The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

Chapter 17

“Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood.”

German Proverb

It was completely silent.

Nobody moved. Nobody spoke.

I was frozen, like a deer caught in the headlights or like a lamb spotted by the

wolf.

No.

No.

No. Nope. No way.

This is not happening. He can’t be talking about me.

Although I remained still, my eyes darted around the room, looking for some other person that the prince must’ve been talking about his real mate. Clearly, I was mistaken. There was no way he was talking about me.

But there was no one else.

He was looking at me.

And, when I say looking at me, I mean it.

His dark eyes roamed over my body, drinking me in like a starving man dying of thirst. I wondered if he could hear my heartbeat. I knew wolves had superior senses, and right now, it felt like my heart was trying to beat right out of my chest.

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We both just stared at each other for a good minute me in horror and him in something, I’m not sure what. O

When he finally did move, it happened so fast I wasn’t expecting it.

moment I was sitting in my chair, trying not to have an anxiety attack, and the next, he had scooped me up and

my face was pressed

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bare arms, and my lower back. Although I barely had time to register it, his hands felt divine. Everywhere that his hands met

wasn’t the smell of some cologne or

tell it was just his natural scent. I wanted to roll

Oh, God.

is happening

this the mate bond doing

Mate. Mine. My mate.” He kept repeating the words over and over again like

in his arms but I don’t think

my hair and inhale.

I liked his.

“Griffin!”

than I’d ever heard it.

didn’t turn around to face the King. He continued to nuzzle into

this? What are you doing with that girl?” The last word came out like a

Griffin said but he still

you think I’m doing?”

roared. I couldn’t see his face but it

was not happy about

will not allow my son to take a human for a mate.

tightened to the point where it was almost painful. I

feared for my life. Was Griffin about to kill me? Would he end my life here and

didn’t want a mate bond but I also didn’t want

because he began stroking my hair. “Hush. It’s okay, little mate,” he whispered to me,

words actually comforted me, but at

he wasn’t going to kill

kill her, I will!” The King shouted again and it practically shook the

it. I hadn’t even processed the

threatened my life by the time Griffin spun

him.

since Griffin had scooped me

else in the room looked

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