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.

address or phone number for my mom. When

our time on the move – living in

“aunt” or “uncle.” There was no telling where she’d be

not live in California anymore but I doubted

she had

roots behind. .*! I bet Uncle Steve knows where

mom, I knew my best shot at

finding her whereabouts was through

or Uncle Steve as I’d always called him as a kid ~ was a family friend of mom. They

stayed in touch throughout the years.

very stable as a kid, but Steve was one of the few things

at the week or what new boyfriend

while my mom was

when he’d

point of contact for my mom too. You could never

living in the same place or that she had

know where

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

had Steve’s number in case I

the time I

mom

things changed

was even born. He

Uncle Steve would be

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