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 sure she’s

“O-okay,”

replies, looking over

“Okay.”

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

“Adios, Mami,”

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

watches closely as the nurse reaches over to remove the ventilator from her mother’s mouth when she

she

do this.I

calm her

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

into the The nurse

the nurse nodding and proceeding with the removal

“It’s okay, Mami,”

wiping away the

her for you.You just go home to

only takes a few minutes before Talia’s mother finally goes home, the medical team wheeling her into

a few more moments while she sobs

her long to find her, Vanessa curled

not appear angry or upset,

Vanessa whimpers, her body shaking

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

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

into another sob, Talia giving her a tight

“I know…”

the hospital disappears into

decor, just a few plants here and

room, right wall, there is a reading nook with a

of thick books and a wedding portrait

at a calculator and jotting something down on a sheet of

when a gentle knock on the door

out, a beautiful woman and a brooding

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

rushing to greet

we’ve talked about this,” the woman corrects

call me Kay. You know Mrs.Hart

puts the flowers on her desk and nods nervously at the man

for the silent man who

the stomach to behave but

embarrassed, Kay clears her throat and cheerfully hands the small

two years and Goddess you have

honey?” She

looks at Talia, his intense stare sending chills down my

bothered by his

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

you

and extracts a beautiful bracelet with stone beads “It’s a

explains, a bit of hurt flickering

bring you good luck with your fertility.Figured

“Oh I see,”

see the anger twitching in

thoughtful of

stones are

doing her

at that.A real she-wolf would have already delivered a whole litter of

“Christopher!”

at

take that back

might be a Luna, but she’s a disgrace to this

failure to produce an heir but I still

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

any younger.You have one more year, Natalia, one more year to give him an heir or I will see

“Christopher!”

husband only

of this marriage,” he mutters to himself before storming

at Talia

so sorry,” she

didn’t

alright,” Talia shrugs, walking back

used to

her husband.I watch Talia sit at her desk for a moment, her

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

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

does not need me, wiping her own

she dives into her work, somehow finding the strength to focus

her work, Talia

on her knees onto the floor, her arms

her a moment to reach for her phone on

she gaps into the

“He-help me.”

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

asks, pulling Talia

her scream to

know,”

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

her hands

I

Jordan replies, blinking hard as he tries to think

can take a look at

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

have subsided temporarily, Talia no longer screaming or writhing but still equally

going to

tries to

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