The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

Chapter 49 “It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.” |

Lawrence Durrell

By the time that Griffin arrived at the suite to pick me up, decked out in a dark blue shirt and dress pants, I tried to

swallow down my jealousy. This was supposed to be a fresh start for us, and I didn’t want to start it with conflict.

Especially with something that I knew wasn’t actually his fault but my own irrational feelings. Whatever Griffin had done

in the past was his business, not mine. “)

Not that he was considerate when he grilled me about my past sexual experiences.

It took a few deep breaths to shove the thought from my mind, but eventually, I was able to plaster a smile on my face

and look excited to see him.

“You look gorgeous, little fox,” he said, dark eyes roving over me. There was a hungry look in his eyes, like he wanted to

eat me alive.

“as do you,” I replied. He did look good; I couldn’t deny that. The blue of his shirt matched my dress, and for a moment, I wondered if Mary’s opinion about the blue dress hadn’t been planned. Griffin matching me couldn’t have been a

coincidence.

Griffin didn’t outwardly acknowledge my praise but I could tell it pleased him by the way his posture straightened and

his face relaxed.

God, is it that easy for me to read him? Is it just because of the mate bond that it feels like I can tell what he’s thinking or

because I’ve spent so much time in confined spaces with him?

“Come, little fox,” he said, “I’ve had one of the dining rooms prepared for us. I don’t suppose you’re hungry?”

At the mention of food, my stomach grumbled and Griffin smirked. “Well, that answers my question.”

It took almost all of my self-control not to bite back that being drugged hadn’t exactly given me time to eat.

You’re trying to

I just

silence and I tried not to let the elaborate twists and turns disorient me.

I’d have to learn this place sooner

it to the dining room, the elaborate marble and gold decorative fixtures hardly

been in enough rooms at the castle to know that most, if

smiled. This

beside me. Close enough to touch. Close enough that I could feel

did another door to the room

they were just as stunningly beautiful as Mary had been. Big, doe

if Griffin had ever given these girls a “night of attention,” to

young enough to catch anyone’s eye, maybe even

voice soft and tinkly, “The chef has prepared chicken pot pie as

plates in front of

what the castle is used to preparing,” Griffin said,

more filling and

begging me to take a bite. “Well, you guessed right.

kind of girl.”

smile immediately dropped. One of the girls who’d

big eyes looking up at him. Her uniform wasn’t indecent by any means,

arms together definitely accentuated

Majesty?” she asked, her soft

doing this in front of me right now? I know he’s the king but I’m literally right here and she’s still

catch his attention.

I couldn’t stop myself from answering for him.

venom out of my voice, but by the surprised look on the girl’s

a very

her to back off, straightening

she stammered, and I noticed that her cheeks flushed, “Just call

with the other girl, scampered back into the kitchen and I let out a breath.

So much so for leaving the past in the past. Griffin

anything, but it was clear that being mated wasn’t

little less grouchy. “What

bite and swallowed it down

“What was that?”

said. His eyes were narrowed but his tone was teasing, The