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.

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

floor.

a cold sweat, and the comforter suddenly felt suffocating. I flipped

leaning over the side

of the bed.

real. Chapter

nightmare was just an illusion, a deep-seated fear that

had said as much ~ that the mate bond did this to force the

that knowledge didn’t make it

the mate bond could give me nightmares, why couldn’t it give me visions of the

ended in some violent, bloody

Ivan said he experienced dreams like this too. It’s not real, and even if it was, you

I’d feel it. There would be no

I felt

inside of me, right in the middle of my chest.

narcotic ~

and the unease and let the warmth roll over me like a

What is this?

new emotions were too strong

Griffin’s emotions? The fuzziness really did fee! like a sedative, and after a

lulling me back to sleep.

the next day, the first thing I did was ask

our previous conversation we’d had, but

for questions about the mate

‘warm and fuzzy?” Ivan asked me

What exactly is a ‘fuzzy’ emotion?” he snapped.

eyes. “Fuzzy as in, like, the anxiety seemed to melt away. I felt fine all of the sudden

like that buzz you get after a couple of glasses

just felt

directly

explained to him how I’d woken up feeling so anxious I’d even

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

what happened exactly?” “You opened up

this in

very good one,”

he started to talk. “Think of the mate bond like a hallway with