Reclaimed By My Alpha (Natalia and Andrei) novel Chapter 33

Natalia

After the recent events, Damon and I had agreed we needed someone trustworthy to watch the twins whenever we couldn’t be there. Not wanting the news to spread too far, we began interviewing various staff around the pack, hoping to find someone who might be interested in the job. But it was proving more difficult than I expected.

“This one has experience,” Damon said. “She’s got three pups of her own.”

I scanned the resume and shook my head. “Having her own children might make it hard for her to work full–time. We need someone without other big responsibilities, someone who can live in the house and be on call.”

Damon sighed and rubbed his temples. We’d been at this for hours, and the pile of rejections kept growing while the pile of possibilities remained stubbornly empty. Every applicant had some flaw–too young, too inexperienced, or they simply made me uneasy.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Damon nodded, and his Beta opened it, revealing Grace.

“Grace,” Damon said, setting aside his pen. “What are you doing here?”

“I heard you were looking for a nanny,” she said, holding up a small manila folder. “I wanted to apply.”

My jaw nearly dropped. Of all the people I’d expected to apply, Grace wasn’t one of them. She had kept her distance from me over the past four years, still a little bitter that I had been chosen as Damon’s Luna over her.

“You want to be our nanny?” I blurted out.

Grace’s chin lifted slightly. “I’m good with children. I helped raise my younger siblings, and I’ve always enjoyed taking care of the children during my nursing shifts at the infirmary.”

I hesitated, weighing my options. On one hand, I knew exactly why Grace was really here. She wanted to be close to Damon, to prove herself useful again, maybe even indispensable. It was written all over her face, in the hopeful way she glanced at him.

But on the other hand… Grace had helped me before, even if she didn’t like me. She had never betrayed me or Damon despite the strained situation we were all in, and Damon had known her for years. He trusted her.

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I was about to respond when there was another knock on the door. This time, Damon and his Beta both slipped out to speak to whoever it was, leaving me and Grace alone.

“I know what you’re thinking,” Grace said quietly once he was gone. “And you’re not wrong. But I promise you, Natalia, I would never let anything happen to those pups. Whatever you think of my motives, please believe that.”

Her words softened me considerably. But before I could reply, Damon and his Beta returned. A young wolf I recognized as one of our messengers followed behind him, clutching a white envelope.

“Luna,” the messenger bowed slightly to me, then extended the envelope. “This just arrived. It bears the

Moonshadow seal.”

My blood ran cold. Moonshadow. Andrei’s pack.

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Chapter 33

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I took the envelope and tore it open. My eyes widened slightly as I read its contents.

“It’s an invitation,” I said, looking up at Damon. “From Andrei. He wants us to attend a hunt in the Northern River Basin next weekend.”

Grace’s eyebrows shot up, but Damon growled, “Absolutely not. We’ve had enough interaction with him lately, I think. And given everything that’s been happening, I don’t think it’s wise for us to set foot in his territory again.”

The messenger shifted on his feet. “Alpha, Luna, I’m instructed to wait for your response.”

“Tell him no,” I said immediately. “Tell him-”

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