The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

Chapter 32

Chapter 32

“Running away is easy. It’s the leaving that’s hard.” Samuel T. Herring

Alessia’s “theory” stuck with me for the entire five-hour plane ride ~ long after we stopped talking

and she fell asleep again. Her words sent a chill down my spine. Was Griffin really going to hunt me

like prey?

A couple of hours into the plane ride, I ended up falling asleep too

but it was plagued with nightmares.

In my dream, I was a fox sprinting across the foggy forest. I was running away from something – I

didn’t know what — and tried to hide in a hollowed-out tree. I could hardly make out my

surroundings while I was tucked in my little hiding spot, but then I saw it: the monster that was

chasing me.

It was a large black wolf, bigger than anything I’d ever seen with piercing dark eyes and sharp

canines. Its familiar dark eyes met mine, and I knew it had me trapped. There was nowhere to run,

and all I could do was watch as it stalked closer and closer. And then it pounced, razor-sharp canines

headed for me as I – I shot up in my plane seat, heart pounding. That was a hell of a dream. But it

wasn’t real — it was just a dream. *)

I normally wasn’t one to dissect dreams, but even that nightmare felt a little too on the nose to me. I

had been running in the wolves as a literal fox — which was Griffin’s favorite nickname for me —

and the predator chasing me had been a wolf. Could the meaning get any more obvious than that? (°

Clearly, I’m freaked out about what Alessia told me before I fell asleep

and now my fears are manifesting in my dreams.

My heart continued to pound. Although Griffin and I were probably hundreds of miles apart by this

point, the thought of him still managed to put me on edge.

“Passengers, please make sure you’re seated with your seatbelts on. We’re beginning our descent,

and we’ll be wheels down at LAX in minus twenty minutes,” the pilot’s voice croaked through the

speakers.

The feedback from the speakers roused Alessia from her own cat nap. Judging from the way she

lazily stretched out, it looked like her dreams had been a lot better than mine.

“are we already there?” she asked me. “They said less than twenty minutes till we get to the

airport,” I said.

hate flying. I want to put my

some solid ground.”

paws part, of course — but definitely

at me, her smile vanishing. “Well, since we’re almost there, it’s

to fess up.”

“Fess up? About what?”

could feel a shift

was suddenly reminded of who I

of her own pack to rule

me about my mate,

wanted. Did you forget about your own deal, Clarke? Geez, I suck at this

for reason #497 for why I wouldn’t make a good q ueen. I

to withhold information or act coy, but I’d been so wrapped up in

almost forgotten what I had agreed to divulge for that escape

just woke up like you. My brain is still a little fuzzy.

tense, and it wasn’t

for

told her,

on my clothes

but it was there. It

be someone I

she rolled her eyes, “No offense

throat out. So, jus

I said, eyeing her white knuckles, “In that

to my sister.”

was silence. Alessia paused completely, like she was frozen in time.

repeated, raising an eyebrow.

we met?” I explained, “I was sharing a

— she sat next to me

ense why we’d smel

if you’re not

out on the complete story. Head over there to dive

like she was

you were still

was

I had seen before, but never on Alessia. It was the look that my

now, Clarke. He’s part of the past now,

turned eighteen. Had you gone

makes sense.

sooner. I

like I used to, I guess. Our pack is in

now you can

territory. And you’re

to screw me over, right?”

voice as she spoke that last part. I guess

wasn’t shy about violence, I also

on what you’ve told me, it’s got to be her. There’s nobody

in close contact with

to be the sister. I’m not

mated to my

my sister for about a day, the information felt like