Reclaimed By My Alpha (Natalia and Andrei) novel Chapter 43

Chapter 43

Natalia & Lilith

Natalia

“I didn’t touch her!” Damon slurred. “I don’t even know why I was in there–I mean, I was just-”

I frowned, noticing the way Damon’s words blurred together, the way he swayed on his feet as he stumbled out of the women’s restroom. The crowd noticed, too, and began to back away in fear. He was drunk. Drunk enough tó not only go into the wrong bathroom, but to also touch a woman against her will.

“You tried to force yourself on me!” Lilith wailed louder. “I was just fixing my hair and you cornered me, pushed me against the wall and knocked me to the floor!”

Andrei’s body went rigid. I saw the shift beginning in his shoulders, the way his muscles bunched beneath his shirt. His eyes flashed that dangerous green, and a low growl rumbled from his chest.

“You dare touch her?” Andrei snarled, gently pushing Lilith behind him.

The territorial display was another confirmation that all that tenderness earlier had just been an act after all.

I pushed down the stupid ache in my chest and focused on what mattered. Damon.

“Wait,” I said, limping forward. “Something’s not right.”

“Not right?” Someone in the crowd scoffed. “Your mate just tried to assault the Moonshadow Luna!”

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I ignored them, studying Damon carefully. His eyes seemed unfocused, and he was swaying on his feet like a drunk man. And yet, when he had left earlier for the bathroom, he had been completely sober.

“Damon wasn’t drinking tonight,” I said out loud. “He was planning to drive us home.”

“Well, clearly he changed his mind,” Andrei said coldly.

Shaking my head, I pulled my phone from my pocket and turned on the flashlight. I shined the light directly into Damon’s eyes. His pupils were so dilated I could barely see the green of his irises. Just like the feral wolf from earlier.

My stomach dropped. “He’s been drugged.”

“That’s ridiculous,” Lilith said quickly. Too quickly. “He’s just drunk. I can smell the wine on him-”

Suddenly, I noticed a discarded cup on the ground next to the women’s bathroom door. I snatched it up and shined my flashlight inside. Indeed, a strange residue was sticking to the bottom, pale blue and grainy.

Wolfsbane powder.

I stormed over to Andrei and shoved the empty cup in his face, ignoring Lilith’s little squeak of surprise. “Look.”

He didn’t want to. I could see it in the set of his jaw, the way his eyes stayed locked on Damon. But I shoved the cup under his nose.

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“Look at it, Andrei. Same color as wolfsbane when it’s crushed.”

That got his attention. He took the cup from me and examined the residue. His nostrils flared as he inhaled, and his eyes widened as the scent confirmed my suspicions.

“This is…” He trailed off, looking between the cup and Damon with growing understanding.

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