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.

a few minutes and

"O-okay,"

replies, looking over

"Okay."

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

"Adios, Mami,"

squeeze as

remove the ventilator from her mother’s mouth when she

she whispers

do

tries to calm her down by

"Vanessa-"

"No!"

of the room and into the The nurse pauses and looks

the nurse nodding and proceeding with the removal of

"It’s okay, Mami,"

whimpers, wiping away the last

of her for you.You just go home to

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

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

take her long to find her, Vanessa curled up on the floor,

appear angry or upset, quietly sitting beside

whimpers, her body shaking

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

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

a tight squeeze

"I know..."

disappears into the abyss, morphing

painted white with minimal decor, just

the room, right wall, there is

of thick books

at a calculator and jotting something

furrowed in concentration when a

woman and a brooding man walking into the

holds a small bouquet of flowers and a little red box in her hands, a

happily, rushing to greet the woman

woman corrects her, her smile never

You

as she puts the flowers on her desk and nods

who only gives her a quick

husband in the stomach to

and cheerfully hands the small red box to

Anniversary, my dear," she chirps, smiling like a two years and Goddess

She asks her

at Talia, his intense stare sending chills down

by his

for you," Kay continues, attempting to diffuse

you like

and extracts a beautiful bracelet

explains, a bit of hurt flickering

with your fertility.Figured it

"Oh I see,"

smiles politely, although I see

you.How thoughtful of

few stones are going to fix

Talia doing her

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 by

"Christopher!"

at

take that back

be a Luna, but she’s a

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

Mr.Hart adds, his

Natalia, one more year to give him an heir or

"Christopher!"

husband only glaring

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

looks at Talia with

sorry," she

didn’t think

Talia shrugs, walking

getting used

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

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

her eyes to take a deep

not need me, wiping her

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

work, Talia doubles over, intensifies, pushing

on her knees onto

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

she gaps into the phone,

"He-help me."

floor for several minutes before a man bursts through the door, kneeling down beside

the man asks, pulling Talia in his

her

know,"

"It just hurts."

"What hurts?"

"Everything!"

hands clawing at

I can’t breathe.I can’t

replies, blinking hard as he tries to think of what to

pack clinic so Dr.Lila can take a

sitting anxiously on an exam table in a patient gown

have subsided temporarily, Talia no longer screaming or writhing

going to be fine,

to

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