The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

Chapter 56

Chapter 56

“actions speak louder than words.” *) Aleksandra Layland

I could hear Griffin grow! in surprise as I bit into his skin ~ he hadn’t been expecting it. Still, I kept my teeth latched onto

his warm skin, digging into the flesh.

It was only when he unlatched his teeth from my neck and I could no longer feel his teeth embedded in his skin that I

stopped biting him.

Surprisingly, I could feel very little pain from the claiming bite. There was a dull ache and I registered something hot and warm running down my shoulder ~ blood? ~ but that was it. It certainly didn’t feel like someone had just sunk their

fangs into me.

“What a little wild fox you are,” Griffin whispered, his eyes still wide in surprise. There was something else there too –

amusement. “Biting me like that. | didn’t think you’d really do it.” As if to prove it was really there, Griffin reached up to

touch the mark I’d left on his skin.

Although it was less than a minute old, I could already see the mark fading on his bronze skin. The swollen indent of my

teeth was beginning to fade to purple. It would be completely gone within minutes. Chapter 56

I can’t say I didn’t know what would happen. I’m not sure why I expected it to stay or why I’m so disappointed it won’t.

While | stared at the fading mark, Griffin leaned down and began licking at my own claiming bite. I wasn’t prepared for

the wave of pleasure that rocked through me as soon as his hot tongue met the mark, It went straight to my core — like

he’d set every nerve ending on fire.

“My God,” I moaned, my head falling back to give him better access.

I felt Griffin grin against my neck. “Oh, I didn’t tell you? There are a few…side-effects that come with a claiming bite.”

“No, you did not,” I hissed. “Nobody did.” It was hard to stay mad when every touch against the mark left me a tingly mess.

How did werewolf sex education manage to leave this part out? They didn’t think it was important to tell us that

touching the mark literally turns you on?

“My poor little fox,” Griffin’s tone was mocking. By the way he continued to drag his tongue across the mark, I could tell

he wasn’t sorry at all.

“Does it…does it feel like this every time someone touches the mark?” I asked, and I had to strain to get the words out. It

was hard to focus on anything but the sensations Griffin’s touch was bringing out in me. Chapter 56

Griffin growled and I felt him nip at the mark ~ just enough to make me gasp. “No,” he growled, “Only I can make you

feel this way when I touch my mark. If someone else so much as tries to touch you here – or touch you at all – ’ll kill them,

little fox.”

statement might’ve rattled me a little bit more, but as he

eyelids grow

weights and

practically chest to chest.

did so, I felt Griffin’s tongue leave

do I feel so… Tired,

was hitting me like a freight train. My brain was

okay, little fox,” Griffin whispered, cradling my head against

could’ve sworn his touch felt more magnetic than before. “This is another side-effect of the

brain to try and remember if that was covered in werewolf sex-ed, but it sounded right. As

felt right

to sleep, little

my fingers reached up to touch the spot where I’d bitten

touch as I traced the non-existent bite mark. It was completely gone now ~

mumbled. That was the last thing I managed to say out loud before

claimed me.

up, I could feel the sun on my face and the emptiness of

were drawn on one of the windows

the sun shining.

slept through

was so tired after last night – after the

Wait, the bite!

had marked me. There was no soreness in my neck and

felt a little stiff from sleeping for so long,

to drag myself out of bed and

when I caught sight

a friendly reminder that if you’re not reading this book

dive into the

healed and it looked nothing like

seen plenty of claiming bites in my life. They were all visible but most of them weren’t obvious. If you weren’t

marks, you’d probably miss them. Some of them were barely visible

Grace’s mark,

an Alpha. The

a more powerful wolf meant more powerful magic seeping

it, but now, I could see the truth of

but no matter which way I turned, you couldn’t miss it. It

indent.

had put their entire

eye-catching than any other claiming bite

there’s no hiding

it wasn’t ugly. There was something beautiful about it, like a

never thought I’d hear myself say that about a claiming bite. I’ve always thought

poke and prod at the bite any longer, I heard the bedroom door

“Little fox?”

“In here!”

open bathroom door but I didn’t turn to look

bite.

believe it’s already healed like that,” I said, “You only gave it to me last night. Shouldn’t it be an open

something?”

like regular wounds,” Griffin said, “They’re magic. When I bite you, the magic seeps into

you were out for an entire day, so it

I slept for an entire day?” I yelped, twisting around to face him. No wonder I had felt