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?

frustration must’ve shown on my face because Griffin smirked. “Sorry, did

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

because of what?

It’s not you, it’s the

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

pudding – he’d seen the way I’d closed my eyes, ready to

and I was not about to let him think I was

all,” I said, practically hissing at him,

hot, I’m sure you already know this. I would’ve been affected the

was so caught up in making my point that I didn’t see the playful smirk

caught sight of Griffin’s threatening

he’s pissed – what

that I called him hot? That was a compliment

Griffin hummed, leaning

“Have I what?”

let other

possessive Alpha mate wants

idiot. Why the hell did I ever think it was a

Griffin less than a day, one thing was abundantly clear: he was possessive. Probably more possessive than any other wolf I’d met if

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the Blacktooth pack, it wasn’t against the rules to have sex with people you weren’t mated to, but it was

the “purer” we kept ourselves, the happier our mates would be. Even at thirteen, it had felt like a lot of BS to

yet here I

I get out of this

it really matter? That’s all in the past the

–

going to be me getting the hell

growled, “If you let others

hold any of this against me. You don’t see me asking for

“Don’t try to change the subject. Tell me –

that Griffin wasn’t going to let this go regardless of how much I tried to reason. I guess I could’ve lied and said I’d never dated anyone

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

see,” he

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

–

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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