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

spewing out

you remember what you told me when we met?” I asked. “You said

going to let anything

and not me -”

failed!” Griffin cut me off with a growl. “I was supposed to keep you safe – the

at that. I thought that I could be enough to protect you, but I realize now that

true,”

couldn’t even protect you in

going to hurt you in ways I wouldn’t

he averted his

I was standing right in front of his desk. “You

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

me away.” Chapter

will ever be able to use you against me again,” he said, “It’s

can ensure your safety.”

away from him. He turned to look at me.

you never want

No.”

he repeated,

my arms. “No, I’m

closer — our faces so close | could feel his cool breath on my lips. “You

apart – not even me,” I continued, “Well, I think that includes you

saw his eyes

know,” I said, “I didn’t get to choose living with my dad

| didn’t get to choose when you dragged me back here. Even right now, you’re

take my choice away again by thinking you know better.”

you don’t. I’m making this choice, and I’m choosing

my lips

don’t want to hear it. I don’t want to hear whatever justification

mate bond fighting for me, and right

brushing against his. “You said you’d chase me across the

to send me away, I’d just come right back. P’d

sense, until you got it through your thick skull that you’re my mate and I’m

see a war in his eyes, the mask he’d tried to put up cracking between us. He tried to

chin with my fingers and held his face in place. He looked

didn’t

firmly, “You bowed to me. You

I didn’t get kidnapped and sleep in a dungeon just so you could

throw all that away.

lips on mine that

could barely keep up with his

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

as I could.

to send me away — all of it seemed to fade into the background

me passionately.

skin I could manage. When Griffin pulled

I tried to move closer. To be as close as I could

both breathing heavily. His pupils were

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the next chapter—it’s all free! We both breathed in silence for a moment, and then