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

the second floor — but maybe

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

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

first girl replied,

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“What?”

up and walked out of the bedroom to

under the covers, and strained her ears to listen to what

to say about her

and she could hear the smirk. “She came from weird traditionalist pack

Sebastian pulled her out of Alpha Liam’s

“No way! Really?”

why

talk to anyone.”

Sebastian’s pack thought of her, how they saw her. She

about it

second girl’s was syrupy with faux-pity. “He’s been waiting so long for his

then he gets stuck with someone who probably

caregiver and less of a mate,” she sighed, “Oh, well. He’s stuck with her now. Nothing he can do to change it.” That

member of their pack

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the covers,

worst

Sebastian, Aria had spent many nights, laying awake and agonizing

deserve a mate, let alone

he’d denied it, the girls gossiping in the hallway only proved that others saw how undeserving

makes sure I’m okay, soothes my anxieties, and does all of

ever met, and what have I ever done

I’ve ever done is be an ungrateful

be my caretaker

see it that way, some part of her wondered if, deep

even a small part — had to be tired of constantly being patient, of constantly

Sebastian’s voice suddenly cut through her spiral as he swung

water in his hands. “Sorry it took me so long. I got roped into a conversation with one of the

– Aria

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

drank greedily to hide the fact that she couldn’t

you’re not reading this

dive into the next chapter—it’s

she could hear was those girls’ words circling in her brain, of Sebastian being

life

Her heart pounded furiously

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

had nothing

one thing she could

suddenly as the thought came, she didn’t

nightstand so fast that water sloshed over

pressed her

was

meant to, and her entire body tingled

in

a moment, and then, he started

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back

slowly against hers, letting her set

was practically on his lap, and his hands

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

his neck — and

clasped over the bulge in his pants. Just as she began

zipper, he stilled

once, Sebastian pulled away from

“What are you doing?”

was going to…you know, take care of you.” The air was beginning to