The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

Chapter 31

Chapter 31

“If we act like prey, they’ll act like predators.” – Alyxandra Harvey

For the remainder of the two-hour drive to the airport, I was on edge. Benito knew my name ~ he

knew who I was. Did that mean that I’d been caught? Did Griffin know I’d left? Was he on his way

to stop me? \*)

‘The car was completely silent but it felt like the driver was going to pull over any minute now and

tell me the ruse was up, that Griffin was on his way to drag me back. Or even worse, that Griffin

would be waiting at the airport for me and ready to stop me from getting on that plane. (“)

Although I felt like a bundle of frazzled nerves, Alessia spent most of the drive napping. Since we

had gotten into the car, her anxiety seemed to disappear ~ she clearly thought our escape attempt

was

a success.

Thad two options. I could wake her up and tell her that something was wrong, that Benito shouldn’t

have known my name. Of course, we weren’t really alone. The driver was only a few feet away

from us and he’d definitely hear the entire thing. If Griffin wasn’t already alerted to my

disappearance, he probably would be. Any chance we

might still have at an escape would be ruined. |)

The second option was that I could remain silent and hope Griffin wasn’t waiting at the airport,

ready to pull the rug out from under me. And if he was, I’d deal with it then.

I decided to go with option two.

It’s going to be okay. You might still be able to get away. You don’t know for sure that you’ve been

caught, I told myself. While it did little to actually help my anxiety, I still repeated that to myself the

entire rest of the ride. *

“alright, passengers. You’ll find your oxygen masks located in the overhead bin. Should the cabin

lose pressure, oxygen masks will drop down. Please place the mask over your own mouth and nose

before helping others.” The flight attendant’s voice was monotone and tired as she lazily

It was clear that

a day.

I’ll be coming around to make sure you’ve

and on

less

a sigh of relief. Alessia and I had made it to the

plane. When we had arrived at the terminal, we had two

one addressed to Clark Bellevue. Given that Benito had addressed

surprised that he had put the ticket

been no sign of Griffin

I had kept my eyes peeled the entire time. Alessia had berated me for

could tell she was on her guard

suddenly muttered beside me. We were already in our

fastened. I

out the rest of the passengers.

comment about our escape so I was surprised

speak up.

said, gesturing to the paper in my hand, “It’s addressed to you.

Benito used my name

me Clark. He knew who I

that. Something

sure

Griffin to show up out of thin air

let me leave?

fully. “Definitely. Le

like signing his own death

“Unless what?”

was trying

reminder that if you’re not reading this book

over there to dive into the next chapter—it’s all

leaving. I saw Benito use his mind link just before he let

know that we’d need the extra ticket, but maybe he

fact that you

over too,

“Let’s say he was mind linking Griffin. Why wouldn’t he stop me? Surely

want me

he would change his mind so quickly, but then again, it’s

spent one

mate bond, but maybe he assumed I would be too scared

run.

s the case, he

explanation felt empty. As little as I knew

knew I was leaving Griffin high and dry – I could

my reasoni

out

to me, “But I don’t