The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Chapter 42

“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” HG Wells

Punishment?

He’s going to punish me?

Griffin had said it so casually, like he was telling me about the weather or asking me my favorite food.

“Punishment?” I echoed, craning my neck to look up at him. Tucked into his side, it strained my neck to make eye contact with him but I managed.

A slow smirk spread across his face. My reaction didn’t seem to surprise him at all, and if anything, he just looked

amused.

What a sadist. He enjoys freaking me out like this.

“Yes, little fox,” he said, and his tone was almost mocking, “If I don’t punish you, how will you learn your lesson?”

Oh, God. He’s actually serious, he’s not just joking. “I don’t understand…how would you punish me?” I asked. I couldn’t

possibly imagine what Griffin’s “punishment” would entail. Was he planning to lock me up in the dungeon or something?

Or was this more of a time-out-sit-in-the-comer sort of deal? Both options didn’t seem appealing, and the very thought

of a “punishment” made me feel like a misbehaving child. Maybe that was the point. (°

“We’ll discuss it once we get back to the castle,” he said, and he went back to playing with my hair, “For now, I’m just

happy you’re in my arms again. But we’ve got a long night and a long flight ahead of us. You should probably get some

sleep.”

For a brief moment, my mind flashed to the airport. Of course, we’d be taking a flight back to Canada! Maybe I could

escape at the airport. There would be people there, people who would never let some random man drag a kicking,

screaming girl onto a flight.

As if he could sense what I was thinking, one of Griffin’s hands came up to cup my jaw and turn my attention back to him.

“I already know that clever little mind of yours is trying to hatch a second escape plan, little fox,” he said with narrowed

eyes, “But I’m going to stop you right here. Don’t even try.”

“What?” I feigned disbelief, “I was not thinking about trying to escape. I was thinking about what snacks I’d get at the

airport. That’s all.”

Iwas a terrible liar and the unimpressed look on Griffin’s face proved it. I wasn’t fooling him. He sighed, his eyes roaming

over my face. There was some sort of emotion on his face ~ sadness or guilt, I wasn’t sure which. “I wish it didn’t have to

come to this,” he said, “But I knew it would. Even with my private jet, I can’t take any chances with you.”

I was too confused by his statement to notice how he rummaged around his pocket or moved his other hand to hold my

jaw still.

And then I felt it.

He moved quickly, far too quickly for me to shove him away or fight back. Suddenly, there was a sharp pin-prick in my

neck. (=

my head away,

catch a glimpse at what he was holding in the other hand: a large

shoulder. The pin-prick I’d felt? It was him jabbing the

substance into my

a few seconds, and by the time I’d registered it,

he pulled the syringe out. I clasped my hand

Griffin pulled me close.

he said, “It’s for your own good. Just to make sure you don’t cause any scenes out in public.

we’ll be home.” Before I could argue or fight or throw some sort of

hold them up on my own. I collapsed into Griffin’s

to stroke my hair.

He just drugged me.

God, he just

him, but my tongue was heavy with a sweet chemical aftertaste.

the driver, and

began to

registered before the drug pulled me under was Griffin laying my

definitely guilt on his

noticed when I woke up was just how much my head hurt. It felt like a

times ten.

was silk sheets underneath me. The third thing my drug-induced

my heavy

seconds

a gravely, accented voice

reminder that if you’re not reading this book on n??el5s.com,

there to dive into the next

see where I was and to who that voice belonged. I

sheets, a dark headboard, and

massive, more luxurious than anything I’d been

an impressive vanity, and a couple of doors that seemed to

next to me. She was wearing a thin white coat, and from the medical supplies next to her, I could only assume

* )

What happened to me?

she said, and her beady eyes peered down at me. She had a large

“Do you remember what

but my throat was

a glass of water and I downed

with Aiden. We were at the movie, I walked

rushed through my brain in a flash ~

car, sticking a needle in

drugged

face,” the woman said, “I can tell

in their neck like that

right now.” The more she spoke, the more I was able to recognize

and my

a sleep aid and you had a pretty big dose of it. The King wanted to make

was… uneventful.”

Griffin was afraid I’d make a

bony hands came up to touch my forehead. “Yeah,” I

start of

and then she turned to rummage through her bag, “Here. Take this.

reliever.”

white pills, but I only eyed them. After being jabbed with

unnamed drugs.

rolled her eyes. “Please, it won’t hurt you, Koponesa. It’s a weak opioid. It’ll help your headache.”

my head was pounding. If it meant getting rid of the hammering in my head, the

be worth it.

and the old woman smiled

not introducing myself, but I’m

but he asked me to check

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