The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

The Alpha King’s Human Mate

Bonus Chapter – Aria & Sebastian (4) Bonus Chapter – Aria & Sebastian (4)

“A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that’s holding you back, the person who brings you

to your own attention.”

Elizabeth Gilbert

Of all the things that Aria thought she’d do when she met her mate, fainting was not one of them. And yet, the moment

her eyes met the icy blue ones of her mate, her world went dark.

The next thing she knew she was waking up alone, in a room that felt far too fancy to be anything that belonged to her. Her limbs felt heavy and her head pounded.

There was a window in her room and if the snowy mountains were any indication, she was a long ways from home.

Home.

She wasn’t quite sure what she considered home to be. The past three years, she would’ve said it was with Alpha Liam’s

pack – or anywhere that he was ~ but that wasn’t a possibility anymore.

Her mind flashed to those last moments, when he’d spat vile words at her and tried to kill her. Bile threatened to rise in

her throat, but somehow, she managed to swallow it down. She didn’t want to make a Bonus Chapter – Aria & Sebastian

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mess over the silk sheets she was laying on.

The sound of the door opening interrupted her thoughts, and her breath caught when she saw the tall, lean frame that

entered.

Her mate. She had a mate now.

Up close, he was even more beautiful than she’d realized. Rich brown hair, icey blue eyes that could’ve cut glass, and a

sharp jawline.

However, despite his sharp features, the expression on his face was soft and gentle and it made her heart clench.

Why was he looking at her like that?

The way his eyes lit up, it was if he’d stumbled upon the rarest treasure in the world. Like Aria was the rarest treasure in

the world.

wanted to throw up

been looking at her like that. She didn’t deserve to have a man that

like warm honey. It set something ablaze in her lower belly, and she fidgeted

tea. Not sure if you like chamomile, but it’s

– Aria &

noticed the porcelain tea cup he

say something, but her throat was too dry and it just triggered a

his hand on her back.

As soon as she felt the touch of a large man’s hand

instinctively flinched back.

his hand immediately. He set the the

eyes immediately – of course he’d feel hurt. She was his

he offered it, not

twisted in her

thought she was a

he said, his eyebrows furrowing in concern. “I didn’t mean to startle

to comfort him, to tell him that he hadn’t done anything wrong. He wasn’t

“Thank you for the tea.” Bonus Chapter – Aria

up momentarily, and he nodded in

them, and Aria wasn’t sure what to say. Her brain felt like

grab a thought, it’d slip

broke the silence between them, “I guess I should introduce myself.

name.” He scratched the back of his neck, and when

in line

Aria breathed. She hadn’t meant to say his name out loud, but she

Fitting for a strong man.

wolf purred deep inside her head, the most active she’d been in

shivered. “Are you

her with furrowed eyebrows. “No, you, uh…”

say

head and chuckled.

– it was the same feeling she got whenever one of

Aria & Sebastian (4) and the rest would crack up. They never explained the

not that

them to. She wasn’t supposed

in Aria’s throat. She was never

side, serving him however he needed…gone. At the claws and teeth of the

Liam was here, he would’ve just

now I am

what’s your name?” Sebastian asked, snapping Aria out of her

a beautiful name,” Sebastian said, smiling softly