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.

alive and happy in my mind, but all I could see was the version bleeding out

floor.

and the comforter suddenly felt suffocating. I flipped it off my

leaning over the side

of the bed.

real. Chapter

was just an illusion, a deep-seated fear

~ that the mate bond did this to force the mated pair back

knowledge didn’t make

give me nightmares, why couldn’t it give me visions of the present? Maybe this was the bond’s way of

in

It’s not real,

I’d feel it. There would be

I felt

feeling bubbled up inside of me, right in the middle of my chest. It

or a narcotic ~

the unease and let the warmth roll over me like

What is this?

too strong

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

sleep. This

day, the first thing I did was ask

after the nightmare. Maybe it was our previous conversation we’d had, but Ivan had begun to feel like

questions about

and fuzzy?” Ivan asked me with

pick more unhelpful descriptors? What exactly is a

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

Kind of like that buzz you get after a couple of glasses

| just

came directly

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

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

opened up

in school? Didn’t you

a very good

sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose as he started to talk. “Think of the mate bond like a hallway with