The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

The Alpha King’s Human Mate Chapter 83 Chapter 83

“Bad things happen whether you’re scared or not, so you might as well not bother being scared. It’s a waste of time.”

Louise Rozett |* It was the pounding in my head that finally woke me.

For a moment, that pain was all that I registered as my blurry eyes blinked away foggy unconsciousness.

Where am I? What happened?

The next thing I noticed was the feel of an icy stone floor beneath me ~ colder than anything I’d ever felt at the castle.

I’m not at the castle.

That thought circling in my brain was what finally gave me the push to open my eyes and find – darkness? Just darkness.

I blinked a few more times until the darkness gave way to murky shapes and my stomach dropped. Chapter 83 Twas ina

cell.

It was still too dark to make out most of the room’s furnishings (or lack thereof), but it was obvious this was a prison cell.

The only source of light in the room was an open slot in the door, just barely big enough for me to stick my hand

through. The door itself was tinged with rust but it looked silver and heavy. There was also no bench or chairs, just the

cold stone floor covered in thick layers of dirt and grime.)

Why am I here?

My brain felt like a hazy mess pounding against my skull. The last several hours were a blur. I remembered the

coronation. Griffin crowning me Queen, the reception party where I confronted my parents, going to get some fresh air

and —

I gasped aloud, the sound echoing through the dingy cell. Oh God.

Ezra.

That man cornered me, drugged me, and…brought me here?

My heart began beating rapidly in my chest. This wasn’t good. This wasn’t good at all. I was alone and away from the

castle, from Griffin, from anyone who could possibly help me. Chapter 83

My brain swam with questions. Where was here? And what did Ezra – or whoever he worked for – intend to do with me? Were they going to kill me? Or use me as bait for Griffin?

A lump settled in my throat at that last thought. To think I’d be used to lure Griffin out and possibly harm him — no, I won’t let that happen.

I’ve got to get away. I don’t know how but I will.

Before I could spiral any further, the click of the lock on the heavy metal door sounded throughout the room.

My breath caught, looking for something to protect myself with but there was nothing. Not even a stick or a piece of

debris I could wield.

So, I did the next best thing, scrambling to stand and putting as much distance between myself and the door. The wall

was just as cold and dirty as the floor, but with my eyes locked on the opening door, I barely registered it.

After another click, the door swung open and the open light from the hallway nearly blinded me. I forced myself to keep

my eyes open, and slowly, a large, looming figure walked through the door.

It took a moment for my eyes to adjust to the light enough to make out more than a silhouette, but once I did, my

into knots. Chapter

the familiar sharp, angled

stretched into a sadistic smile, and he looked like a man who’d just conquered

me feel better about my current

look on your face, I’m guessing you know who I am,” he said, his voice low and raspy. His eyes

could only guess how

crowned in, but it was wrinkled and covered in grime, completely

the state of the dress had my current

dirt-covered dress meant that nobody had tried to change me while I was

elegant updo I’d had at my coronation was also falling apart with dirty clumps of my hair stuck to my face. My crown was missing too, and I could only suspect that Liam or maybe

are,” I said, keeping my voice firm. As terrified as I was, I didn’t want to give Liam the

in front of

I got a much better look at him

day I’d first caught sight of him in the

cheekbones and jawline were sharp

younger than you’d expect a megalomaniac

to late twenties, but there was nothing soft or youthful about him. His eyes were

of Griffin’s,

man drunk on power and that

I’ve brought you here?” Liam

given my living conditions here, I’m guessing you don’t want to be

eyes danced with dark amusement. “Well, don’t be so hasty now,”

a friendship…of sorts.”

but I let him continue talking. “And you’ll have to forgive me for the poor living

over the dingy cell, “But you’re a bit of

was built centuries ago on my pack’s land to hold rogues, but you can take

only prisoner down

that did not give

do you plan to do with me? Are you trying to

me to

“What makes

terror, I felt

home,” I bit out, “And from everything I’ve

either taken me to kill me or as some sort of bargaining chip against

and I wondered if it was

not the biggest fan of

issues, and we certainly don’t need your weak-willed

my chest defensively, but I didn’t respond to the insulting remark. I’d had this

enough people, and I knew better to think that I could change Liam’s mind. I

something worthwhile – like an

for you?” Liam said. He narrowed his eyes at me, and for a

that smug facade dropped. I got a glimpse of the crazed

continued, “Never

not already pressed myself against the wall, I would’ve retreated. “Not just power,

a hard edge to his voice. “That would’ve never have happened

before him.” He said that last word out with enough venom to make me cringe. We both

‘him’ was. Griffin.

its demise,”

a tiny slip of a human. He’s done nothing but fawn over you ever since, even going so

your head.”

Griffin, that he wasn’t weak-willed but the bloodlust in Liam’s eyes gave

of here and get back to Griffin, I needed to survive long enough to

own. “So, what? You want to take the throne from Griffin?” I

kind be brainwashed by the kind of weakness that boy promotes,” Liam retorted, “It’s

problem — the issues run far deeper than

because Liam barely paused in

they used to be,” he continued, “There was a

on the battlefield. It was a

“And now we’ve got female Alphas.

he snarled, “There is nothing

engage with Liam’s traditionalist beliefs, I couldn’t help