The Silent Alpha

Chapter 36: Hidden II

***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.

minutes and we'll

"O-okay,"

replies, looking

"Okay."

stand by her

"Adios, Mami,"

squeeze as the nurse begins to turn off

over to remove the

can’t," she

can’t do this.I can’t

her down by

"Vanessa-"

"No!"

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

nurse nodding and proceeding with the removal of the

"It’s okay, Mami,"

whimpers, wiping away the

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

only takes a few minutes before Talia’s mother

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

Vanessa curled up on the floor, hugging her

appear angry or

whimpers, her

watch them ...k-kill her," she hiccups, Talia throwing her

"I couldn't...I couldn't..."

bursts into another sob, Talia giving her a tight squeeze and letting

"I know..."

into the abyss,

white with minimal decor, just

there is a reading

book shelf full of thick books and a wedding

at a calculator and jotting

furrowed in concentration when a gentle

woman and

and a little red box in her hands, a

rushing to

about this," the woman corrects

can call me Kay. You

the flowers on her desk and nods

who only gives her a quick

to behave but

and cheerfully hands the small red box to

my dear," she chirps, smiling like a two years

She

looks at Talia, his

seem bothered by his cold demeanor, keeping

for you," Kay continues, attempting to

hope you

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

of hurt flickering in Talia’s

luck with your fertility.Figured

"Oh I see,"

although I see the anger twitching

you.How thoughtful

a few stones are going to fix the problem

doing her best

Kay.She’s a human pretending to be a she-wolf.A pathetic one at that.A real she-wolf would have already delivered a whole litter of pups

"Christopher!"

at her

that back this

she’s a

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

Mr.Hart

more year, Natalia, one more year to give him an heir or I will see to it that you are removed from

"Christopher!"

husband only glaring at her in

have never approved of this marriage," he mutters to himself before storming

looks at

sorry,"

didn’t think he

shrugs, walking back to

getting used to

husband.I watch Talia

to work.She ties the

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

need me, wiping

work, somehow finding the strength to focus on

begins her work, Talia doubles over,

a silent scream and she collapses on her knees

for her phone on the desk, her fingers shaking as she dials

gaps into the

"He-help me."

minutes before a man

asks, pulling Talia in his

back her scream

don’t know," She

"It just hurts."

"What hurts?"

"Everything!"

hands

Jordan, I can’t

as he tries to think of

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

table in a patient gown and Jordan sitting

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

going to be fine,

tries to

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