The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

Chapter 73

Chapter 73

“Make peace that there will be those who bitch no matter what you do.” )

Ariel Meadow Stallings

Two weeks into Griffin’s absence, I was called into a meeting with a woman named Nadia. Apparently, she was in charge

of preparations for my coronation, which was news to me. I’d known someone – or someones ~ was handling the

preparations, but I hadn’t known more than that.

Truthfully, the idea of the coronation – as well as my parents being in the same room for the first time in more than six

years ~ made me nervous. I wasn’t sure which thought made me more uneasy: Griffin getting hurt or killed while he was

away or my coronation turning into a family bloodbath. |”)

Still, this Nadia woman had requested to meet with me and I wanted to cooperate. That’s why I’d agreed to meet her in

of the spare conference rooms after another grueling training session with Ivan. (!)

I almost felt bad for meeting her like this — still in training clothes with sore muscles and frizzy hair. It probably didn’t

give the best impression, but as packed as Nadia’s schedule was, this was one of the few times she’d been able to pencil

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“We’ve arrived, Your Majesty,” the guard who had escorted me to the meeting room said. Like many of the guards who

waited outside the bedroom suite or just escorted me around the castle, he was stone- faced.

I wondered if that’s how they were trained. If they were just taught to say everything with a straight face or discouraged

from showing emotion.

The guard opened the door for me and I walked in, catching sight of who must’ve been Nadia. She was a thin woman with long, glossy black hair and high cheekbones, sitting on one side of the conference table.

She looked up when she saw me enter, shooting me a wide smile. “Your Majesty,” Nadia said, bowing her head. “Please

sit.” She gestured toward the head of the table. I noticed immediately that she had a European accent ~ it reminded me

of Ivan’s.

As I sat down, I glanced at the blouse and pencil skirt she was wearing, feeling more underdressed than ever. “Sorry if I’m

a little underdressed,” I said, “I just came from a training session.”

“Oh, yes, I know,” Nadia smiled, and then I watched her take out a large binder, flipping through it at a speed I could

barely follow.

“What’s that?”

“It’s what I’ve been using to organize the plans for your coronation,” Nadia explained, “I’m not sure how familiar you are with a Queen’s

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last one over thirty years ago ~ long before I ended up at the

as she said it as if she was remembering

been the

a lot of people are usually invited

well as their

not all of them may attend. Those who don’t will send gifts to

“Gifts?”

crowning of a new Queen doesn’t happen very often so it’s a huge deal. Some

coronation in their lifetime, you know.” Nadia paused for a moment and then looked me over.

assessed

cut and dry,” Nadia said, “We

established pack in the

wait for the RSVPs to roll in. But you,

an extra

I said, “You’re not used to

wanted to confirm with you about which family

human

I didn’t immediately reply, Nadia kept

know of

and her boyfriend. I consider him family

enough. ‘They’re very aware of

took a moment to ask a few more questions

or invite her to the

it was a good idea to invite her. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to see my

go either. Would he or Luna Grace be

risk? I would already be throwing my mom into a room full of werewolves. I didn’t want her

hurt.

of the most important moments of my life – I want her there

her there, but I want to make sure she — as well as

too well how it felt to feel out of place in the werewolf Chapter

would only be hanging around

talk with my dad too,

my mom flashed through my mind ~ the one

me to believe she’d simply never

my dad and I to have a little chat anyway. “Of course,

her notes and silence crept over

finally breaking the

said, “It was good. Hard but good.” “And your

a good five minutes yelling at me to “stop

uh, growing on

than I expected

smile stayed on her face as she flipped the binder closed. “Well, I believe that I can handle it from

you for the

I have any further concerns, I’ll let you know.

feels soon, especially since Griffin isn’t

he should be coming back any day now ~ not that I had any

in the loop.

off the thoughts of Griffin and stood up from my

she said, “My

eyebrows shot into

wider. “Yes, I

self-defense.”