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.

want

some solid ground.”

too. Not the paws part, of course —

looked at me, her smile vanishing. “Well,

to fess up.”

“Fess up? About what?”

mine and I could feel a shift in the air. The light friendliness

reminded of who I was sitting next to: Alpha Alessia, who had

her own pack to

me about my mate, Clarke,” she said, her face

forget about your own deal, Clarke? Geez, I suck at

why I wouldn’t

or act coy, but I’d been so wrapped up

I’d almost forgotten what I had agreed to divulge for

you. My brain is still a little fuzzy. I’ll tell you who it

tense, and it wasn’t hard

just for

times,” I told her, “You

my

but it was there.

someone

the point, Clark,” she rolled

throat out. So, jus

I said, eyeing her white knuckles, “In that

to my sister.”

completely, like she

repeated, raising an eyebrow.

met?” I explained, “I

— she sat next to me on the plane and next to

ense why we’d smel

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Head over there to dive into the

she was

you were still able to smell

that she was no longer

never on Alessia.

now, Clarke. He’s part of the past

Had you gone to the dinner

“Of course it makes sense.

out sooner. I

like I used to, I guess. Our pack is in Washington, they live on Blacktooth territory.

now you can

she repeated again, “in Blacktooth territory. And you’re sure about this?” I could

in her eyes. “You’re not trying to screw me over, right?” There was

guess I couldn’t really blame her for being cautious, but

shy about

what you’ve told me, it’s got

in close contact

the sister.

“You’re mated to my sister…and I

my sister for about a day, the