Reclaimed By My Alpha (Natalia and Andrei) novel Chapter 492

Chapter 492

He snorted. “She finally let me loose for a day. She said she needed some supplies from the market, but really, I think she just got a little sick of me. I was thinking of stopping to grab some coffee. Want to join me?”

“Sure.

We walked to a small cafe near the town square. Damon ordered two coffees and we sat at a table by the window. The cafe was mostly empty at this hour, which was both a relief and strangely unsettling for my racing mind.

Damon took a sip of his coffee and studied me over the rim of his cup. “So. You going to tell me what’s really going on?” he asked.

“Nothing’s going on.”

“Right. Because you look totally fine right now.”

I glared at him. “I said I’m fine.”

“And I’m saying you’re full of shit, brother.” He set down his cup. “Natalia called Grace the other day. Said things have been tense between you two lately.”

My jaw clenched. “She told you that?”

Damon shrugged. “She’s worried about you. We all are.”

“Well, don’t. There’s nothing to worry about.”

“Andrei.” Damon leaned forward. “Come on. It’s me. You can talk to me.”

I stared down at my coffee. The steam rose in thin wisps and I watched it dissipate into nothing.

I didn’t want to talk about this. Didn’t want to admit out loud what was happening. But Damon was my brother. If I couldn’t tell him, who could I tell?

“I’ve been having visions,” I said quietly. “Since the mountain. Since we got out of those caves.”

Damon’s expression hardened. “What kind of visions?” he whispered.

“Bad ones.” I swallowed hard. “I see myself hurting people. Killing them. My family. Natalia and the kids. I see it so clearly it feels real.”

“Shit.” Damon leaned his elbows on the table, making the wood creak. “Have you talked to anyone about this?”

“I just came from a therapist. Natalia made me go.”

“And?”

“And I walked out.” I looked up at him. “She said I was afraid. That I needed to confront my fear. But I’m not afraid, Damon. I’m just-” I stopped. I didn’t know what I was.

“You need help,” Damon said firmly.

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Chapter 492

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“Pll be fine.

“No, you won’t be. Not if you keep ignoring this.”

Frustration flared in my chest, and II stood up. My chair scraped loudly against the floor. “I said I’ll be fine. Just… don’t tell Natalia about the visions. She doesn’t need to know the details.”

“Andrei…”

“Promise me you won’t tell her.”

Damon stared at me for a long moment. Then, he sighed. “Fine. I won’t tell her. But you need to tell her yourself. Soon.”

“I will.”

“When?”

“When I’m ready.”

I left before he could argue. Left my coffee sitting on the table and walked out into the street.

The drive back to Moonshadow was too short. I wasn’t ready to face Natalia yet. I knew she would ask about the therapy session, and I couldn’t lie to her about that. I was already lying about too much.

I pulled up to the house and sat in the car, steeling myself for a few moments, before I got out and walked to the front door.

The house was quiet when I stepped inside, which was strange, because I expected to hear the twins making their usual cacophony of pre–dinner noise. Even Hope wasn’t crying or giggling. “Natalia?” I called out.

“In here,” her voice came from the living room. I followed it, but froze when I rounded the corner. Natalia was sitting on the sofa. There were tears in her eyes, and she was holding my journal in her hands.

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