The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

Chapter 40

Chapter 40

“Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they’re in the game.” (°

Paul Rodriguez Now I was the one fidgeting in my seat.

My heart was pounding a million miles per minute and I whipped my head around the theater.

Where is he? Tcan feel him. God, why can I actually feel his presence?

A part of me wanted to brush it off as paranoia, but deep down, I knew it was more than just anxiety. The mate bond. I

could feel it. Thrumming beneath the surface, like my entire body was yearning for him.

As my eyes swept around the dark room, I couldn’t find him anywhere. The crowded theater was full of laughing families

and cuddled-up couples but there was no Alpha King in sight. “Hey, you okay?” Aiden suddenly whispered next to me. Given that I’d suddenly taken to squirming around like a mad woman, I couldn’t be surprised that he was concerned.

Oh, God. Aiden.

If Griffin is really here, he’ll kill him.

Immediately, my mind flashed to a certain decapitated head. If he was willing to behead his father, I couldn’t imagine

what he’d do to someone like Aiden.

Someone who currently looks like he’s on a date with me.

Tneed to get out of here — and alone. If Griffin is here and going to make his presence known, Aiden can’t be around for

it.

feeling so hot anymore,” I told him, clutching my head, “I

get home before

started to stand up but Aiden grabbed

shouldn’t walk home alone. I’ll go with you.”

to look at us. More quietly, I

movie. I won’t walk, ’ll

a lie of course. If Griffin really was here and waiting in the shadows, I wasn’t

up in my head and freaking out over nothing, the fresh air will probably

some good.

hesitant to let me go. Even in the dark, his concerned blue eyes seemed to

I said, “I’’m sorry our night had to be cut short. Had I known I was getting a migraine,

come.”

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“You’re sure?” he asked.

I promise,” I told him and I managed to

you say so. Guess we’ll have

doesn’t drag me back to Canada.) “Of course,

Griffin. But there was none. Unless he’d mastered the art of invisibility since I’d seen him last, he

I still feel

my eyes took a minute to adjust to the harsh fluorescent lighting of the hallway. Besides

and the popcorn

made my way to the exit. “Have a

I was too nervous and amped up to even pretend to

outside was just as brisk as it had been an hour ago.

a two-lane road lay between

place with Yorba Linda’s cozy atmosphere. But

easy it would be for Griffin to hide in them. Was he there now? Gleaming eyes and sharp teeth,