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

“O-okay,”

looking

“Okay.”

stand by her

“Adios, Mami,”

squeeze as the nurse begins

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

can’t,” she

can’t do this.I

to calm her down by hugging

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

of the room and into the The nurse pauses

nodding and

“It’s okay, Mami,”

whimpers, wiping away the last of

but I’ll take good care of her for you.You just

only takes a few minutes before Talia’s

holds Talia for a few more moments while she

take her long to find her, Vanessa curled up on

angry or upset, quietly

her body

her,” she hiccups, Talia throwing her arm around

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

her a tight squeeze

“I know…”

hospital disappears into

decor, just

there is a reading nook with

a book shelf full of thick books and a wedding portrait of

punching away at a calculator and jotting something down

in concentration when a gentle knock on

calls out, a beautiful woman and a brooding man

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

smiles happily, rushing to greet

the woman corrects her, her smile never

call me Kay. You know Mrs.Hart makes

puts the flowers on her

who only gives her a quick glance and nods

her husband in the stomach to behave but

clears her throat and cheerfully hands the small red box

dear,” she chirps, smiling like a two years and Goddess you have done

honey?” She asks her

only looks at Talia, his intense

bothered by his cold demeanor, keeping her attention

have a gift for you,” Kay continues,

you

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

a bit of hurt

to bring you good luck with

“Oh I see,”

politely, although I see the anger

you.How thoughtful

are going

mutters, Talia doing her

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

“Christopher!”

snaps at her

take that back

might be a Luna, but she’s a disgrace to this pack!” Mr.Hart

her failure to produce an heir but I still see the

Mr.Hart adds, his voice

year, Natalia, one more year to give him an heir or

“Christopher!”

her husband only glaring at her in

this marriage,” he mutters to himself

looks at

sorry,” she

didn’t…I didn’t think

Talia shrugs, walking back

getting used

herself to go find her husband.I watch Talia sit at her

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

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

me, wiping

into her work, somehow finding the strength to focus on the spreadsheet in front

Talia doubles over, intensifies, pushing

in a silent scream and she collapses on her knees onto the

takes her a moment to reach for her phone on the desk, her fingers

into the phone, her

“He-help me.”

before a

the man asks, pulling Talia

her scream to

know,” She

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

her hands clawing at

I can’t breathe.I can’t

man named Jordan replies, blinking hard as he tries to

take you to the pack clinic so Dr.Lila can take

anxiously on an exam table in a patient gown and Jordan sitting beside her as

no longer screaming or writhing but still

going to be

tries to soothe

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