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,”

replies, looking

“Okay.”

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

“Adios, Mami,”

as the

reaches over to remove the

can’t,” she

can’t do this.I

calm her down by

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

snaps, storming out of the room and into the The nurse pauses

she murmurs, the nurse nodding and proceeding with the

“It’s okay, Mami,”

the

of her for you.You just go home

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

few more moments while she sobs silently

to find her, Vanessa curled up

not appear angry or

her body shaking

…k-kill her,” she

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

Talia giving her a tight squeeze and letting her rest her

“I know…”

hallway of the hospital disappears into the

decor, just a few plants here

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

full of thick books and a wedding portrait of Talia and

away at a calculator and jotting something

brows are furrowed in concentration when a gentle knock

calls out, a beautiful woman and a brooding

bouquet of flowers and a little red box in her

smiles happily, rushing to greet the woman with

the woman

call me Kay. You know

puts the flowers on her desk

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

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

her throat and cheerfully

smiling like a two years and Goddess you

She asks her

at Talia, his intense stare

by his cold demeanor, keeping her

you,” Kay continues, attempting to diffuse the developing

you

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

of

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

“Oh I see,”

although I see

thoughtful of

yes.Because a few stones are going to

mutters, Talia doing her best to

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

“Christopher!”

snaps at

take that back this

a Luna, but she’s a disgrace to this

Mr.Hart berates her for her failure to produce an

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

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

“Christopher!”

her husband only glaring at her

he mutters to

looks at Talia

so sorry,” she

didn’t…I didn’t think he

Talia shrugs, walking back to

getting used

watch Talia sit at her desk for a moment, her eyes studying

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

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

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

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

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

open in a silent scream and she collapses on

to reach for her phone on the desk, her fingers

the phone, her

“He-help me.”

minutes before a man bursts

asks, pulling

back her scream

don’t know,” She

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

hands clawing

can’t breathe! Jordan, I can’t

replies, blinking hard as he tries to think of

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

room morphs into a clinic, Talia sitting anxiously on an exam table in a

pain seems to have subsided temporarily, Talia no longer

to be fine,

tries to

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