The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

The Alpha King’s Human Mate

Bonus Chapter – Aria & Sebastian (15) Bonus Chapter: Aria & Sebastian (15)

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

William Faulkner

The party had started an hour ago, right as the sun slipped below the tree line. Aria could hear it, even nearly a mile

away, tucked in Sebastian’s bedroom with the new book he’d gotten her

There was some sort of lively music and an endless chorus of whoops and hollers, which only seemed to get more

animated the longer she listened. She wondered if Sebastian was having fun. He’d said he’d only be babysitting a bunch

of drunk werewolves, but surely, it couldn’t be that terrible. He was probably socializing with people from other packs

Socializing with men. Women

Jealousy burned in her stomach – she knew it was irrational. Sebastian would never do anything to hurt her, she knew

that, but would other people offer her the same courtesy? After all, he was the Alpha-to-be, and without a mate by his

side, seemingly single..

She swallowed down the lump growing in her throat. She had to stop thinking about this. She was supposed to have a

quiet night in, away from the chaos, and enjoying the new book her mate had given her

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With a sigh, she opened the book to the last page she’d dog-eared and tried to continue reading. She liked the book —

it was a refreshing change from the ones she’d read in Sebastian’s collection. Many of those had been about children

going on adventures, but this was an actual romance. She didn’t understand much about human romances, but she knew

they didn’t have mates…or most of them didn’t. There was no mate bond, no intuition that led them to their soul mate.

They were driven solely by their hearts and their own choices

Werewolves had it easy, she supposed

Several laughs echoed in the distance, and she sighed. Those people, and her mate, were probably having tons of fun.

Even Grace was there!

With the exception of a few nursery workers taking care of the newborns, she had to be the only person in the pack – and

probably the surrounding packs — not attending this party

And it was more than just jealousy. At its core, this event was supposed to be diplomatic…and she was supposed to be

the future Luna

Sebastian’s priority might be protecting her, but how would these people ever come to know her, to respect her, if she

never gave them the chance?

These people weren’t Liam

Her mind flashed back to the voices in the hallway who’d gossiped about Sebastian being her caretaker. If she didn’t do

rest of the pack would probably come to think the

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sigh and closed the book. There was

try. If she expected these people to accept her, she

that started with

more exposed than ever. The strapless garment was far

actually one of the more conservative options she’d been able to find in

was a certainly a better pick than wearing one of

a little bad about taking the dress without anyone’s permission, but it’s not as if Lily had

trek to the pack house,

drunk male laughter

not here to hurt me or

flats crunched on the gravel walkway all the way to the pack house, and when she got close

breath caught

– Aria & Sebastian

were so

in their hands, families playing cornhole with their kids,

large that none of them seemed to notice her

choice. She

this. It’s just

through the crowd, but eventually, she was able to slip

house was even more crowded, with wolves packed in like sardines. She took a

to think about how cramped the

exposure therapy. That’s something people did to overcome

anyone in this room, so it was impossible to tell who

another

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the unfamiliar voice, and turned to find a large man practically

blue eyes, and an

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I don’t drink,” she replied, and her voice came out quieter than

body tensed. “I can’t hear

we go

Sebastian? She’d come here for him, and so far,

this man was too close to her,

asked if we could go somewhere with a little less noise,” the

He used a finger to reach for

Something in Aria snapped

off her. She hadn’t

staggering backward

to stare at the commotion, and her cheeks burned. She hadn’t meant to make

it was

was no longer

back into the crowd before the

Aria

various drunk werewolves rough-housing or making out, she made it

sunk to her stomach

lounging on a large L-shaped couch, with a soda

of sinewy muscle

none of that

brunette perched on the arm of the couch with

across the crowded room, Aria

you how good you look tonight, Alpha?” The woman’s voice

glue to every curve on her body and dipped low on her