The Silent Alpha (Natalia)
Chapter 41
Chapter 41: In Her Shadow
***Vanessa***
All morning, the pack medical team has been examining me, testing my brain function and my patience with their incessant questions.
What makes this entire experience upsetting, however, is the fact that my own husband has not even bothered to check up on me.
I don’t expect to be coddled or doted on as Christian is not exactly a very nurturing man even when he was with Natalia, but still, a simple “Hey, how are you feeling?” would have been nice.
To make matters worse, my head is pounding and it feels like every part of my body is overstimulated.
My ears are so sensitive and the sound of the heart monitor beeping is only making my headache worse.
Even my eyes burn from all the damn light coming in from the window and I’ve been given sunglasses to alleviate the pain.
All this stimulation seems to be playing tricks on my mind because I swear I hear whines and barks in my head throughout the examinations.
I don’t think much of the sounds though, chalking it all up to my imagination and exhaustion.
Where the f**k is my Gamma? I wonder, looking around the empty hospital room.
Shouldn’t Jordan at least be here to take care of me? He used to take care of Natalia all the time whenever she was sick.
No matter what I do, I will always be stuck in her shadow.
Growing up, Natalia was the perfect golden child.
She was naturally very smart, always landing a spot on the Honor Roll while I always struggled to keep up.
I had to work twice as hard to make the list and when I showed my mother my report card for a tiny bit of recognition, she just shrugged and tossed it on the table.
“What do you want? A reward?” she scoffed sarcastically.
“Estas pero bien pendeja {You are an i***t!}.This is the bare minimum.I did not leave my country for you to not take advantage of your education.You should always make the honor roll, just like your sister.Deja de andar con tus babosadas y ayudame a hacer de comer {Enough with your stupidity and help me make dinner}.”
I never showed her my report card again after that.
With Natalia being such a damn star in academics, I turned to the next best thing, sports.I joined the soccer team and worked my way to captain on the cheer team.
Did it matter? No.
mother was always too busy taking Natalia to her debate meets, her volunteering programs at the local nursing homes, and her community service activities at the rec center to ever
most of highschool, though I never did could get attention for: my looks.I inherited my mother’s pale skin and green eyes and she always praised me
course, that
met a college boy from the nearby university, Skyler, through
a drink in the master bedroom and being the dumb b***h that I was and excited to have
I woke up naked in bed early the next
all the way home, convincing myself that nothing happened to me, that it was just a strange
I never told
was asking for it
girl in school was raped? After that, I did everything I could to erase Skyler off my body, f*****g anything with a pulse to distance myself from
just an act, an
nightmare of an
who always knew exactly what she wanted, I was
were not
“They make good money.”
a cactus s**t really hit the fan when Natalia became an EMT and then started working towards her
the only thing I knew, partying and drinking to numb the emptiness inside that was slowly starting to
when
was like a beacon of hope.I had seen him in a few classes but it wasn’t until we were paired for a sociology project that I finally
funny and charming, always very polite whenever we
most men I had met up until that point, Christian didn’t
me laugh until my stomach hurt and we’d
though, he was the
one smart Lady.Why didn’t I
I got an idea for our sociology
forms in my throat as I look into the eyes of the man whose soul completes mine, understanding
“I’m sorry,”
tears lining
“I’m very sorry…but…we-”
with his own wolf
“Please…”
leaves my mouth before I can stop it, a part of
cupping my cheeks
the world and all of its
breathtaking kiss I have ever experienced,
Vasquez as my mate,” he whispers, pulling up the blanket to my chin and stuffing into my mouth to stifle
The Silent Alpha Chapter 41
the silent alpha natalia Chapter 41
the silent alpha by StephanieLight Chapter 41