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.

Clark? You’re trying to accept

instead, I just said, “Food

comfortable silence and I tried not

have to learn this place sooner or later,

did finally make it to the dining room, the

castle to know that most, if not all of them, were

for me and I smiled. This wooden table was much smaller than

Griffin sitting across from me, he was beside me. Close enough to touch. Close enough

door to the room open, two young girls carrying serving dishes. Even

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

if Griffin had ever given these girls

and young enough to catch

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

of us,

isn’t what the castle is used to preparing,” Griffin said, looking at

more filling and

to take a bite. “Well, you guessed right. I’m definitely

kind of girl.”

looked over at Griffin, my smile immediately dropped. One of the girls who’d

at him. Her uniform wasn’t indecent

definitely accentuated her

Your Majesty?” she asked, her soft voice low and

this in front of me right now? I know he’s the king but I’m literally

catch his attention.

Griffin could even reply, I couldn’t stop myself from answering for him. “No,

venom out of my voice, but

a very good

get her to back off, straightening up and giving him some space.

and I noticed that her cheeks flushed, “Just call if

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

weighing me down again. So much so for leaving the past in the

it was clear that being mated wasn’t going to deter everyone.

pot pie will help me feel a little less grouchy. “What was that?” Griffin

first bite and swallowed it down

“What was that?”

there,” Griffin said. His eyes were narrowed