The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

The Alpha King’s Human Mate Epilogue – Part I Epilogue – Part I

“Pve spent enough time without you and I will not let anything else keep us apart.”

Griffin Bardot (“) 3 Years Later “Madame, here’s that cocktail you ordered.”

1 took the light-colored cocktail from the bartender without hesitation and took a sip. The crisp, citrus flavor hid the

alcohol more than I expected. 7

“You like it?” he asked, his French accent thick. He must’ve been mid- thirties with a thick mustache and bright eyes. He’d been the only one working as long as I’d been sitting at the bar, but he flitted from customer to customer with ease,

even going out of his way to make me a cocktail he thought I’d like.

“I do,” I replied, taking another sip, “What did you call this again?”

“French 75,” he answered, “It’s what I make for all the American tourists who look like it’s their first time in Paris.”

I smiled sheepishly. “How did you know? Was it the accent that gave me Epilogue – Part 1 away?”

He nodded. “That and you’ve got that wide-eyed look about you that I see on all the tourists…let me guess, you’re fresh

out college…maybe

twenty-two, wanting to travel on your own for the first time. Paris has

always been on the bucket list and now you’re here.” I chuckled. “Something like that. I just turned twenty-one though.”

The bartender smiled, draping his arm across the bar. “I’ve got an eye

for picking out the doe-eyed tourists.”

“Or maybe you just use that same line on everyone who walks in here with an American accent,” I shot back.

“Just the pretty ones,” he smiled. In the dim light of the bar, his blue eyes were unusually bright. “Let me guess. You’ve

already seen the Eiffel tower or you’re planning to?”

“It’s on the agenda.”

“Everyone always wants to see the Eiffel tower,” he rolled his eyes, “But the view isn’t even that great. You want the best

view in Paris? Go up the steps of the Sacre Coeur. A bit of a workout but the beauty of the city is worth it”

“Pll have to add it to the list,” I said.

He leaned forward slightly. “Perhaps I could show you. You shouldn’t Epilogue – Part | enjoy the beauty of Paris alone ~”

“She won’t be.”

The bartender paled immediately as soon as he saw who’d just cut him off, but I didn’t even blink as a tanned hand

found its way around my waist. Instead, I leaned into the warmth and smiled when his full lips pecked me on the cheek.

“I missed you, little fox,” he murmured into my ear, and I pulled back to look at him.

Three years later, Griffin was just as handsome as the day I’d met him – dark hair that he’d been growing out, and

seemed as if he’d only gotten bulkier throughout the

nickname

dark eyes assessed me for a moment before he turned to the bartender.

The Sacre Coeur?”

on the bartender’s face had vanished, leaving

to the king of werewolves, but even as a human, I was sure

Griffin’s natural power.

bartender stuttered out. Epilogue – Part

check it out,” Griffin said, completely

enjoying the beauty of the city alone, right?”

other side of the bar,

nervously as he nodded.

just when I thought he might

scathing glare and growled out, “But if I ever catch you flirting with my wife again,

I caught the flash of Griffin’s fangs

was possible for the bartender to get paler, but somehow,

not wearing a wedding

one-year wedding anniversary, it’s why we’re on this trip,” Griffin cut him off with narrowed

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were fresh out of college,” the bartender said, glancing at me

you said,” I told him with a smile, “And I am fresh out of college.” Of course, | left out

explaining that

brim. That’s what everyone expected when they

weren’t expecting me to tell them that my werewolf-mate-now- husband had hired some of

and give me private lessons.

graduated with my bachelor’s degree in

students.

years ago, I never thought I’d get to go to

degree in political science, and my husband

to Paris to

three years. After the kidnapping

Griffin had cut down Liam and those allied with him, nobody

throne since. That day, they’d learned he could be a ruthless ruler if he needed

had initially tried to send me away to live a human life where

him otherwise. Months later, he’d confided in

through with

things changed. Pethaps it was the kidnapping, killing a man, or just getting older, but I grew

I knew enough

and make decisions without Griffin’s oversight.

relationship, Griffin was still overprotective as ever. I didn’t think that

just his human mate in need of protecting, but his Queen ~a

tell that I had his respect

me. I hadn’t been expecting

married. There was no

mate had a

my surprise, he took me on a surprise vacation to visit my mother and proposed at dinner

claimed you in the werewolf way. Now

a year after that, we’d married. Perhaps we were both still a little scarred

the two of