The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

“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?

Griffin smirked. “Sorry, did you

went tomato red. Of course he had been messing with me. I had just tried to convince him he’d be better off with someone else, and only seconds later, I’m practically putty in his hands.

because of what? A

Clark. It’s not you, it’s

my cheek. His tone was mocking. “I just wanted to

in the pudding – he’d seen the way I’d closed my

I hated feeling embarrassed and I was not about to let him think I was some obedient little

hissing at him, “My name is Clark.

know. Second of all, that doesn’t prove I’m affected by the mate bond – it just proves I’m attracted to you. You’re hot, I’m

my point that I didn’t see the playful smirk fade from Griffin’s face or the dark expression that replaced

I did finally stop talking and I caught sight of

pissed – what did

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

fox?” Griffin hummed, leaning

“Have I what?”

you let other men kiss

Alpha mate wants a breakdown

it was a good idea to mention other

response that wouldn’t piss him off. Although I’d known Griffin less than a day, one thing was abundantly clear: he was possessive. Probably more possessive than

that if you’re not reading this book on n??el5s.com, you might be missing out on the

the Blacktooth pack, it wasn’t against the rules to have sex with people you weren’t mated to, but it was heavily frowned upon. I could still remember being thirteen, sitting in the back of

awkwardly explaining how sex worked, she’d also told us that we 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. It’s not

here I

how do I get out of

it really matter? That’s all in the past

–

to be me getting the hell out of dodge and hopefully away from

growled, “If you let others

“Let’s not forget – I had no idea about this mate thing, so you can’t exactly hold any of this against me. You don’t see me asking for all the dirty details of your sexual history and I highly doubt you were some innocent. virgin all these years.”

change the subject. Tell me – I want to

wasn’t going to let this go regardless of how much I tried to reason. I guess I could’ve lied and said

but you can’t get mad about

see,” he scoffed.

only ever had one boyfriend and the whole thing was pretty short-lived,” I said, and another blush came over my

–

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

Well, this feels familiar.

“Did he touch you?”

I swallowed.