The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

Chapter 21

“Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.”

David Ogden Stiers?

As I stared into his dark eyes, I didn’t doubt he was telling the truth.

If I ran, Griffin would surely come after me.

There’s no getting out of this. O

Even as the frightening realization washed over me, I couldn’t look away from him. He was staring at me in a way that nobody had ever looked at me

with pure devotion. As if I hung the stars or the moon in the sky with my very breath.

with

I’d seen that look plenty of times. I saw it in the mated couples at school, at pack functions, and even in the way my father and Grace looked at each other. Mated couples seemed to exist in their own orbit, and I’d be lying if I said I’d never been jealous.

It’s not that the idea of a soul mate wasn’t appealing, it was all the baggage that came with being chained to a wolf. D

I’d long since accepted that nobody was going to look at me with pure devotion and I was okay with that. The trade-off was an easy human life, where I’d be free to do and go as I please.

Griffin continued to look at me with hungry dark eyes.

My breath hitched.

His eyes flickered to my lips.

Is he going to kiss me?

I should’ve protested or turned away but I felt almost hypnotized by his gaze – all

I could see was him and all I could smell was his damned natural scent.

He leaned in.

I closed my eyes, waiting for his lips to touch mine. [2

And then suddenly he was off me, sitting on the other side of the bed.

–

My eyes flew open and I stared at him. what the fuck was that? Surely, he was about to kiss me right there?

did you

he had been messing with me. I had just tried to convince him he’d be better off with someone

because of what? A

Clark. It’s not you, it’s the

cheek. His tone was mocking. “I just wanted to see if

the proof was in the pudding – he’d seen the way I’d closed my eyes, ready

I was some

him, “My name is Clark. You can

bond – it just proves I’m attracted to you. You’re hot, I’m sure you already know this. I would’ve been affected the same way had

see the playful smirk fade from Griffin’s face or the

talking and I caught

he’s pissed – what did I

he’s not mad that I called him hot? That was

you, little fox?” Griffin hummed, leaning closer

“Have I what?”

you let other men

great of course my possessive Alpha mate wants a breakdown

did I ever think it was a good idea to mention

less than a day, one thing was abundantly

book on n??el5s.com, you might be missing out on

but it was heavily frowned upon. I could still remember being thirteen,

should save our first times for our mates. She’d said that innocence was a virtue and the “purer” we kept ourselves, the happier our mates would be. Even at thirteen, it had felt like a lot of BS to me – but I hadn’t argued.

yet here I

get out

uh,” I finally said, avoiding his dark gaze, “Does it really matter? That’s all in the past the future

–

going to be me getting the

matters,” he growled, “If you

against me. You don’t see me asking for all the dirty details of your sexual history and I highly doubt you

subject. Tell me

tried to reason. I guess I could’ve lied and said I’d never dated anyone but something told me he would’ve

sighed, “I’ll tell you but you can’t get mad about

we’ll see,” he scoffed.

pretty short-lived,” I said, and another blush came over my face, “Lasted a few months I

–

darkened even more. He stood up and approached where I was sitting on the bed, leaning over me again. His face was so close I could smell his minty breath and his eyes were locked onto

Well, this feels familiar.

“Did he touch you?”

I swallowed.

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