Reclaimed By My Alpha (Natalia and Andrei) novel Chapter 501

Chapter 501

Andrei’s POV

I watched Natalia disappear behind the tree. And the moment she did, the world dissolved around me.

The forest disappeared. The trees melted away. I was standing on a mountain. But it wasn’t made of rock or earth.

It was made of bodies.

Thousands. Hundreds of thousands. Piled so high they reached the sky. Limbs were tangled, mouths hung open in soundless screams of agony. Some were fresh, still bleeding Others were rotted down to the bone. The smell was overwhelming. Rot. Decay. It was almost… sweet.

At the base of the mountain, a river of blood flowed. The surface bubbled and popped, and I could see things floating in it. Organs. Pieces of flesh. A child’s hand, fingers curled like it had tried to grab something one last

time.

“Beautiful, isn’t it?”

The voice.

“No.” I turned and stumbled away. Down the mountain path, between the bodies. Charred, bloodied hands reached for me. I swatted them away, and their nails scraped my palms.

“This is your destiny.” The voice followed me, just as it always did. Or maybe it didn’t need to; it was just… everywhere. All the time. “This is what you were made for, Andrei. What you were always meant to create.”

“I would never do something like this. You’re not even real

“I’m as real as you are, my boy.” A body suddenly slumped into my path, making me jump back. I stumbled, falling against another one. My throat constricted, but I forced myself to stand. Forced myself to keep going.

“The Winter King was just a pawn. A distraction. He thought he was chosen, but he was nothing. A tool to prepare the way. But you. You are the true chosen one.”

“Chosen for what?”

“To finish what was started. To bring about the end of everything and the beginning of something new. Something perfect.” The mountain of corpses shifted, and a figure emerged from the pile. It was me. Or something wearing my face. I couldn’t quite tell in the darkred light. “You will kill them all. Every last one. And from their deaths, a new world will be born.”

“I won’t do it.”

“You will. Because it’s already begun.” The figure that looked like me smiled. Its teeth were sharpened into points and stained red. “You’ve already taken your first steps. The Winter King was your first. It was a little sloppy, but it was good for a start. Now, you’ll take another in my name.”

“I don’t even know your name,” I bit out. “And even if I did I wouldn’t do anything for you, let alone murdering thousands.”

I turned away before the figure could speak again, but this time, there was nowhere to go but down. A cliff made of bones and blood and limbs jutted out from the mountainside. My foot dangled over the edge, just as it had when I’d nearly leapt after Natalia, but this time, there was no snow beneath me.

Only blood. Thick, red blood. The blood of billions washing against the base of the mountain like an ocean

“Accept it,” the voice whispered “Accept your destiny. Become what you were always meant to be. Take the leap of faith and go.”

Chapter 501

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I didn’t respond. I couldn’t. Because rough hands, hundreds of them, covered in blood and vomit and pain, shoved

1. me.

I fell.

And fell.

And fell.

But I never hit the ground.

The vision cleared, and I found myself in the forest again. But my body would not obey, and my mind was in a haze.

I was walking. I knew that much. Trees passed by in a blur. I could hear music in the distance. Laughter. Voices.

The festival.

I tried to stop, but I couldn’t. It was like someone else was controlling my body. Like I was just a passenger watching everything happen through my own eyes.

The bonfire came into view. People were scattered around it, talking and drinking. Most of the crowd had gone home, but a few stragglers remained.

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