The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

The Alpha King’s Human Mate Chapter 96 Chapter 96

“The human brain works slowly; first the blow, hours afterward the bruise.”

Walter de la Mare Tm not sure when I passed out.

I remembered Sebastian locking eyes with Aria. | remembered being wrapped in the warm cocoon of Griffin’s arms as I

drifted off.

When I opened my eyes again, I jerked awake,

All I could picture was being back in that cell, my heart hammering as Ezra choked the life out of me.

My hand shot up to protect my own neck just as I registered my surroundings and realized two things: one, I was lying in

Griffin’s bed and no longer in the cell. And two, I was alone. There was no Ezra lurking about in the shadows of Griffin’s

bed, no Liam waiting to rip my heart out.

I’m safe.

That’s what I told myself as my fingers lightly touched my throat, still

moist from whatever salve the healer had given me. Fortunately, the Chapter 96

painkillers seemed to have been doing their job as the pain had lessened from an intense sting to a dull ache.

I’m safe.

That thought echoed through my head again as the door to the bedroom suddenly swung open and I caught sight of

Griffin. He was wearing fresh clothes and as exhausted as he looked, his eyes lit up when he saw me.

“You’re awake,” he said, striding towards me.

He stood in front of my side of the bed, examining my throat. “You were out for about ten hours,” he told me, “I applied

some more of the salve to your throat, but you’re definitely due for another dose of painkillers soon. How do you feel?”

Ten hours?

I could hardly believe that I’d slept through an entire trip back to the

castle…but I’d also been hurt and barely sleeping for days in that dark cell. Perhaps my captivity and a large dose of

painkillers had caught up to me.

My throat was tight as I formed the words. “A little better,” I said, “Less painful. When did we get back?”

“A couple of hours ago,” he said, sitting down on the edge of the bed. He took one of my hands in his. “After we did a

count and the

we

settling down ever since.”

you’re not tied up in meetings,” I confessed, “To think

rebellion.”

Griffin said sharply,

“Ym fin -”

with narrowed eyes, “You were kidnapped and hurt. They hurt my

as a dark growl as his eyes roamed over my

added gently, “Please. I

me alone in the same cell most of the time

how I was able to use the bond to

came to save me…Ezra came into

event to him. “He

kill you by killing me first. He did some damage, of course…but I managed to get a lucky

last minute.”

the rage boiling underneath his skin, but he

managed to put

silver comb?

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shot…but I do think those self-defense lessons with Ivan paid off.” Even now,

my head as | embedded the comb into Ezra’s

a comb,” he repeated again. The look that Griffin was giving me now was

seen before ~ sheer amazement.

I said…lucky shot.” Suddenly, he was on top of me, his

kissed for the first time, not even when I told him I

first time.

passion in his kiss, but there

in the way his lips moved against mine and his hands gripped my arms like I’d

pace, the

’d finally caught up to his speed, he pulled Chapter 96 away quickly. He was

he rested his forehead

against mine.

fault,” he whispered. His eyes were

mean?” “Them taking you,” he whispered, “It’s my

opened

is,” he replied, “They took you out from under my own roof. With me

he added so quietly I almost didn’t hear him, “I failed to protect

didn’t fail to protect me,” I immediately said, “You’re the one who.

protected you the way that a mate should, you wouldn’t have been taken in the

place.”

refute that, but he stood up suddenly and began to pace around the bedroom.

entire time they had you,” he said, “All I thought about

leave again, that maybe I’d just