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

as she said it as if she was remembering something she didn’t

the coronation for

confessed, “I know that a lot of people are usually invited to

said, “Usually every Alpha in the world as well as their immediate family are invited to the

attend. Those who don’t will send gifts to welcome their

“Gifts?”

new Queen doesn’t happen very often so

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

eyes assessed

very cut and dry,” Nadia said, “We

established pack in the

wait for the RSVPs to roll

heritage, add an extra component

said, “You’re not used

to confirm with you about which

your human family at

immediately reply,

of the

said, “Well, it’s just my mom and her boyfriend. I consider him family

aware of

a moment to ask a few more questions about my mom’s name and address, presumably

her or invite her

was a good idea to invite her. It wasn’t that I

how the encounter with my dad would go either. Would he or Luna

take the risk? I would already be throwing my mom into a room full of werewolves.

hurt.

a coronation again. This will be one of the most important moments of my life – I want her there for it. Who knows when

invite her,” I told Nadia. “I want her there, but I want to make sure she — as

all too well how it felt to feel out

if my mom would only be hanging around for

have a talk with my dad too, Make sure

conversation I’d had with my mom flashed through my mind ~ the one

led me to believe she’d simply never cared to reach out, but

I to have

a few moments flipping through her notes and silence crept over the room.

she asked, finally

was good. Hard but good.” “And

Ivan had spent a good five minutes yelling at me

session. “He’s, uh, growing on

laughed a little harder than I expected

flipped the binder closed. “Well, I

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any further concerns, I’ll let you

feels soon, especially since Griffin

been gone long enough that he should be coming back any day now

in the loop.

of Griffin and stood up from my chair, Nadia

“My mate

shot into my

thin lips grew wider. “Yes, I believe you know him as

self-defense.”