The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

The Alpha King’s Human Mate

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“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.

to throw

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

set something ablaze in her lower belly, and she

you some tea. Not sure if you like chamomile, but it’s what the castle staff

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only then she noticed the porcelain tea cup he cradled in his

to say something, but her throat was too

a minute, rubbing his

as she felt the touch of a large man’s

instinctively flinched back.

removed his hand immediately. He set the the cup on the

his eyes immediately – of course he’d feel hurt. She was his mate, she was supposed

he offered

in her

thought she was a terrible

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

tell him that he hadn’t done anything wrong. He wasn’t the

to get out was, “Thank you

momentarily, and he nodded

between them, and Aria wasn’t sure what to say. Her brain felt like someone had rubbed the

she’d grab a thought,

the man broke the silence between them, “I guess I should

scratched the back of his neck, and when Aria didn’t reply, he continued.

twenty-years-old, and I’m next in line as Alpha

his name out loud, but she

Fitting for a strong man.

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

shivered. “Are you

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

say

chuckled. “Nevermind. Yes,

missed something – it was the same feeling

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not that

She wasn’t supposed

the thought of Liam, a lump formed in Aria’s throat. She was never

needed…gone. At the claws and teeth of the Alpha

if Alpha Liam was here, he would’ve just killed me. I

now I

name?” Sebastian asked, snapping

“That’s a beautiful name,” Sebastian said, smiling