***Zanet****
"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.
a few minutes and we'll make sure she’s
"O-okay,"
replies, looking
"Okay."
stand by her sister,
"Adios, Mami,"
as the
watches closely as the nurse reaches over to remove the ventilator from her mother’s mouth when
can’t," she
can’t do
calm her down by hugging
"Vanessa-"
"No!"
and into the The nurse pauses and
murmurs, the nurse nodding and proceeding with the
"It’s okay, Mami,"
away the
her for you.You just go home to
few minutes before Talia’s mother finally goes home, the medical team wheeling her
for a few more moments while she sobs silently before she rushes off to find
her long to find her, Vanessa curled up on the floor, hugging her
appear angry or upset, quietly sitting
her body shaking
couldn’t do it.I couldn’t watch them ...k-kill her," she hiccups, Talia throwing her arm around
"I couldn't...I couldn't..."
into another sob, Talia giving her a tight squeeze and letting her rest her head on her
"I know..."
of the hospital disappears into
minimal decor, just a few
sits in the middle of the room, right wall, there is a reading nook with a large
shelf full of thick books and
desk, punching away at a calculator and
concentration when a gentle knock
beautiful woman and a brooding
a little red box in her hands, a beaming
to greet the woman with
woman
You know Mrs.Hart makes me
the flowers on her desk and nods nervously
man who only
husband in the stomach to behave but Mr.Hart only growls
clears her throat and cheerfully hands
Anniversary, my dear," she chirps, smiling like a two years and Goddess you have
She asks her
at Talia, his intense
bothered by his
Kay continues, attempting to diffuse the developing
hope you like
the box and extracts a beautiful bracelet
bit of
to bring you good luck with your
"Oh I see,"
although I see
thoughtful of
stones are
doing her
one at that.A real she-wolf would have already delivered a whole litter of pups by
"Christopher!"
at
that back this
a Luna, but she’s a disgrace to this
for her failure to produce an heir but
is turning 26 next month," Mr.Hart adds, his voice low and
any younger.You have one more year, Natalia, one more year to give him an heir or
"Christopher!"
only glaring at
should have never approved of this marriage," he mutters to himself before storming out of
looks at Talia
sorry," she
didn’t...I didn’t
walking back to her
used
Talia sit at
the beads between her fingers, as if willing them to work.She ties the bracelet
down her cheeks as she closes her eyes to take a deep breath.I walk over to her,
need me, wiping her own tears and
work, somehow finding the strength to focus
as suddenly as she begins her work, Talia doubles
on
moment to reach for her phone on the desk, her fingers shaking as she dials
gaps into the
"He-help me."
floor for several minutes before a man bursts through the door, kneeling
what happened?" the man asks, pulling
her
don’t know," She
"It just hurts."
"What hurts?"
"Everything!"
her hands
I can’t
replies, blinking hard as he tries to
so Dr.Lila can take a
on an exam table in a
subsided temporarily, Talia no longer screaming or writhing but still
going to be
tries to
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