The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

The Alpha King’s Human Mate Chapter 98

Chapter 98

“Pm a lover, not a fighter…but sometimes those things overlap.” Unknown

It took talking to three servants, two guards, and nearly an hour for me to finally hunt Griffin down. I’d been expecting

him to be in some sort of meeting, surrounded by advisors, but that’s not where I found him.

Instead, he was holed up in some office I’d never seen before, stacks of paperwork in front of him. His head shot up when

I opened the door and I could’ve sworn they looked puffy.

“What are you doing here?” he asked, his voice raspy. His face was blank, portraying no emotion. It stung. He didn’t look

at me with softness or playfulness like he usually did — right now, he was looking

at me like I was just another subject.

“I wanted to talk,” I said. My voice came out meeker than I intended it to.

“About what?” “About our last conversation,” I said.

He looked down at his paperwork. “There’s nothing to talk about,” he Chapter 98

said with a flat tone, “Although I suppose we can discuss the details of your departure now if you want.”

That sentence might as well have been a punch to the gut.

For the past hour, all I’d felt was sadness and desperation. Desperation to work this out, to make him understand that he

didn’t need to send me away.

But suddenly, I felt that sadness and desperation give way to anger. Rage swelled up in me like a wave. How dare he? He

couldn’t even look me in the eye as he nonchalantly discussed sending me away like you’d rehome a misbehaving puppy.

“The details of my departure’?” I repeated. “Why don’t you call it what it really is?”

Griffin didn’t even glance at me. “And what is it really?”

“You being a coward,” I said. >

That got his attention. Griffin looked up at me with narrowed eyes. “I’m doing what’s best for your safety,” he said, “If

you’re able to disappear into the human world, nobody will be able to use you against me.

Besides, you wanted a human life not so long ago.”

“What would you know about what I wanted? It’s not as if you’ve asked me what I’ve wanted since I returned. All you’ve

done is tell me what I need to do and tell me what’s best for me,” I seethed, “In fact…that’s Chapter 98

pretty much what you’ve been doing since the moment we met.”

From across the room, I could’ve sworn I saw Griffin’s gaze harden. Perhaps I should’ve stopped there but the pent-up

out

we met?” I asked. “You said you’d waited almost a decade for me. That

you weren’t going to let anything keep us apart…not other

and not me -”

cut me off with a growl. “I was supposed to keep you

at that. I thought that I could be enough

not true,”

protect you in

time, if they were going to hurt you in ways I wouldn’t be able to stop…” His voice

off, and he averted his eyes

steps closer until I was standing right in front of his desk. “You did save me

saved me. I’m standing here right now because you saved me, and you’re

away.” Chapter

the only way I can make sure that nobody will ever be able to use you against me again,”

can ensure your safety.”

around the desk until I was just inches away from him. He turned to look at me. “I

never want for

No.”

repeated, raising

my arms. “No, I’m not

| moved even closer — our faces so close | could feel

us apart – not even me,” I continued, “Well, I think

but I saw his eyes flicker to my

know,” I said, “I didn’t get

get to choose when you dragged me back here. Even right now,

by thinking you

paused before adding lowly, “But you don’t. I’m making this

glanced at my lips

it. I don’t want to hear whatever justification you have for trying

spent most of this mate bond fighting for me, and right now, I’m going to fight for

you’d chase me across

if you managed to send me away, I’d just come right

you saw common sense, until you got it through your thick skull that you’re my mate

eyes, the mask he’d tried to put up cracking between us. He tried to

my fingers and held his face in

he didn’t pull

Queen,” | continued firmly, “You bowed to me. You gave me your loyalty and

didn’t get kidnapped and

that away. Do you und

his lips on mine that cut me off. Chapter

moved against mine fervently, and I could barely keep up

and I didn’t even hesitate in giving him access. I wanted to be able to taste as much of his

as I could.

away — all

me passionately.

hair and neck, touching every inch of skin I could manage.

anything, I tried to move closer. To be as close

breathing heavily. His pupils were blown

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We both breathed in silence for a