-okay,”

looking over

“Okay.”

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

“Adios, Mami,”

giving her mother’s hand a squeeze as the nurse begins to

as the nurse reaches over to remove the ventilator from

she

can’t do this.I can’t

tries to calm her down

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

The nurse pauses and looks at Talia who only squeezes

nurse nodding and

“It’s okay, Mami,”

wiping away the last

of her for you.You just

minutes before Talia’s mother finally

more moments while she sobs silently before she rushes

does not take her long to find her, Vanessa curled up on the floor, hugging her

angry or upset, quietly sitting beside

whimpers, her

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

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

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

“I know…”

of the hospital disappears into

decor,

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

book shelf full of thick books and a wedding portrait

calculator and jotting something down on

furrowed in concentration when a gentle knock on the

calls out, a beautiful woman

of flowers and a little

happily, rushing to

woman corrects her, her smile

call me Kay. You know Mrs.Hart makes me

the flowers on her desk and nods nervously at the

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

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

Kay clears her throat and cheerfully hands the

my dear,” she chirps, smiling like a two years

honey?” She asks

his intense stare sending chills down my

his cold demeanor, keeping

Kay

you like

a beautiful bracelet with stone beads “It’s a

bit of

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

“Oh I see,”

I see the anger twitching

thoughtful of

yes.Because a few stones are going to fix the

Talia doing her best

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

“Christopher!”

at her

that

a Luna, but she’s a

her failure to produce an heir but I still see the slight tremor in

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

give him an heir

“Christopher!”

husband only

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

at

so sorry,” she

didn’t…I didn’t think

Talia shrugs, walking back to her

used to

softens and she excuses herself to go find her husband.I watch Talia sit at her desk for a moment, her

ties the bracelet on left wrist,

her cheeks as she closes her eyes to take a deep breath.I walk

need me, wiping her own

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

suddenly as she begins her work, Talia doubles over, intensifies,

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

moment to reach for her phone on the

into the

“He-help me.”

before a man bursts through the

the man asks, pulling Talia in his

back her scream to

don’t know,” She

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

cries, her hands clawing

breathe! Jordan, I

replies, blinking hard as he tries to think

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

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

subsided temporarily, Talia no longer screaming or writhing but still

going to be fine,

tries to

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