The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

The Alpha King’s Human Mate

Chapter 68 Chapter 68

“Pain was the body’s way of telling them they’d pushed themselves to their limits — which was exactly where they were

supposed to be.”

Richard Marcinko

True to his word, my first training session with Ivan began later that week. Although I knew he was going to teach me

self-defense, I had no real idea what that entailed. I’d never taken private lessons before, and certainly not with anyone of

Ivan’s caliber. Would he be a harsh teacher? He had seemed pretty strict the first time I stumbled upon him yelling at a

room of young wolves.

Griffin did threaten him pretty heavily though.

Ivan had only given me two instructions for our first session: dress comfortably and have one of the guards to escort me

to the second training room in the East Wing at 3PM sharp.

His directions were easy to follow. I’d dressed in sweats that didn’t restrict my movement and had asked one of the

guards stationed outside of Griffin’s suite to escort me.

When we arrived at the open wooden door, the guard didn’t linger. He simply nodded at Ivan, bowed his head to me,

and left. Chapter 68

Ivan stood in the center of the room, standing tall with his arms behind his back. “Please come in, Your Majesty.” The way

he addressed me was completely different than it was the first time we met. He had been nothing but mockery and

arrogance the first time we met.

Today, he was stiff and respectful — like he was afraid that looking at

me wrong might cost him his life. (7 Unfortunately, it wasn’t a completely irrational fear.

I strolled into the room, the door banging shut behind me. My eyes roamed over my surroundings – this training room

was much smaller than the one I’d first seen him in. It was still spacious with big mats covering the floor and large

windows that filtered natural light into the

room. “This room is designated for private lessons,” Ivan told me. “Do you do a lot of private lessons?”

“Not often,” he said. He still looked stiff and uncomfortable, and I

noticed that he avoided eye contact with me.

“I don’t know what your typical teaching style is,” I said, “But you don’t have to look so…uneasy. I’m not going to turn

you into Griffin if | end

up with a paper cut.”

sharp angles of his face seemed

begin,” he finally said, clearing his throat. He stood up even straighter like he was settling into the role

sparring session, | made a

are we testing

you can land a hit on me,” he explained. “You don’t have to worry about

sparring session. Your only objective

that I wouldn’t need to worry about dodging a hit was a relief, although I

an easy target to

a fluke – and probably not

time.

the center of the large mat. Once we’d positioned ourselves a couple of feet apart, Ivan gestured

didn’t put a lot of thought into my attack. I simply

It didn’t.

I managed to catch myself before

my cheeks still flushed with embarrassment. Chapter

“Try again.”

time, I tried to land the hit on his stomach, but he dodged

“Try again.”

~ both failures. By the time he’d dodged the fourth

breathing heavily.

“You proved my observation.” “And what observation is that?” “That you have

what you’re doing.”

me a water bottle and I took

be surprised you don’t have any fight training,” Ivan said, “You

abilities,” I said, “I did attend

training, just not good training

looked like he was mulling this new information over. “No, definitely not

“Although it does make sense.” Chapter 68 “What do you

like you’re a wolf,” he explained, “Not a very well-trained wolf, but a

supposed to be a

as a wolf,”

a human and you need to fight like

kind of what I thought I was doing until you said otherwise.”

frustrated look, and I had a feeling he would’ve been yelling if he didn’t think it

human,” he said, “You’ll always be at a disadvantage when you’re fighting a

You can’t rely on

ways you can

‘) “Like?” “Like fighting dirty and

it aside. “I thought

etiquette or Chapter 68

whatever.”

rolled his eyes. “Maybe in human movies or boxing matches, but in this world,

Remember our first sparring match? When

smiling sheepishly. I certainly remembered kicking Ivan right between

of fighting dirty,” he said, “And it worked too. For a moment. You surprised me. Had you been

should just aim to kick a guy between the legs if I’m

every single time,” he said, “But if it’s an option, you should take

of the body. There are other pressure points you

his hand on his abdomen. “Hit me here. Aim your

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when he didn’t move away, I shot my fist out. Ivan didn’t even stumble

just punched,” he said after I’d struck him, “Is where the kidney is – right below the ribcage.