The Alpha King's Human Mate by HC Dolores

The Alpha King's Human Mate Chapter 98 Chapter 98 "Pm a lover, not a fighter...but sometimes those things overlap." Unknown It took talking to three servants, two guards, and nearly an hour forto finally hunt Griffin down. I'd been expecting him to be in ssort of meeting, surrounded by advisors, but that's not where I found him.

Instead, he was holed up in soffice I'd never seen before, stacks of paperwork in front of him. His head shot up when I opened the door and I could've sworn they looked puffy.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, his voice raspy. His face was blank, portraying no emotion. It stung. He didn't look atwith softness or playfulness like he usually did - right now, he was looking atlike I was just another subject.

"I wanted to talk," I said. My voice cout meeker than I intended it to.

"About what?" "About our last conversation," I said.

He looked down at his paperwork. "There's nothing to talk about," he Chapter 98 said with a flat tone, "Although I suppose we can discuss the details of your departure now if you want." That sentence might as well have been a punch to the gut.

For the past hour, all I'd felt was sadness and desperation. Desperation to work this out, to make him understand that he didn't need to sendaway.

But suddenly, I felt that sadness and desperation give way to anger. Rage swelled up inlike a wave. How dare he? He couldn't even lookin the eye as he nonchalantly discussed sendingaway like you'd reha misbehaving puppy.

"The details of my departure'?" I repeated. "Why don't you call it what it really is?" Griffin didn't even glance at me. "And what is it really?" "You being a coward," I said. > That got his attention. Griffin looked up atwith narrowed eyes. "I'm doing what's best for your safety," he said, "If you're able to disappear into the human world, nobody will be able to use you against me.

Besides, you wanted a human life not so long ago." "What would you know about what I wanted? It's not as if you've askedwhat I've wanted since I returned. All you've done is tellwhat I need to do and tellwhat's best for me," I seethed, "In fact...that's Chapter 98 pretty much what you've been doing since the moment we met." From across the room, I could've sworn I saw Griffin's gaze harden. Perhaps I should've stopped there but the pent-up emotions were spewing out ofnow.

"Do you remember what you toldwhen we met?" I asked. "You said you'd waited almost a decade for me. That you'd spent enough twithoutand you weren't going to let anything keep us apart...not other wolves, not your father, and not-" "Yes, and I failed!" Griffin cutoff with a growl. "I was supposed to keep you safe - the one thing any mate should be able to do ~ and I failed at that. I thought that I could be enough to protect you, but I realize now that I can't." "That's not true," I argued.

"Yes, it is," he said, "You were kidnapped. I couldn't even protect you in my own home. I didn't sleep for days, wondering if I'd be able to save you in time, if they were going to hurt you in ways I wouldn't be able to stop..." His voice cracked as he trailed off, and he averted his eyes from me.

I took a few steps closer until I was standing right in front of his desk. “You did savein time,” I said, “You keep saying you failed, but you didn't. You saved me. I'm standing here right now because you saved me, and you're still trying to sendaway." Chapter 98 "It's the only way I can make sure that nobody will ever be able to use you againstagain," he said, "It's the only way I can ensure your safety." I took a step around the desk until I was just inches away from him. He turned to look at me. “I know you don't want to leave, but I'll make sure you never want for anything. A house, college, anything you want No." "No?" he repeated, raising an eyebrow.

I crossed my arms. "No, I'm not leaving." (2 "You can't ~" "I can," | cut him off again. | moved even closer — our faces so close | could feel his cool breath on my lips. "You said you'd let nothing keep us apart - not even me," I continued, "Well, I think that includes you too." i He didn't reply, but I saw his eyes flicker to my lips.

"I never got to choose, you know," I said, “I didn't get to choose living with my dad or knowing about werewolves. I didn't get to choose having a mate. I didn't get to choose when you draggedback here. Even right now, you're trying to take my choice away again by thinking you know better." Chapter 98 I paused before adding lowly, "But you don't. I'm making this choice, and I'm choosing to stay. I'm choosing you." He glanced at my lips again, swallowing. "| —” "No, I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear whatever justification you have for trying to sendaway. I don't care.

You've spent most of this mate bond fighting for me, and right now, I'm going to fight for you." I leaned even closer, my lips brushing against his. "You said you'd chaseacross the world if you had to. You don't think I'd chase you too? Even if you managed to sendaway, I'd just cright back. P'd never give up. I would chase you until you saw common sense, until you got it through your thick skull that you're my mate and I'm never leaving." I could see a war in his eyes, the mask he'd tried to put up cracking between us. He tried to turn his head and look away, but before he could, I grabbed his chin with my fingers and held his face in place. He looked surprised by the gesture, but he didn't pull away.

"Lam your Queen," | continued firmly, "You bowed to me. You gaveyour loyalty and devotion when you left this claiming mark onand when you crowned me. I didn't get kidnapped and sleep in a dungeon just so you could try and throw all that away. Do you und ~" It was his lips on mine that cutoff. Chapter 98 His soft lips moved against mine fervently, and I could barely keep up with his pace. His tongue swiped against my bottom lip for entrance, and I didn't even hesitate in giving him access. I wanted to be able to taste as much of his mouth as I could.

The argument we'd just had, Griffin trying to sendaway - all of it seemed to fade into the background as he kissedpassionately.

My hands roamed his hair and neck, touching every inch of skin I could manage. When Griffin pulledonto his lap, I didn't resist. If anything, I tried to move closer. To be as close as I could to him.

By the the pulled away, we were both breathing heavily. His pupils were blown wide as he looked at me.

Hey there! Just a friendly reminder that if you're not reading this book on 5s.com, you might be missing out on the complete story. Head over there to dive into the next chapter—it's all free! We both breathed in silence for a moment, and then he whispered, "I understand."

"You're mine," I murmured. "Pm yours," he said, "And you are mine." "You're not going to try and sendaway then?" He shook his head, and for the first tsince I'd walked into the room, I saw the mask completely shatter. I caught a glimpse of the raw pain that lay underneath, of just how much guilt he'd been wracked with. Chapter 98 "Lm sorry," he finally said, his voice low and strained, "The one thing Pve always prided myself on as man, as a mate, is my ability to protect. I thought there was nobody in the world that could protect you like I could, It's how I justified sof those choices I made in the beginning ~ like bringing you back to the castle when you went to see your mom. Even if you hatedforever, I told myself it'd be okay because you'd be safe. I'd keep you safe." He swallowed, and his grip on my waist tightened. "But the night you got kidnapped, that changed," he said, "I didn't keep you safe. Even worse, I couldn't keep you safe in our home, the one place you should've been safe.” "You couldn't have predicted what happened that night," I told him, "It wasn't just you here. There were guards, guests...nobody could protect me, not even myself. If you want to blyourself for that night, then you have to blme just as much. You have to blme for walking out on that balcony alone, for talking with Ezra at all, for taking the drink he offered..." "I don't blyou," Griffin said firmly.

"And I don't blyou either," I replied.

"But I still failed." "Griffin," I said, "Being able to protectis not your only worth as a mate. If protection was all I wanted, I would've just stayed with my dad's pack. But you do so much more than protect- you challenge Chapter 98 me, you teachthings, but most importantly, you makehappy. Even if you were human, even if there was no mate

bond, I think we would've still ended up together. You probably would've had to chasea few more years, n.

but it would've happened eventually."

I could see the faint outline of a smile, not a smirk, on his smirk on his face. "You makehappy too," he said, “And I think you're right. I would've eventually won you over." He leaned in to kissagain but I pulled back.

I could already tell where this was heading, but we were also sitting in a small office with an unlocked door. Not exactly the best place for sex.

"Shouldn't we go back to our bedroom?" I asked, "There's no space in here and anyone could walk in." I saw his wide smile before he captured my lips with his again. "You're not going anywhere," he murmured against my lips, "Never again. You're mine, little fox." * mmMwWLlilofiflo&1 mmMwWLlilofiflo&1 mmMwWLlilofiflo&1 mmMwWLlilofiflo&1 mmMwWLliIofifl0&1 mmMwWLlilofiflo&1