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,”

replies, looking over

“Okay.”

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

“Adios, Mami,”

hand a squeeze as the nurse begins to turn off

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

she whispers

do

her down by

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

nurse pauses

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

“It’s okay, Mami,”

whimpers, wiping away the last

care of her for

before Talia’s mother finally goes home, the medical team wheeling her into

a few more moments while she sobs silently

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

angry or

her body

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

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

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

“I know…”

into the abyss,

with minimal decor,

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

book shelf full of thick books and a wedding portrait of

punching away at a calculator and jotting something down on a

in concentration when a gentle knock on the door

woman and

and a little red box in her hands,

to greet

about this,” the woman corrects her, her

call me Kay. You know Mrs.Hart

her desk and nods

for the silent man who only gives her a

husband in the stomach to

and cheerfully hands

she chirps, smiling like a two years and Goddess you have done an incredible

She asks her

man only looks at Talia, his intense

bothered by his

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

you

a beautiful bracelet with stone beads “It’s

explains, a bit of hurt flickering in

luck with your fertility.Figured it would be

“Oh I see,”

although I see the

thoughtful of

are going to fix the problem

Hart mutters, Talia doing her best to

that.A real she-wolf would have already

“Christopher!”

at

that

might be a Luna, but she’s a

berates her for her failure to produce an heir but I still see the

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

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!”

husband only glaring at

approved of this marriage,” he mutters to himself before

at Talia with

so sorry,” she

didn’t…I didn’t think he

shrugs, walking back to her

getting used

find her husband.I watch Talia sit at her desk for a

them to work.She ties the bracelet on left wrist, her lower lip quivering when she finally looks back

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

wiping her own tears and sitting up

her work, somehow finding the strength to

Talia doubles over, intensifies, pushing herself

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

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

the

“He-help me.”

lays on the floor for several minutes before a man bursts through the door, kneeling down

happened?” the man asks, pulling Talia in his

her scream to

don’t know,”

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

cries, her hands clawing at her

I can’t breathe.I can’t

named Jordan replies, blinking hard as he tries to think of

the pack clinic so Dr.Lila can take a look at you,” he says, carrying her out of

on an exam table in

subsided temporarily, Talia no longer screaming or writhing but still

going to be fine,

to

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