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

twisted into

the familiar sharp, angled face. Alpha

looked like

made me feel better about my

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

only guess how disheveled I

in crowned in, but

my current

nobody had tried to

falling apart with dirty clumps of my hair stuck to my face. My crown was missing too, and

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

in front

I got a much better look at him now that

day I’d first caught sight of him in the

jawline were sharp enough to

– or at least younger than you’d expect

to late twenties, but there was nothing soft or

remind me of Griffin’s, but unlike Griffin, Liam’s eyes only glimmered

looked like a man drunk on power and that was nothing but dangerous for

you know why I’ve brought you

conditions here, I’m guessing you don’t want

amusement. “Well, don’t be so hasty now,” he chided, “There’s no reason

a friendship…of sorts.”

you’ll have

swept over the dingy cell, “But you’re a bit of a security risk right now, and this is the

ago on my pack’s land to hold rogues, but you can

only prisoner

that did not give give me

I said, “What do you plan to do with me? Are you trying to kill me? Are

to

“What makes

the terror, I felt anger swelling in my gut

me from my home,” I bit out, “And from everything I’ve heard about you,

you’ve either taken me to kill me or as some sort of

Liam’s face never wavered, and I wondered if it was just

biggest

certainly don’t need your weak-willed species muddying the gene

crossed my arms over my chest defensively, but I didn’t respond to the

to think that I could change Liam’s

worthwhile – like

He narrowed his

I got a glimpse of the crazed rage

back. “You’re the worst one,” he continued, “Never has a human held

already pressed myself against the wall, I

to his voice. “That would’ve never

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

‘him’ was. Griffin.

to its demise,”

fawn over you ever

your head.”

wanted to shout that he was wrong about Griffin, that he wasn’t

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

a few insults of my own. “So, what? You want to take the throne

brainwashed by the kind

like you that are the problem — the

ask what he meant because Liam barely paused in the midst

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

the battlefield. It was a

a frown. “And now we’ve got female Alphas. running around, and male wolves left

“There is nothing natural about

Liam’s traditionalist beliefs, I couldn’t help myself.