The Silent Alpha

Chapter 36: Hidden II

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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 sure she’s

"O-okay,"

looking over

"Okay."

arms to stand by

"Adios, Mami,"

her mother’s hand a squeeze as

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

can’t," she

can’t do this.I

tries to calm her down

"Vanessa-"

"No!"

room and into the The nurse pauses and

nurse nodding and proceeding with the removal of the

"It’s okay, Mami,"

away the last of her

of her for you.You just go home to Dad.We'll

the nurse promised, it only takes a few minutes before Talia’s mother finally

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

to find her, Vanessa curled up on the floor, hugging her knees to her

not appear angry or upset, quietly sitting

Vanessa whimpers, her body

do it.I couldn’t watch them ...k-kill her,"

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

into another sob, Talia giving her a tight

"I know..."

hospital disappears into the abyss, morphing into

decor, just a few plants

the room, right wall, there is a reading nook with a

left wall is a book shelf full of thick books and a wedding portrait of

at a calculator

concentration when a gentle

out, a beautiful woman and

holds a small bouquet of flowers and a little red box

smiles happily, rushing to greet the

woman corrects her, her

Kay. You know Mrs.Hart makes

puts the flowers on her desk and

the silent man who only

stomach to behave but Mr.Hart only growls in

throat and cheerfully

like a two years and Goddess

She asks her

looks at Talia, his intense stare sending

by his cold demeanor, keeping her

a gift for you," Kay continues,

hope you like

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

of

bring you good luck with your fertility.Figured

"Oh I see,"

I see the anger twitching in

thoughtful

yes.Because a few stones are going to fix the problem

Hart mutters, Talia doing her

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

"Christopher!"

at

take that back this

a Luna, but she’s

an

Mr.Hart adds, his

not getting any younger.You have one more year, Natalia, one more year to give him an heir or I will

"Christopher!"

her husband only glaring at her

this marriage," he mutters to himself

at Talia

so sorry," she

didn’t think

shrugs, walking back

getting used

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

them to work.She ties the bracelet on left wrist, her lower lip

she closes her eyes to take a deep breath.I walk over

wiping her own tears

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

she begins her work, Talia

she collapses on her knees

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

gaps into the phone, her voice

"He-help me."

several minutes before a man bursts through

man asks, pulling Talia in his

back her scream to

don’t know," She

"It just hurts."

"What hurts?"

"Everything!"

cries, her hands

breathe! Jordan, I can’t breathe.I

hard as he tries to think of

take a look at you,"

Talia sitting anxiously on an exam table in

have subsided temporarily, Talia no longer

to be fine,

to soothe

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