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

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

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

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

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only then she noticed the porcelain tea

something, but her throat was too dry and

in a minute, rubbing his hand on her back.

the touch of a

instinctively flinched back.

his hand immediately. He set the the cup on the nightstand, and

he’d feel hurt.

whenever he offered it, not reject

twisted in her

she was a terrible

his eyebrows furrowing in concern. “I didn’t

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

she managed to get out was, “Thank you

eyes lit up momentarily, and he nodded

what to

with soap. Just as she’d grab a thought, it’d slip out

between them, “I guess I should

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

next in line as Alpha

hadn’t meant to say his name out loud, but she couldn’t

Fitting for a strong man. A strong

inside her head, the most active she’d been

you cold?”

eyebrows. “No, you, uh…” Something

say

chuckled. “Nevermind.

it was the same feeling she got whenever one of

and the rest would crack up. They never explained

not that

them to. She wasn’t supposed

throat. She was never going to see him again. Three years of

him however he needed…gone. At the claws and teeth

Liam was here, he would’ve just killed

I

asked, snapping Aria out of her

Aria,” she replied.) “That’s a beautiful name,” Sebastian said,