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

floor — but maybe

see her?” A second female voice joined in, just as distant

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

than a future Luna,” the first girl replied, her voice mocking.

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“What?”

clenched. She knew she could’ve gotten up and walked

the covers, and strained her ears to listen

to say about her

the first girl’s voice, and she could hear the smirk. “She came from weird traditionalist pack all the

Sebastian pulled her

“No way! Really?”

she’s all traumatized and shit. That’s why she was hiding behind Sebastian downstairs,

talk to anyone.”

how they saw her. She

about it so

faux-pity. “He’s been waiting

he gets stuck with someone who probably flinches

of a mate,” she sighed, “Oh, well. He’s stuck with her now. Nothing he can do to change it.” That was the last thing they said before

member of their pack

– Aria

the covers,

like her worst fear come to

Sebastian, Aria had spent many nights,

a mate, let alone one

gossiping in the hallway only proved that others saw how undeserving she

Sebastian takes care of me, makes sure I’m okay, soothes my anxieties,

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

all I’ve ever done is be an ungrateful

be my caretaker

she knew Sebastian didn’t see it that way, some part of

a small part — had to be tired of constantly being patient, of constantly looking after her. And if he wasn’t, she was sure he

water,” Sebastian’s voice suddenly cut through her spiral as he

in his hands. “Sorry it took me so long. I got roped into

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imagine.” He sat down on the edge, sitting the glass on the

greedily to hide the fact that she couldn’t even

a friendly reminder that if you’re not reading this

dive into the next

was those girls’ words circling in her brain, of

life

Her heart pounded furiously

how long until he began to resent her? Began to

nothing to

one thing she could offer

as the thought came, she

nightstand so fast that water sloshed

pressed her lips to

feeling was

lips molded to his like they were meant to, and her entire body tingled with something warm and pleasant

settled in her lower

and then,

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back

mouth moved slowly against hers,

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

his hands to wander lower, but when they

neck — and started to trail it

until her palm clasped over the

zipper, he stilled

once, Sebastian pulled away from the kiss with

“What are you doing?”

you.” The air was beginning to