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.

God,” she muttered, smiling. “I hate flying. I want to put my

some solid ground.”

Not the paws part, of course — but definitely

smile vanishing. “Well, since we’re almost

to fess up.”

“Fess up? About what?”

a shift in the air. The light

I was suddenly reminded of who I was sitting next to:

member of her own pack to rule

about my mate, Clarke,” she said, her

that’s what she wanted. Did you forget about your own deal, Clarke? Geez, I suck at

wouldn’t make a good q ueen. I suck at

act coy, but I’d been

I had agreed to divulge for that

I just woke up like you. My brain is still a little fuzzy. I’ll tell you

tense, and it wasn’t hard to

just for her. For Lily

her, “You said

my clothes

but it was

someone

she rolled

throat out. So, jus

it,” I said, eyeing her white knuckles, “In that case, I’m about 99%

to my sister.”

silence. Alessia paused completely, like she was

repeated, raising an eyebrow.

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

spent all day together too — she sat next to me on the plane and next to me

ense why we’d smel

that if you’re not reading this book

the complete story. Head over there to dive into

like she was trying

the day with Griffin, you were still able

that she was no longer

on Alessia. It was the look that my

He’s part of the

eighteen. Had you gone to

it makes

out sooner. I

is in

now you can

“in Blacktooth territory. And you’re sure about

her eyes. “You’re not trying to screw me over,

guess I couldn’t really blame

shy about

on what you’ve told me, it’s got to be

in close contact

be the sister. I’m not

settles it,” I said, “You’re mated to my sister…and I guess that

mated to my sister for about