The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

The Alpha King’s Human Mate

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“You could fill three lifetimes with the things people say about you when you’re not there.”

Stewart Stafford

Aria woke with a jolt to someone stroking her hair. For half-a-second, her sleep-addled brain thought she was back in

Liam’s domain, stuck in her bunk bed or his bedroom

Her anxiety spiked — but only for a moment until she realized she wasn’t with Liam anymore, but her mate. The

comforting scent enveloping her was Sebastian as was the soft touch to her hair

“Are you okay? I didn’t mean to startle you.” He must’ve realized she was awake because his hand stilled in her hair, and

Aria had to bite back a whimper. She liked his touch

She shifted to look at him, rubbing the sleepiness of her eyes. “No, it’s alright. I didn’t mean to actually fall asleep, but I

guess I was more tired than I thought from the trip.”

Sebastian, who was sitting on the edge of the bed and still dressed in the same clothes, gave her a cheeky grin. “Oh, I

have no complaints

You did fall asleep in my bed, after all.”

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What? Aria shot up like a wire. “Wait, this is your room?”

She glanced at her surroundings, and berated herself for not realizing it before she’d passed out. The room was all dark,

neutral colors but the personal touches were undeniably Sebastian: several family photos of him with both his sisters, a

photo of his parents, and a couple of unwashed t-shirts scattered on the floor

As if that wasn’t enough confirmation, the room reeked of him. Not in an unpleasant way — more like a wanting-to-rollaround-in-his-sheetsforever kind of way

She flushed. She hadn’t meant to end up in his bedroom, but after rushing out of Clark’s room, she’d just followed the

comforting scent to…here

Sebastian must’ve seen the red decorating her face because he said, “Hey, there’s no need to be embarrassed. Finding

you up here, wrapped in my sheets, was like waking up on Christmas morning. You looked beautiful.”

Her cheeks became redder, and she couldn’t bring herself to look at him as she asked, “Do you think I could have some water? My throat is feeling a little dry.” It wasn’t true, but it was the first thing she could think of to change the subject

“Of course,” Sebastian said, and then he stood up, “There’s still some

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pack members mingling downstairs with my parents, so I’ll get it for you.” He shot her another smile before stepping out

of the room, leaving the door cracked

She waited until his footsteps echoed into the soft noise of voices downstairs before she grabbed the pillow — his pillow — and inhaled deeply

Her eyes fluttered shut

He smelled so good

She could live in these sheets, in this bed

“T can’t believe our future Alpha has a mate now.”

Aria’s eyes popped open at the unfamiliar, tinkling female voice she could hear coming from down the hall. She didn’t

and she hadn’t seen anyone on the second floor — but maybe one of the guests had wandered

and did you see her?” A second female voice joined in, just as distant as the

know she was also upstairs? She didn’t think so, not if they were all the

a future Luna,” the first girl

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“What?”

and walked out

but she didn’t. She curled further under the covers, and strained her

to say about her

she could hear the smirk. “She came

and Sebastian pulled her out of

“No way! Really?”

and shit. That’s why she

talk to anyone.”

what Sebastian’s pack thought of her, how they

talk about

Sebastian,” the second girl’s was syrupy with faux-pity. “He’s been waiting

gets stuck with someone who

mate,” she sighed, “Oh, well. He’s stuck with her now. Nothing he can

member of their pack

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covers, Aria felt

her worst fear come

meeting Sebastian, Aria had spent

didn’t deserve a mate, let alone one as

it, the girls gossiping in the hallway only proved

of me, makes sure I’m okay,

man I’ve ever met, and what have I ever done for him? Ignore him

been the best mate there is, and all I’ve ever done is be an ungrateful burden. Those girls

be my caretaker

although she knew Sebastian didn’t see it that way, some part of her wondered if, deep down,

of him – even a small part — had to be tired of constantly being patient, of constantly looking after her.

water,” Sebastian’s voice suddenly cut through her spiral as he swung the door open, and strode

hands. “Sorry it took me so long. I got roped into a conversation with one of the Elders who wanted

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you can imagine.” He sat down on the edge, sitting the

greedily to hide the fact that she couldn’t even force

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was those girls’ words circling in her brain, of Sebastian being stuck as her

life

Her heart pounded furiously

how long until he began to resent her? Began to resent that he gave her

had nothing to

thing she could

as the thought

the glass back on the nightstand so fast that water sloshed over

Sebastian, and pressed her lips

was almost

meant to, and her

in her

and

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back

moved slowly against hers, letting her

his lap, and his hands found their way to her waist to steady

waited for his hands to wander lower, but when they didn’t, she took one of hers

— and started to

the

zipper, he stilled

Sebastian pulled away from the kiss with

“What are you doing?”

“Well, I was going to…you know, take care of you.” The air was beginning to fill with