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.”

stand by her sister, grabbing hold of

“Adios, Mami,”

mother’s hand a squeeze as the

reaches over to remove the ventilator from her mother’s mouth when

can’t,” she

can’t do this.I

tries to calm her down by

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

nurse pauses and looks at Talia who only squeezes her

nurse nodding and proceeding

“It’s okay, Mami,”

whimpers, wiping away the last

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

few minutes before Talia’s mother finally goes home, the medical team

more moments while she sobs silently before she rushes off to find

long to find her, Vanessa curled up on the floor, hugging her knees to

not appear angry or upset, quietly sitting beside her

whimpers, her

do it.I couldn’t watch them …k-kill her,” she hiccups, Talia throwing her arm around her sister’s

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

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

“I know…”

the hospital disappears into the abyss,

white with minimal decor, just a few plants

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

full of thick books and a wedding portrait of

punching away at a calculator and jotting

in concentration when a

she calls out, a beautiful woman and a brooding man

holds a small bouquet of flowers and a little

smiles happily, rushing to greet the woman with

this,” the woman corrects her,

me Kay. You know Mrs.Hart makes me feel

on her desk

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

husband in the stomach to behave but

and cheerfully hands the small red

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

She

man only looks at Talia, his intense stare

does not seem bothered by his cold demeanor, keeping her

gift for you,” Kay continues, attempting to

hope you like

beautiful bracelet with stone beads “It’s

a bit of hurt flickering

bring you good luck with your

“Oh I see,”

smiles politely, although I see the anger twitching

you.How thoughtful

a few stones are going to fix

doing

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 of pups

“Christopher!”

snaps at

that back

Luna, but she’s a disgrace to this pack!”

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

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

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

“Christopher!”

only glaring at

this marriage,” he mutters

at Talia with

sorry,”

didn’t…I didn’t

Talia shrugs, walking back to

getting used

face softens and she excuses herself to go find her husband.I watch Talia sit at her desk

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

closes her eyes to take a deep breath.I walk

not need me, wiping her own tears

she dives into her work, somehow finding

begins her work, Talia

a silent scream and she collapses on her knees onto the floor, her arms wrapping

for her phone on the desk, her

into the phone, her voice

“He-help me.”

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

asks, pulling Talia

her

know,”

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

hands clawing at

breathe! Jordan, I can’t breathe.I

Jordan replies, blinking hard as he tries to

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

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

temporarily, Talia no longer screaming or writhing but

to be fine,

to

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