Reclaimed By My Alpha (Natalia and Andrei) novel Chapter 108

Chapter 108

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“Of course. After you.”

As I passed Andrei, I heard a snort. “You two are going to make home repairs?”

Damon stopped in his tracks and slowly turned to face Andrei. His eyes flashed. “Something wrong with that?”

Andrei shrugged. “It’s just surprising, that’s all. An Alpha and Luna could easily send some of the lower- ranking pack members to handle this. Don’t you two have better things to do?”

Damon turned to face his brother fully now. “You don’t need to tell us how to run our pack.

Furthermore, this is important. It’s good to be hands–on–maybe you should consider taking a page out of our book.”

He was right; Andrei had never been this hands–on with the more menial tasks that came with being an Alpha. He was excellent when it came to leading and taking charge, but he always delegated minor tasks like this to his subordinates.

It was partially why his lower–ranking pack members were a little chagrined with his leadership style. They barely saw him in town outside of mandatory events. He was an enigma. Even throughout our marriage, he had been an enigma to me, as well. He still was.

Finally, Andrei shrugged. “Actually, I think I’ll come. I’d like to watch this.”

I clenched my jaw, wishing he would just stay out of sight where I wouldn’t have to look at him. But Damon nodded. “We can use all the help we can get.”

“Didn’t say I was gonna help. Just watch.”

“Sure. Whatever. Just get in the car.”

After a short drive, we found ourselves in town. The house in question was indeed in a sorry state of disrepair–Damon had explained during the drive that a tree next to the cottage was knocked down during last night’s storm.

The tree crashed into the cottage, collapsing a large portion of the roof, destroying windows, and crushing several support beams. It was currently being cut up by the neighbors, who had brought their chain saws over to slice through the thick trunk.

Emily was wringing her hands on the front lawn. Her aging mother was sitting on a bench nearby, her head in her gnarled hands, as a few other pack members gathered around her to console her.

“Thank you for coming so quickly,” Emily said, rushing over. “Mom’s beside herself. We don’t know what to do.”

“We’ll get it fixed,” Damon assured her, already assessing the damage. “I brought some supplies, but we’ll need more lumber. Let me make a call.”

As Damon stepped away to use his phone, I looked over to see Andrei’s brows raised. He surveyed the damage and whistled low. “You’re lucky no one was hurt.”

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Just the sound of his voice made my teeth grind. Emily glanced at me, but then nodded. “Yeah, we are. We’re also lucky to have an Alpha and Luna who will drop everything to help us.” She offered me a thin- lipped smile and squeezed my arm, perhaps silently indicating that she was no longer mad at me for the lies I’d told over the past five years.

Andrei said nothing, although to my surprise, he did roll up his sleeves and start to help.

For the next hour, we worked steadily. Damon and a few other pack members who had arrived to help focused on removing the damaged portions of the roof, while Emily and I sorted through her belongings inside, moving anything valuable. Thankfully, not too much inside had been damaged.

Finally, the lumber arrived, and soon the real construction began. I found myself outside again, helping to carry supplies up to the workers on the roof. It was hard, physical labor, especially after my training session earlier, but there was something satisfying about doing something concrete to help a pack member in need.

I was struggling with a particularly long piece of lumber, trying to maneuver it toward the ladder, when a shadow fell over me. Before I could turn, a large hand reached out and lifted the beam from my grasp with seemingly no effort at all. I expected it to be Damon.

But it was Andrei who I saw towering over me when I looked up. It was Andrei’s hand that held the beam effortlessly. And it was Andrei’s piercing green eyes that captured my gaze.