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.”

bit more, but as he continued to nip and lick at my neck, I could feel

eyelids grow

started to feel like lead weights and I slumped over,

practically chest to chest.

so, I felt Griffin’s

feel so… Tired, I

me like a freight train. My brain was jumbled, unable

my head against his chest. It could’ve been my exhausted

his touch felt more magnetic than before. “This is another side-effect of the claiming bite. It makes you tired. Your body is

and remember if that was covered in werewolf sex-ed, but it

was, it felt

to sleep, little

my eyelids began to droop, one of my fingers reached up to touch

non-existent bite mark.

was the last thing I managed to say out loud before my

claimed me.

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

The curtains were drawn on one of the windows that overlooked the

the sun shining.

must’ve slept through

was so tired after last

Wait, the bite!

marked me. There was

open wound. Although my limbs felt a little stiff

drag myself out of bed and into

and gasped when I caught sight

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was completely healed and it looked

were all visible but most of them weren’t obvious.

miss them. Some of them

like Luna Grace’s mark, seemed

me that was because my dad was an Alpha. The higher

wasn’t intentional, but a more powerful wolf meant more powerful magic

could see the truth of

couldn’t miss it. It wasn’t just his

indent.

like someone had put their entire mouth

than any other claiming

there’s no

something beautiful about

I’d hear myself say that about a claiming bite.

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

“Little fox?”

“In here!”

Griffin’s footsteps enter the open bathroom door but I didn’t turn to look

bite.

like that,” I said, “You only gave it

something?”

said, “They’re magic. When I bite you,

were out

an entire day?” I yelped, twisting around to face him. No wonder I had felt so stiff when