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.

few minutes and

“O-okay,”

looking over

“Okay.”

stand by her sister, grabbing

“Adios, Mami,”

squeeze as the nurse begins to turn off

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

can’t,” she whispers

do this.I can’t

her

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

and into the The nurse pauses and looks at Talia

she murmurs, the nurse nodding and proceeding with the removal of the

“It’s okay, Mami,”

the last of

care of her for you.You just go

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

more moments while she sobs silently before

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

not appear angry or

Vanessa whimpers, her body

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

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t…”

another sob, Talia giving her a tight squeeze and letting her rest her head

“I know…”

the hospital disappears into the abyss, morphing

minimal decor, just a

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

left wall is a book shelf full of thick books and a wedding portrait

punching away at a calculator and jotting something down on a sheet

furrowed in concentration when a gentle knock on the door draws

a beautiful woman

a little red box in her

Talia smiles happily, rushing to greet the woman with a

we’ve talked about this,” the woman corrects her,

call me Kay. You know Mrs.Hart

puts the flowers on her desk and nods nervously

forcing a smile for the silent man who only gives her

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

cheerfully

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

She

man only looks at Talia, his intense stare sending chills down my

bothered by his cold demeanor, keeping her

Kay continues, attempting

hope you like

a beautiful bracelet with stone beads “It’s

of hurt flickering

you good luck with your fertility.Figured it

“Oh I see,”

politely, although I see the

you.How thoughtful of

stones are going to fix the problem

mutters, Talia doing her best to

she-wolf.A pathetic one at that.A real she-wolf would have already delivered a whole litter of pups

“Christopher!”

at

that back this

Luna, but she’s a

failure to produce an heir but I still see the slight tremor

next month,” Mr.Hart adds,

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

“Christopher!”

shouts, her husband only

never approved of this marriage,” he mutters to

at Talia with

sorry,”

didn’t…I didn’t

shrugs, walking back to

getting used

Talia sit at her desk for a

between her fingers, as if willing them to work.She ties the bracelet on left wrist, her lower lip quivering when she finally looks back

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

does not need me, wiping

left in awe of her as she dives into her work, somehow finding the strength to focus on the spreadsheet in

suddenly as she begins her work, Talia doubles

silent scream and she collapses on

for her phone on the desk, her fingers

she gaps into the

“He-help me.”

several minutes before a

what happened?” the man asks, pulling Talia

holds back her scream

don’t know,”

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

hands clawing at

can’t breathe! Jordan, I can’t breathe.I can’t

Jordan replies, blinking hard as he tries to

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

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

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

to

tries to

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