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.

and we'll make

"O-okay,"

replies, looking

"Okay."

arms to stand by her sister, grabbing

"Adios, Mami,"

hand a squeeze as the nurse begins to turn off

watches closely as the nurse reaches over to remove the

can’t," she whispers

can’t do

her

"Vanessa-"

"No!"

the The nurse pauses and looks at Talia who only

nodding and proceeding with

"It’s okay, Mami,"

wiping away the last of

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

Talia’s mother finally

while she sobs silently before she rushes off to

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

appear angry or upset, quietly sitting beside her

Vanessa whimpers, her body

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

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

tight squeeze and letting her rest her head

"I know..."

of the hospital disappears into the abyss, morphing into an

is painted white with minimal decor,

in the middle of the room, right wall, there is

left wall is a book shelf full of

a calculator and jotting something down on a sheet

brows are furrowed in concentration when a

woman and

of flowers and a little red box in her

to

woman corrects

call me Kay. You know Mrs.Hart makes

her desk and nods nervously at the

a smile for the silent man who only gives her

in the stomach to behave but

throat and cheerfully hands the small red box to

smiling like a two

She asks

looks at Talia, his

bothered by his cold demeanor, keeping her attention

for you," Kay

you like

and extracts a beautiful bracelet with stone beads

a bit of hurt flickering in Talia’s

good luck with your

"Oh I see,"

politely, although I see the anger twitching in her

you.How thoughtful

few stones are going to

Hart mutters, Talia doing her best to

it, 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

"Christopher!"

snaps at her

take that

a Luna, but she’s a disgrace to this

failure to produce an heir but

Mr.Hart adds, his voice low

give him

"Christopher!"

only glaring at

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

at Talia

so sorry," she

didn’t...I didn’t think

shrugs, walking back to

getting used

watch Talia sit at her desk for a moment,

as if willing them to work.She ties the bracelet on left wrist,

a deep breath.I walk over to her, wishing I

not need me, wiping her own tears and sitting up

awe of her as she dives into her work, somehow finding

begins her work, Talia doubles over, intensifies, pushing

in a silent scream and she collapses on her knees onto the floor, her arms wrapping

phone on the desk, her fingers shaking as she

the phone, her

"He-help me."

floor for several minutes before a man bursts through

what happened?" the man asks, pulling

holds back her scream to

know,"

"It just hurts."

"What hurts?"

"Everything!"

her hands

Jordan, I can’t

hard as he

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

Talia sitting anxiously on an exam table in a patient gown and Jordan

temporarily, Talia no longer screaming or writhing but

to be

tries to soothe

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