The Alpha King's Human Mate

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sister, they’d gush about her sweet

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t twelve, he told the rest of the pack that I was there because of my human mother’s failure. I was thrust into the wolf pack – literally – but my status as the only human there made me an

bullies, it didn’t mean I fit in. The werewolf world was drastically

ntment – it hung in the air every time he called me his human daughter or explain

le and good-natured – but I could still tell she was ashamed of me. If there was ever evidence that her family wasn

. I’d spent six years living under my father’s roof, in his pack, and in

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my life was about to change completely. Something – technically, someone – was about to e

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there was no hidden message to be found – it was just another generic rejection email from another college that didn’t want me. My senior ye

t really, all I cared about was finding a college that was far away. Somewhere far eno

a’s sunny (and distant) climate would’ve been perfec

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elling my name. I barely had time to exit out of my Gmail scre

he sighed, leaning against my door frame, “Were you watchin

ocks that never seemed frizzy or out-of-control. Her and my brother both shared my father’s bright, blue eyes.

g to tune you out, Lil

apology. “Dad wants to see us, there’s a big meeting tonigh

uired to attend. As Blacktooth Pack’s only resident human, I wasn’t a huge part of pack bu

asking for m

me get you. I’m sure it’s for a good reason, dad

me waiting for me, and I watc

why I’m being summoned, I thou

e of the largest in the pack – a perk that came with being part of the Alpha’s family. Photos of Lily and my brother, Sebastian’s, acco

room. Dad lounged in the recliner like it was his throne with Grac

ing voice echoed around the room, “We’ve got a pac

the same fair hair and blue eyes as Lily, and his strong jawline and

is mother, Grace. Grace – or Luna Grace if you weren’t her step-daughter – was my dad’s true mate and S

, glancing over at me. He didn’t mean it as an insult – like

d, standing up with Grace, “Is everyone ready

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ide, “Are you sure you don’t want to change? That

glamorous, but nobody else was dressed up either. Seb had on a t-shir

said. Grace nodded, but I could see h

lders will be too busy with dad, the pack warriors are going to have their ey

ound – and frankly, that was exactly wher

he way out of the house, Seb, Lily, and I trailing behind him like puppies – no p

ce. Family houses lined one side of the street, but you’d eventually run into a pack-run grocery store and infirmary if you kept

the guards that protected our borders. They wouldn’t ke

t of the pack, though – most of our territory was just wooded are

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e nearest town wasn’t exactly a high point. I wasn’t a prisoner by any means, b

as I pleased. And since I wasn’t a werewolf, I couldn’t just shift and run throu

or not, I was a human l