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

“O-okay,”

looking over at

“Okay.”

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

“Adios, Mami,”

mother’s hand a squeeze as the

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

she

can’t do

calm her down

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

nurse

murmurs, the nurse nodding and proceeding with

“It’s okay, Mami,”

whimpers, wiping away the last

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

the nurse promised, it only takes a few minutes before Talia’s

while she sobs silently before

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

does not appear angry or upset, quietly sitting beside her

whimpers, her

couldn’t watch them …k-kill her,” she hiccups, Talia throwing her

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

another sob, Talia giving her a tight squeeze

“I know…”

hallway of the hospital disappears into the abyss, morphing into

decor, just a few

is a reading nook with a large comfy

left wall is a book shelf full of thick books and a wedding portrait of

punching away at a calculator and

brows are furrowed in concentration when a

calls out, a beautiful woman and a brooding

of flowers and a little

to greet the woman with

woman corrects

me Kay. You

as she puts the flowers on her desk

smile for the silent man who only gives her a quick

in the stomach to behave

clears her throat and cheerfully

smiling like a two years and Goddess you have done an

honey?” She asks her

man only looks at Talia, his intense

by his

you,” Kay continues, attempting to diffuse the

hope you like

opens the box and extracts a beautiful bracelet with

explains, a bit of hurt flickering in Talia’s

good luck with your

“Oh I see,”

although I see

you.How thoughtful

a few stones are going to fix

doing her

Kay.She’s a human pretending to be a she-wolf.A pathetic one at that.A real she-wolf would

“Christopher!”

at her

that back this

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

stands tall as Mr.Hart berates her for her failure to produce an heir but I still see the slight tremor in

26 next month,” Mr.Hart adds, his

to give him an heir or I will see to it that you

“Christopher!”

her husband only

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

looks at Talia with

sorry,”

didn’t…I didn’t think he

shrugs, walking back to her

used

she excuses herself to go find her husband.I watch Talia sit at her desk for a moment, her eyes studying the

ties the bracelet on left wrist, her lower lip quivering when

roll down her cheeks as she closes her eyes to take a deep

however, does not need me, wiping her own tears and

as she dives into her work, somehow

she begins her work, Talia doubles over, intensifies, pushing

silent scream and she collapses on her knees onto the

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

the

“He-help me.”

minutes before a man bursts through

man asks,

back her scream

know,”

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

her hands clawing at her

I

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

to the pack clinic so Dr.Lila can take

clinic, Talia sitting anxiously on an exam table in a

subsided temporarily, Talia no longer screaming or writhing

going to be fine,

to soothe

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