The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

The Alpha King’s Human Mate

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“At the end of the day, it isn’t where I came from. Maybe home is somewhere I’m going and never have been.”

Warsan Shire

Aria had always thought the most beautiful place in the world was Liam’s pack and home. However, from the moment

she stepped into Sebastian’s pack, she realized just how wrong she’d been

Liam’s pack was a bleak comparison to the vibrant beauty of Sebastian’s home. After a short plane ride, where she’d

somehow managed to fall asleep on Sebastian’s shoulder, a car and a driver had been waiting for them at the airport.

The driver had stared at her curiously, but he didn’t ask who she was – and a single look from Sebastian, and the driver

didn’t look at her for the rest of the ride

Sebastian made small talk with her most of the way, pointing out cool landmarks or places he’d been to. His voice filled

the empty space of the car, and Aria found it soothing

A welcome distraction from the fact that she was, once again, leaving

behind everything she’d known to go somewhere new

Except this time, it was no one’s choice but her own

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Her parents weren’t forcing her, Liam wasn’t ordering her to leave. She was in the driver’s seat — metaphorically, of

course

The ride itself had been long, and Aria couldn’t help but notice how different Washington looked than Texas, where her

family lived

In Texas, everything was flat and spread out with a dry heat that never seemed to go away, even in the dead of winter

Washington was refreshing

For once, she didn’t have the constant reminder of the sun beating down on her. Here, it was tucked behind a heavy layer

of clouds and thick trees. And as they drove, civilization became scarcer, the roads got narrower, and the trees got larger

Eventually, the driver turned onto a dirt road cloaked by large pine trees, and Aria caught sight of what she assumed to

be a few pack members on patrol. They were in the tree line, in their wolf forms, and one of them nodded at their car as

they passed through

They drove further in, the gravel of the road crunching under the tires of their SUV, until the trees cleared and –

There it was

Sebastian’s pack

It was much bigger than she’d expected, bigger than her parents’ pack

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and even Liam’s

residential wooden cabins as far as she could see as well as more commercial buildings: a

even a building that looked like a school

the road or

children as they crossed the street, teenagers gathered in small groups

she couldn’t

her, raised an eyebrow. “What

she could hear bits and pieces of their conversations —

the parent asking their child

“The people…” she started

didn’t have people?” Sebastian asked,

that,” she said, “It’s just…everyone seems so happy

know he was looking at her like she was a pitiful puppy who’d been caught

the rain

change the truth of what

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had ever seemed truly happy or relaxed. Both

but especially on the women. How to dress, how

eager for Liam’s approval, she couldn’t remember the last time she’d ever been relaxed

to

these depressing thoughts before her mood took a nosedive for the rest

something new and

Sebastian’s hand and forced the biggest

“Where to first?”

reading this book on

there to dive into the next chapter—it’s

it wasn’t something she wanted to dwell on. So, he replied, “Well, I was thinking we could stop by my family’s

could meet

“Your parents?” She echoed

must’ve read the panic on her face because he

they’re excited to meet you. My mom’s thrilled honestly — she’s

meet my mate since the day I

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to believe that Sebastian’s parents would truly be excited to meet her,

he seemed genuine

“Really?” She asked

just going to be excited to have another girl

sisters living in other places

Aria noticed that the car turned onto a

house she’d seen

Sebastian’s father was the Alpha, of course he’d

the pack

are,” the driver told them, the first thing he’d said the entire

and then gestured for Aria to follow him out.

up the drive, she couldn’t help

in his tracks immediately. “What’s

down to her plain cotton pajamas, the same clothes she’d left the castle in. “I’m not dressed

right attire for meeting your

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change into. She’d

her back, and

won’t mind. If anything, my mom will want to share

you.”

but her stomach still continued to twist in knots as they came closer to the door. She inched closer to her mate as he opened

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