The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

The Alpha King’s Human Mate

Bonus Chapter – Alessia & Lily (2)

Bonus Chapter – Alessia & Lily (2)

“The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is

trying to make you be someone else.”

EE Cummings

From the time she could talk, there were a few things Lily Bellevue

knew for certain

One: she was a werewolf

Two: her father was the Alpha of one of the largest packs in the Pacific

northwest

Three: one day, she’d grow up to have a mate

Four: the greatest gift she could ever give her father, and her pack, was to be mated to a strong Alpha. Someone that

could forge a new alliance

with her pack, and make them stronger

That was her purpose

Her brother would grow up to be a powerful leader, and she’d grow up to marry one. She’d felt the pressure her whole

life, but it got extensively worse the day she turned sixteen and shifted for the first

time

Bonus Chapter – Alessia & Lily (2)

That’s when the clock really started

When she didn’t mate with any of the warriors in their pack, her father was ecstatic. It meant she was even more likely to

end up with another pack’s Alpha or soon-to-be Alpha

All Lily felt was dread

She wanted to feel the same excitement her friends did whenever they gushed over their future mates. She wanted to be

thrilled about the possibility that she might end up as some powerful, swoon-worthy Alpha’s Luna, but..

She didn’t

thought of some muscled man curling his arms around her at night or filling her belly with babies did

make her stomach sour

she could never tell anyone that

to terms with who and what she liked long ago. Being gay wasn’t a revolutionary

humans

weight of family expectations and

It was a problem

her time was

– Alessia

feeling there’s another ulterior motive at play. The King has asked for

His son has just turned twenty-five

the prince to

father droned on, but Lily hardly listened. She could already read between the lines and

nothing good

it, but it was a good play

of eligible Alpha children of age was probably pretty small, but Alphas tended to mate

of his son’s mate being amongst the group, however

that was just convenient — it saved

the world

of her friends, Mila, gushed. “Are you excited? What if

sighed from besides Mila. “Plus, he’s the strongest werewolf in the world.

sex…”

growing pale, smoothed her

“It’s being Queen that matters.” She played with a coil of her blonde

“Besides, I’m not

Chapter – Alessia & Lily

the world. I doubt I’ll be the lucky girl.” She made

a dejected sigh, as if she really

find your mate there,” Mila pointed out, “There’s still

future Alphas there. I wouldn’t be surprised

Oh, right

wasn’t just the prince that Lily had to worry about, it was also the gaggle of

metaphorical dick measuring

the last thing she wanted was to be mated to one of

was a gleam in his eyes, the same gleam he’d

sixteen

and

with one of the elders. She looked white as

she’d need to attend

why, Lily

she had to worry about these things

pressure of

Alessia

did. You’d think she did with all the moping she did, but she got off easy. She got

and come home without some testosterone-driven

she could

do you think your mate