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

make her stomach sour

anyone that — especially

who and what she liked long ago. Being gay wasn’t

humans

weight of family expectations and pack alliances resting

It was a problem

time

– Alessia

a feeling there’s another ulterior motive at play. The King

just turned twenty-five and he’s still mateless. I believe this

the prince to

but Lily hardly listened. She could already read between the lines and figure

nothing good for

it

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

amongst the group,

that was just convenient — it saved the

world to

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

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

sex…”

her face growing pale, smoothed her features into the carefree smirk she’d mastered

that matters.” She played with a coil of her

not the only

Alessia & Lily

from all over the world. I

a dejected sigh, as

not mated to the prince, you’ll probably find your mate there,” Mila pointed out, “There’s still going to

wouldn’t be

Oh, right

that Lily had to worry about, it was also the gaggle of future Alphas who’d

a metaphorical

was to be mated

room. There was a gleam in his eyes, the same gleam he’d had the day she

sixteen

and looked

of the elders. She looked white as a ghost,

need to attend this

why, Lily

worry about these things

carry the pressure of pack alliances

Alessia &

the moping she did, but she got off easy. She got to spend a few days

without some

sure she could say

what do you think your mate will look like, Lily?”