The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

The Alpha King’s Human Mate

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“Find the things that matter, and hold onto them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.”

Lauren Oliver

The slap might as well have been a gun shot or a siren with the way the room immediately quieted at the sound

Any other night, any other time, Aria would have felt embarrassment

She probably would’ve blushed tomato red, and sunk into herself like a turtle trying to retreat into its shell

But tonight, the red on her face came from rage

“What the hell?” The woman cradled the side of her face, which now sported a glowing red handprint

Maybe it was wrong to admit, but just looking at the mark brought her a little satisfaction. She liked looking at it far

better than she liked looking at her cleavage or the manicured hand that had stroked Sebastian’s chest

“You don’t get to touch my mate,” Aria growled, “Or call him nicknames.”

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The crowd erupted in low murmurs, and the woman’s eyes widened momentarily before narrowing again. “Mate?” She

said it with disbelief, like she was the delusional one here

It made Aria’s blood boil with something primal

A territorial urge she wasn’t sure she’d ever had before

She took one big step toward the woman, who was hardly taller than her, and pointed in Sebastian’s direction. “Yes, mate,” she hissed, “He’s

mine.” The woman scoffed, “I don’t —”

Aria growled, low and deep in her throat. “Unless you want more than a handprint, I’d back off.” Her hands tensed, as if

readying for a fight

A flicker of fear flashed through the woman’s eyes, and she took a step back, looking around at the crowd that had

gathered to watch the spectacle unfold

her long, glossy hair

to walk away, a tall man and a muscular woman stepped out

people to

her path

you should leave,” the man

chest

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“I was invited here. With my pack. Why the

it was the muscular woman who answered, “Because you’re making our future Luna

don’t want you here.”

Future Luna

a moment to realize they were talking about her. It wasn’t Sebastian’s honor they were

hers

As their future Luna

of it made her chest

could just kick you out,” the man added

around the room, as if searching for someone to stand up for

None of them did

the

she snarled,

to her

the red sea, leaving her a clear pathway to the

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before Sebastian’s lips were on hers,

his lips locked against hers, and

was thick with some emotion she couldn’t identify. His face was only inches away, his

of…something

he mad at

acted out of

Should I apologize?

as soon

guilt they usually did

slapped another woman, acted like a possessive wolf, and yet —

voice in the back of her head was still there, whispering that she needed to apologize for

she didn’t feel compelled to

beginning to realize that the voice sounded a lot like her

And Liam

didn’t sound like

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