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.

few minutes and

"O-okay,"

replies, looking over at

"Okay."

out of Christian’s arms to stand by her sister, grabbing hold of her

"Adios, Mami,"

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

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

can’t," she whispers

do

tries to calm her down by

"Vanessa-"

"No!"

nurse pauses and looks at Talia who only squeezes her

going," she murmurs, the nurse nodding and proceeding

"It’s okay, Mami,"

the last of her

just scared but I’ll take good care of her for you.You just go home to Dad.We'll

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

moments while she sobs silently before she rushes off

long to find her, Vanessa curled up

or upset, quietly sitting

her body shaking with

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

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

giving her a tight squeeze and letting her

"I know..."

hospital disappears into the

white with minimal decor, just

in the middle of the room, right wall, there is a reading nook with a large comfy chair and a matching

book shelf full of thick books and a wedding portrait of

sits at the desk, punching away at a calculator and jotting something down

concentration when a gentle knock on the door draws her

calls out, a beautiful woman and

and a little

happily, rushing to greet the woman with a

this," the woman corrects her,

call me Kay. You

flowers on her desk and nods nervously at the man

a smile for the silent man who only gives her a quick glance

husband in the stomach to behave but Mr.Hart only

throat and cheerfully

like a two years and Goddess you have

She asks

Talia, his intense stare sending chills

by his cold

Kay continues,

you

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

explains, a bit of

luck with your fertility.Figured it would be

"Oh I see,"

smiles politely, although I see the anger twitching

thoughtful of

are going to

mutters, Talia doing

one at that.A real she-wolf would have already delivered

"Christopher!"

at

that back this

be a Luna, but she’s

Mr.Hart berates her for her failure to produce an heir but I still see the slight tremor

turning 26 next month," Mr.Hart adds, his

getting any younger.You have one more year, Natalia, one more year to give him an heir or I will see to it that you are removed from

"Christopher!"

only

of this marriage," he mutters to himself before storming out of the

at Talia with

so sorry,"

didn’t...I didn’t think he

alright," Talia shrugs, walking back

used

her husband.I watch Talia sit at her desk for a moment,

fingers, as if willing them to work.She ties the bracelet on left wrist, her lower lip quivering

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

wiping her own tears and

dives into her work, somehow finding the strength to focus on the spreadsheet in

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

silent scream and she collapses on

a moment to reach for her phone on

the phone, her voice

"He-help me."

several minutes before a man bursts through

happened?" the man asks, pulling Talia in his

back her

know,"

"It just hurts."

"What hurts?"

"Everything!"

hands clawing

Jordan, I

as he tries

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

into a clinic, Talia sitting anxiously on an exam table in a patient gown and Jordan sitting beside her

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

to be fine,

tries to

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