The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

The Alpha King’s Human Mate

Chapter 72

Chapter 72

“Night is when fear comes to us at its fullest, when we have no way to fight it. It will do everything it can to seep inside

you. Sometimes it may succeed.”

Samantha Shannon

Ivan’s valerian root tea trick seemed to only be a temporary bandaid. It worked for a week, but eventually, the nightmares

returned — even with the tea.

I found myself in the middle of a dark forest surrounded by wolves on all sides. None of them looked at me or reacted to my presence ~ as if I wasn’t even there. They were circled around something, staring ahead with bloodthirsty eyes.

I didn’t think twice about pushing my way through the circle to see what they were staring at, and when I did, I gasped.

Griffin had been pushed to his knees, blood running down his face and his clothes, He was clutching his side too ~ no

doubt another wound. The worst part wasn’t the physical wounds I saw on him though. It was the broken look in his eyes

like he’d already lost the fight.

Standing above him, Alpha Liam looked even more menacing than Ir Chapter 72

emembered from the meeting. His face was painted with a victorious smirk and he loomed over Griffin looking every bit

like the conqueror he was.

J tried to move, to rush to Griffin’s aid, but I found that my feet wouldn’t move. They were planted into the soil.

I could only watch in horror as Alpha Liam smiled and sliced his claws along Griffin’s throat in one fluid movement. Griffin’s eyes rolled back and he slumped forward, clutching and grabbing at his slit throat.

I opened my mouth to scream, but nothing came out. And that’s when I woke up.

The first thing I registered — besides the darkness of the room – was my own heart beating wildly in my chest.

That wasn’t real. That wasn’t real.

picture Griffin’s face alive and happy in my mind, but all I

floor.

had broken out in a cold sweat, and the comforter

leaning over the side

of the bed.

wasn’t real.

an illusion, a deep-seated fear that

the mate bond

knowledge didn’t make it any less

me that wondered if it was real. If the mate bond could give me nightmares, why couldn’t it give me

had ended in some violent, bloody

too. It’s not real, and even if it was, you would

I’d feel it. There would be no

I felt

bubbled up inside of me, right in the middle of my chest. It was if someone had

narcotic ~ everything

and the unease and let

What is this?

it wasn’t me. The new emotions were too strong and felt too foreign to be

really did fee! like a sedative, and after

me back to sleep. This time, into a dreamless

met Ivan for our training session the next day, the first thing I did was ask

previous conversation we’d had, but Ivan had begun to feel

for questions about the

felt ‘warm and fuzzy?” Ivan asked me with raised eyebrows.

descriptors? What exactly is a ‘fuzzy’ emotion?” he

seemed to melt away. I felt fine all of the sudden – even to

asleep. Kind of like that buzz you get after

just felt

directly after

woken up feeling so anxious I’d even

soon as I said that, Ivan’s eyes lit up with recognition. “Ah, yes,”

exactly?” “You opened up the bond.” “I opened up

taught you about this in school? Didn’t

a very good one,”

pinching the bridge of his nose as he started to talk. “Think