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.

minutes and we’ll

“O-okay,”

looking over at

“Okay.”

by her sister, grabbing hold of her

“Adios, Mami,”

a squeeze as the

the nurse reaches over to remove the ventilator

can’t,” she

do

her down by hugging

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

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

murmurs, the nurse nodding and proceeding with the

“It’s okay, Mami,”

away the last of her

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

only takes a few minutes before Talia’s mother finally goes home, the medical team wheeling

she sobs silently before she rushes

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

angry or upset, quietly sitting beside her

Vanessa whimpers, her

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

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

Talia giving her a tight squeeze and letting her

“I know…”

the hospital disappears into the abyss, morphing

room is painted white with minimal decor, just a few plants here

middle of the room, right wall, there is a reading nook with a large

a book shelf full of thick

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

a gentle knock on

she calls out, a beautiful woman and a

a little red box in her

smiles happily, rushing to greet the woman

this,” the woman corrects her, her

me Kay. You know

as she puts the flowers on her desk and nods

silent man who

to behave but

throat and cheerfully hands

like a two years

She

man only looks at Talia, his intense stare

his cold demeanor,

have a gift for you,” Kay

you

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

of hurt

luck with your fertility.Figured it would

“Oh I see,”

politely, although I see the

you.How thoughtful

a few stones are going to fix

Talia doing her best to stay

at that.A real she-wolf would

“Christopher!”

at

take that

might be a Luna, but she’s a disgrace

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

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

getting any younger.You have one more year, Natalia, one more year to give him an heir or I will see to it that you are removed from

“Christopher!”

shouts, her husband only

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

at Talia with

sorry,” she

didn’t think he

walking back to

used

Talia sit at her desk for a moment, her eyes

if willing them to work.She ties the bracelet on left wrist,

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

does not need me, wiping her own tears and

her work, somehow finding the strength to focus on the spreadsheet

Talia doubles over,

she collapses on her knees onto the floor, her arms wrapping

her phone on the desk, her fingers shaking as she

gaps into the phone, her voice

“He-help me.”

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

what happened?” the man asks,

back her

know,” She

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

cries, her hands clawing at

I can’t breathe.I

named Jordan replies, blinking hard as

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

in a patient gown and Jordan sitting beside her

seems to have subsided temporarily, Talia no longer screaming or writhing but still

to

tries to

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