The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

Chapter 54

Chapter 54

“Time flies when you grow fangs and fur.” °) Dianna Hardy

I was not ignorant about claiming bites. Although I had slept through plenty of werewolf education in my life, the lesson

about claiming marks and bites wasn’t one of them. It was a hard lesson to miss, especially when I was used to seeing the

evidence on every mated female wolf I saw.

Claiming bites were just that — bites that represented the claim of a wolf on another. It was standard practice for male wolves to leave them on their female mates, and in cases of same-sex mates, the dominant wolf would leave one on the

submissive wolf. Even learning about it in school, I’d never liked the practice. |)

It had always felt so one-sided to me. Just another way for male wolves to show their mates off like property, even parade

them as such. The female wolf never got to leave her mark on the male wolf, she could only ever wear the mark. |

At school, the female wolves used to gossip about what it would be like to wear their soul mate’s claiming mark. To

them, it was an honor. They didn’ once they’d met their mates and gotten their marks, every mated

just accept the display of possessiveness, they wanted it. And

woman I’d known had bore her bite proudly.

T’d seen the evidence countless times – most notably on Luna Grace. It wasn’t always visible around the house, but

whenever she interacted with pack members, she’d wear shirts or dresses with low collars that left my dad’s mark visible.

You could always the indent of his teeth, the exact spot he’d sunk his canines into her. The mark had obviously scarred

over but it never faded. It always seemed to shine in the light and even more on full moons.

I didn’t understand the werewolf biology that went into claiming bites perfectly. They all looked like bite marks to me,

but to a wolf, it was supposed to smell like your mate, It was irrefutable evidence that you were taken and claimed by

someone else.

So, when Griffin brought up the idea of claiming me, I practically bristled. My brain barely registered the second part of

becoming his Queen. I could

to claim me?” I gaped at him, “Like with a claiming bite?” He was splayed

buttons on his dress shirt undone. I could hardly blame him for

me out, I was sure that

you?” Griffin asked, his

cute little collar if you’d prefer. Maybe one with a bell

mind conjured up

not a realistic way that I’d ever want anyone in the

mark?” Griffin asked. He still looked relaxed and

to his voice

carefully – I didn’t want to risk offending him or his animal

“It has nothing to do with you specifically…it’s the bite itself. Maybe

need to have a physical

anyway. I suspect everyone in

point.

a surprise. If

teeth’” he echoed, shaking his head lightly, “Is that all you think

a friendly reminder that if you’re not reading this book on n𝘰𝚟el5s.com, you might be

dive

I lived at my dad’s pack, I don’t need one. I

here knows I’m your mate ~ I don’t need

Griffin said, and something primal flashed behind his eyes,

a warning system for any wolf

ever be able to mark you, they won’t even want to

you roam around these halls ~ or

wasn’t bluffing. Still, I continued to push. All I could think about was

who gushed over their claiming bites like they were new jewelry or clothes. And while they

wolves? What did they have to show

no bite they were expected

well. I would not tum into another dumbstruck

be shown off and follow orders mindlessly. Regardless of

that wasn’t it. (>)

keep my voice even, “I think there’s something we need to get straight

bites, about this

“Oh, and what’s that?”

and expectations, but I spent part of my life in the human world,” I

mindless little housewife

getting here or what you’re going to

thing