Reclaimed By My Alpha (Natalia and Andrei) novel Chapter 564

Chapter 564

Thankfully, between the two of us, we had supplies for three days if we were careful. But that was it. We had no map of this pl and the air was hot. Dehydration would be a constant risk.

I took a long breath of the hot, dry air and let it out.

“We need to find shelter first,” I said. “We’re not doing anything until we’ve rested and figured out where we are.”

Max nodded quietly and fell into step beside me.

I didn’t know how long we walked. Time moved strangely here–there was no sun to track, no moon, no change in light. The sky was constantly red and hot. My mouth was dry within the first hour and only got worse from there. I rationed us both to small sips from the water bottles and tried not to think about how little we had.

Max kept up without complaining, at least. He stayed close to me and watched the terrain carefully. I didn’t scold him about what happened because I knew there was no point. Besides, if we didn’t survive, I didn’t want to spend my final moments yelling at my son, even if he had royally pissed me off beyond the point of no return this time.

I couldn’t believe he had followed me all this way when I specifically told him to stay home. Max had always had a penchant f being stubborn and doing what he thought was best even when everyone else was telling him not to, but this was a lot, even f him.

And still, deep down, I blamed myself. Because maybe I had been hasty, too. Maybe, if I had waited and assessed and properly prepared instead of jumping headfirst into this adventure, we wouldn’t be in this situation.

Maybe Max got that trait more from me than I wanted to admit.

We walked and walked and walked. The ground was uneven and painful underfoot, making it impossible to walk without looking at where we were stepping. The rock formations were like jagged claws in the distance, never seeming to get closer, an there was never a breeze to cool the heat in my lungs.

The most disturbing part about all of it was that there was no wildlife. No sound at all, really, except our footsteps and our labored breaths. No birds. No small critters. No plants.

And no water.

We had been walking for what felt like an eternity when Max suddenly grabbed my arm.

“Mom,” he said, pointing. “Look.”

My gaze, eyes dry and red, followed his finger. To my surprise, tucked against the base of a rock formation to our left was a structure. It was small and made from what looked to be some kind of packed mud, dried now in the heat so that it matched the

color of the rocks.

“Is that a house?” I asked, narrowing my eyes.

“Maybe?” Max stared at it. “Should we get closer?”

I glanced at the sky Heat lightning was playing in the far distance, but still no sign of a change in weather or a day–tight evelo Either way, though, we needed to rest.

We approached slowly I held an arm out to keep Max behind me as we got closer. The door, once could even cal slightly open. No sound came from inside.

I motioned for Max to stay put He looked like he wanted to argue, but he stayed, knowing that he’d already pushed It too far by following me to this place.

I pushed the door open the rest of the way with my foot and stepped inside.

It was dim, the only light coming from a small fire built into a stone hearth in the far wall. The space was just wine roam, the

Chapter 564

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