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.”

by

“Adios, Mami,”

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

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

can’t,” she

do

calm her down

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

snaps, storming out of the room and into the The nurse pauses and looks at Talia who only squeezes her

she murmurs, the nurse nodding and proceeding with the

“It’s okay, Mami,”

whimpers, wiping away the last

of her for

minutes before Talia’s mother finally

Talia for a few more moments while she sobs silently before

her, Vanessa curled up on the floor, hugging

angry or upset, quietly sitting beside

Vanessa whimpers, her body

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

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

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

“I know…”

into

painted white with minimal decor, just a few plants

room, right wall, there is a reading nook with a large comfy chair

entire left wall is a book shelf full of thick books

the desk, punching away at a calculator and jotting something down on a sheet of

brows are furrowed in concentration when a gentle knock on

she calls out, a beautiful woman and a brooding man

and a little red box in

happily, rushing to greet the

about this,” the woman corrects her, her

call me Kay. You

her desk and nods nervously at the

silent man who only gives her

stomach to behave but

her throat and cheerfully hands

my dear,” she chirps, smiling like a two years and

She asks

Talia, his intense stare sending chills

bothered by his cold demeanor, keeping her attention on

you,” Kay continues,

you like

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

bit of hurt

good luck with your fertility.Figured it

“Oh I see,”

I see the anger

thoughtful of

are going to fix

Hart mutters, Talia doing her best to

it, Kay.She’s a human pretending to be a she-wolf.A pathetic one at that.A real she-wolf would have already delivered a whole litter

“Christopher!”

snaps at

that back this

but she’s a disgrace to this pack!” Mr.Hart

as Mr.Hart berates her for her failure to produce an heir but I still see the

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

year to give him

“Christopher!”

husband only glaring at

marriage,” he mutters to

looks at

sorry,”

didn’t…I didn’t think he

alright,” Talia shrugs, walking

getting used to

softens and she excuses herself to go find her husband.I watch Talia

the bracelet on left wrist, her lower lip quivering when she finally looks back

as she closes her eyes to take a deep breath.I walk over to her, wishing I could somehow soothe her

not need me, wiping her own tears and sitting

dives into her work, somehow finding the

her work, Talia doubles over, intensifies, pushing herself

on her

phone on the desk, her

gaps into the

“He-help me.”

before a man bursts through

happened?” the man asks, pulling

her scream to

don’t know,”

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

cries, her hands clawing

can’t breathe! Jordan, I can’t

as he tries to

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

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

Talia no longer

going to be

to soothe

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