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 we’ll make

“O-okay,”

looking

“Okay.”

Christian’s arms to stand by her

“Adios, Mami,”

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

closely as the nurse reaches over to remove the ventilator from her mother’s mouth

can’t,” she whispers

do this.I

to calm her

“Vanessa-”

“No!”

into the The nurse pauses and looks at Talia who only squeezes her mother’s

the nurse nodding and proceeding with the

“It’s okay, Mami,”

the last of her

of her for you.You just go home

only takes a few minutes before Talia’s mother finally goes

Talia for a few more moments while she sobs silently before she rushes off to find

to find her, Vanessa curled up on

or upset, quietly sitting

her body shaking

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

“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,

decor, just a few plants

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

of thick books and a wedding portrait of Talia

calculator and jotting something

brows are furrowed in concentration when a gentle knock

she calls out, a beautiful woman and a brooding

woman holds a small bouquet of flowers and a little red box in her hands,

to greet

the woman corrects her, her smile

me Kay. You know

flowers on her desk and

she says, forcing a smile for the silent man who only gives her a quick glance and nods

her husband in the stomach to behave but Mr.Hart

embarrassed, Kay clears her throat and cheerfully hands the small red

she chirps, smiling like a two

She

his intense stare

seem bothered by his cold demeanor, keeping

have a gift for you,” Kay continues, attempting

hope you like

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

a bit of hurt flickering in Talia’s

bring you good luck with your fertility.Figured it

“Oh I see,”

smiles politely, although I see the anger twitching in her

thoughtful of

yes.Because a few stones are going to fix

Hart mutters, Talia doing her best 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

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

produce an heir but I still see the slight tremor in her left hand

26 next month,” Mr.Hart adds, his

to give him an heir or I will see

“Christopher!”

shouts, her husband only glaring

should have never approved of this marriage,” he mutters to himself before storming out of

looks at Talia with

sorry,”

didn’t…I didn’t think he

walking back to her

getting used

softens and she excuses herself to go find her husband.I watch Talia sit at her desk for a moment, her eyes

them to work.She ties the

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

need me, wiping her

of her as she dives into her work, somehow finding the

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

on

takes her a moment to reach for her phone on the desk, her

into the

“He-help me.”

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

asks, pulling Talia in his

back her

don’t know,” She

“It just hurts.”

“What hurts?”

“Everything!”

hands clawing at

Jordan, I can’t breathe.I can’t

hard as he tries

can take a look at you,” he says,

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

have subsided temporarily, Talia no longer screaming or writhing but

to be

to soothe

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