Todos los capítulos de Born Human: Claimed by an Alpha: Capítulo 21 - Capítulo 30

She looked down. “It’s not like I’m completely against the idea…but mates are supposed to be perfect for you, right? They’re your other half. Knowing me, I just don’t think my other half is going to be some strong Alpha. I don’t know, maybe I’m overthinking it. The dinner party just got the wheels turning last night and I just realized that I’m probably going to end up disappointing mom and dad.”My heart ached. I knew that feeling all too well what it felt like to be a disappointment, to never measure up to what you thought dad wanted you to be. Lily didn’t deserve to feel like that. She didn’t deserve any of this.“Lily,” I said, and I moved from my bed to hers, “You’re not a disappointment. I don’t know what the future holds but the BS coming out of the Alpha King’s mouth last night? That’s exactly what it was. bullshit. You’re so much more than just who you’re mated to.”Lily looked up at me and I could see her blue eyes wet with tears. “You think so?”I hugged her. “Yeah, I know

“Those lands once belonged to the Crescent Moon Pack,” Alpha Liam said, “A former Alpha gave them up to the Pacific Rocks pack hundreds of years ago. I want them back and I think I’ve made it clear. If Alpha Abel wishes to keep them, perhaps he should defend his border better.”Whispers broke out across the room. There were a few gasps and a couple of kids even chuckled.“Alpha Liam,” the King boomed, “Do you really think harming another pack is an appropriate way to reclaim your lands?”Alpha Liam didn’t look the least bit sorry or regretful.“Of course not, Your Majesty,” Alpha Liam said but his voice lacked any kind of sincerity, “It’s just that wolves are territorial by nature and I let some of my instincts get the best of me. I should’ve talked to Alpha Abel about reclaiming his lands.”“Yes, you should have,” the King said, “But if anyone understands possessiveness, it’s an Alpha. To compensate Alpha Abel for his lost pack members, you’ll give two of your own to his pack. You’l

Lily screamed first.And then a lot of other people screamed.There was a lot of ruckus.The guards who’d been standing near the doors and the corners suddenly swarmed the king’s b*dy or what was left of it. None of them tried to touch or attackEvander, although they did watch him with wary eyes. I don’t think any of them.really knew what to do. I imagine there’s training and protocol for when a rogue or an enemy attacks your King, but what about when your Prince decapitates him?I didn’t scream.I didn’t cry.All at once, a cold sweat broke out over my entire b*dy as if the room had turned toice. My b*dy certainly felt like it was frozen I couldn’t move or think the way I wanted to. All I could see was the fallen King’s head and his lifeless eyes.He beheaded the King.He beheaded the King.Oh my God, he beheaded the King.Those words ran on an endless loop in my mind as I stood in the same spot, my feet stuck like glue.“Scarlett! Scarlett! Can you hear me? Scarlett!”Someone was

Before I could respond or even properly think about what Evander’s words meant, there was a knock on the door and Evander’s eyes glazed over as he used the mind link.Someone’s here. Maybe Lily or Sebastian?I didn’t even say anything but Evander still squashed my hope. “That’s the castle healer,” Evander told me, “Now that you’re awake, I want to make sure your physical health is okay, given your reaction earlier today.”You mean when I fainted after watching your father’s decapitated head roll at my feet? Was there a more appropriate reaction I should’ve had to that? I bit my tongue as the door opened and a middle-aged woman with a medical bag approached. I tried to squirm out of Evander’s hold so that I could greet the woman or just get a little space but his arms felt like iron. He clearly had no qualms about PDA, and judging from the healer’s quiet, meek demeanor, she wasn’t going to say anything about it. 6“Your Majesty, will you allow me to approach your mate?” the healer ask

As I stared into his dark eyes, I didn’t doubt he was telling the truth.If I ran, Evander would surely come after me.There’s no getting out of this. Even as the frightening realization washed over me, I couldn’t look away from him. He was staring at me in a way that nobody had ever looked at me with pure devotion. As if I hung the stars or the moon in the sky with my very breath.I’d seen that look plenty of times. I saw it in the mated couples at school, at pack functions, and even in the way my father and Grace looked at each other. Mated couples seemed to exist in their own orbit, and I’d be lying if I said I’d never been jealous.It’s not that the idea of a soul mate wasn’t appealing, it was all the baggage that came with being chained to a wolf. I’d long since accepted that nob*dy was going to look at me with pure devotion and I was okay with that. The trade-off was an easy human life, where I’d be free to do and go as I please.Evander continued to look at me with hungry dar