The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

Chapter 33 Chapter 33

“Families are like branches on a tree. We grow in different directions yet our roots remain the

same.”

Unknown

As I stood inside the crowded LAX terminal, I couldn’t remember

the last time I’d felt so lost.

After Alessia and I had gotten off the plane, our goodbye was brief. She’d promised me that she’d

tell my family I was safe and wished me happy hunting — I’d rolled my eyes at that — and then

left. Apparently, one of her pack members was already waiting outside the terminal for her, so she

had no reason to wait around.

And now I was alone in a state I hadn’t been in for nearly seven years ~ not since I’d lived with my

mother. (7

When Alessia had first told me her pack lived in California, it had felt like fate. It was the state my

mom lived in, the state I’d lived the first eleven years of my life in. However, now that I was

actually sitting on a bench inside the LAX airport, the whole thing felt ridiculous.

Thadn’t seen my mom in seven years ~ I hadn’t even spoken on the phone with her since she’d

dropped me off at my dad’s house all those years ago. She’d made it clear she wasn’t interested in

any contact with me, so why did I think she’d take me in now?

She knows about the existence of werewolves, so maybe she’d be willing

to hear me out if I told her I was trying to escape from one. *

There was a small part of me that didn’t even want to contact my mom at all. If she could go so long

without even a phone call, did she really deserve to be in my life now?

But whatever pride or ego she had wounded with so many years of no contact would have to wait. I

was desperate. I didn’t have a lot of

options.

I also had no current address or phone number for my mom. When I had

most of our time on the move – living

the couch of some “aunt” or “uncle.” There was no telling where she’d be

live in California anymore but I doubted it. My mom

and she had never been fonding

bet Uncle Steve knows where

information for my mom, I knew my best shot at

her whereabouts was

always called him as a kid ~ was a family

in touch throughout the years. Living with my mom had

kid, but Steve was one of the few things that didn’t

what new boyfriend she had,

babysit me while my

few times when he’d run off

considered Steve to be the point of contact for my mom too. You

same place or that

know

me off at friends’ houses so she could go on a bender or splurge with

number in case

time I

mom

out that things changed ~ maybe

before I was even born. He was

maybe Uncle Steve

but none of them were urgent. They didn’t know I’d left

through the list of

mom and dad about your mate. Pretty sure dad almost had a heart attack but I think

Lily had written.

should talk about what this

worried that his human

that if you’re not reading

out on the complete story. Head over there to dive

pack’s advantage. “=

rized since t

third ring, I was beginning

when

it, and I felt my throat

re?” Steve repeated. “

ve,” I fin

Silence hung over the line

r than