The Alpha King and his Human Mate

by Melisa Bigler

“Let me show you to your room,” he told her.

  She ignored Edric as he came up to her, to put a hand on her waist, but she shook him off and followed the man, her shoulders slumped in defeat.

  Edric frowned. He did not like to see his mate so sad, but he could not have her fighting him. She would have to learn that she was his.

  “I will be in my office,” he told Warren and headed inside, after watching Jillian head up the stairs, her head down, and crying.

  As Edric watched Jillian, one of the harem girls sauntered up to him, clad in a bra and lacy underwear. Jillian had noticed her also when she had come in, and it made her cry harder. She was about to become one of them.

  The man put a gentle hand on Jillian’s arm as he showed her to her room on the second floor. He opened a door for her. “Your room adjoins the king’s. If you need anything, let me know, okay?” he said.

  She nodded and as soon as the man left, she locked her door, and the adjoining door, and throwing herself onto the bed, she sobbed. How could he do this to her? Why would he kidnap her? She was just a human, not some wolf. She wasn’t special by any means.

  “Are you sure?” her inner voice asked her.

  “Shut up,” Jillian told herself.

  Edric could feel his mate’s sorrow as she cried, and his wolf whimpered again. Edric growled at the harem girl. “I thought I told you girls, to put some clothes on, now get out of my sight. In a few hours, all of you are being shipped out of here.”

  The girl whimpered as she walked away, feeling his anger.

  “Go to your mate, apologize to her,” his wolf told him.

  “I will, but not now. She needs to cool down, and I can’t let her treat me with disrespect. She is the Luna. I don’t want the others disrespecting me because she does. I will not tolerate it.”

  “She is scared though,” his wolf said.

  “I am sure she is. But she will get used to it here.”

  “What of her parents?”

  “I will call them,” Edric replied. “They will need to know.”

  “You aren’t going to tell them that you are her mate though?”

  “No. They wouldn’t know anything about mates.”

  He sat down at the desk and pulled out Jillian’s father’s number from his pocket.

  He answered. “Hello, Henry speaking.”

  “Henry, this is Edric.”

  “Oh, hello sir. The site is almost cleaned up.”

  “Good to hear. Listen I need to discuss something with you.”

  “Oh? Did you find me more work?”

  “Well, no, not exactly, but I did find your daughter.”

  “My daughter?” he gasped. “Is she okay?”

  “She is fine, I assure you, Mr. Everett. “Really fine,” his wolf snickered. “I saw her at school today when I went to visit. She has a strong personality, your daughter,” Edric said, ignoring the comment his wolf had made, even though he agreed.

  Henry chuckled. “Tell me something I don’t know. So is she still at school?”

  “Actually, no I invited her to come and stay with me.”

  “Sir, she is only 18. Aren’t you much older?”

  Edric chuckled. “I am only 25, Henry.”

  “But she is still in high school.”

  “Yes, I know that, but she can continue her studies here at my palace, or she can finish at the high school. I will give her the choice.” “But why my daughter? Don’t you have your choice of women? Is she there with you now?”

  “She is, and I would like her to stay.”

  “Why?”

  “She was meant to be mine, she will be my queen.”

  Henry scoffed. “So you think you are her king?”

  “Did you not see a palace when you moved here?”

  “Yes, but I thought it to be a tourist destination or some rich man’s house.”

  “I am that rich man, Henry, and a King.”

  “Did you kidnap her?” Henry accused. “I can’t see her going anywhere willingly, even with a King.”

  “Kidnap is such a strong word.”

  Her father swore. “If you do not let her go, I will call the cops.”

  “The cops work for me, Mr. Everett. Now listen to me, and listen well. If you try and take her back, I will have you arrested for trespassing on my property, and for digging up what was not yours, do you understand me?”

  “Promise me you won’t kill her,” Henry whispered. “She is my only child.”

  “She is in good hands, Mr. Everett, no harm will befall your daughter, and I will let you come visit her soon, okay?”

  “What of her things?”

  “I will send someone to get her things so she can feel more at home here.”

  “I don’t understand why you are doing this. Are you some kind of child predator?”

  “I assure you, Mr. Everett, I am not a predator.”

  “How can I believe you, especially since you kidnapped her. Can I speak with her?”

  “Not right now, no. I will allow her to call you tonight.”

  “You had better not lay a hand on her head Edric, or I will have your head, king or not,” her father growled out.

  “She is safe here Henry,” Edric assured him. “Now, if you will excuse me, I have things to do.”

  “Hopefully not my daughter.”

  “Not yet,” Edric chuckled, and then hung up, knowing that would tick him off. He couldn’t help saying that, Jillian’s dad was making him mad.

  He headed out of his office, where Warren stood, waiting for his Alpha.

  “So, how did the call go?” he smirked.

  “He couldn’t refuse me. She is mine now.”

  “You know she is going to fight this.”

  “So be it, but she is mine Warren, and she is going to have to get used to it.”

  He headed up the stairs to see his mate and knocked on her door. There was no answer. That would not stop him. He headed into his room and then to the adjoining door. It was locked. “The little minx,” he chuckled. Good thing he had a key. He went to his dresser and pulled out the key, walked to the door and opened it. He walked in, and not seeing her in the bedroom, he headed to the bathroom and cussed. She was on the floor of, a broken mirror next to her, a piece of glass in her hand, and her arms were covered in blood.

  “Jillian, why?” he asked, his wolf whimpering to see his mate hurt. Edric knelt down by her, pulling her to him while she cried.

  “Why would you try and kill yourself?” he asked softly.

  “I don’t want to be one of your sex slaves,” she whispered pushing herself away from him.

  “You will never be a slave, you are my mate,” he assured her and then stood up to grab towels and bandages. He then mind linked Warren. “I need your help. She tried to slit her wrists. I need some pain killers and some cream for her wounds.”

  “Yes, Alpha,” came the response.

  Warren appeared in the room moments later, he had come through the adjoining door also. He knelt down by Jillian. “Luna, you do know if you kill yourself, your Alpha will die also,” Warren pointed out.

  She snorted. “No, he won’t. He hasn’t marked me, so he is just fine.”

  Warren looked up at Edric, who shrugged, wondering how she knew that.

  “If you were marked, I could heal you with my touch,” Edric told her.

  “It’s never going to happen,” she hissed out. He frowned as she said that.

  “Fine, this will hurt, but you will heal in a few days,” he told her, ignoring her outburst.

  He wiped the blood away, ready to put medicine on her when he paused. “Jillian, I thought you cut yourself.”

  She chuckled dryly. “Yeah, about that. I can hurt myself as much as I want and look at me,” she sighed. “I heal too fast.”

  Warren exchanged a glance with Edric.

  “Jillian you heal as fast as a werewolf. Are you a werewolf?” Edric asked her.

  She laughed rudely. “Oh hell no. Why would I
want to be like you?”

  It really hurt him and his wolf to see the hatred in her eyes and for her to talk like that to him.

  “Please do not try and hurt yourself again, Luna,” Edric said. “It hurts me when you do so,” he said gently.

  She glared at him. “No it doesn’t, you lie. Just leave, okay? I would rather you left me alone and let me go.” She began to cry again.

  “Why are you determined to kill yourself?” he asked her.

  “Because I would rather die than sleep with you,” she said, glaring at him.

  He flinched at her words. He stood then, angry. He had had enough of her sass.

  “I am glad you cleared that up, Jillian, I was going to get rid of the harem, but perhaps I will keep them now since you don’t want to be mine,” he wanted to smirk, but then he saw her pale face.

  “Have a good afternoon, mate,” he growled, and left the room, slamming the door behind him.

  “Will he actually go sleep with one of them?” Jillian whispered to Warren.

  “I don’t think so. They are not his to keep anyway.”

  “I feel sorry for them,” Jillian said and stood up with Warren’s help. Then she headed into the bedroom and sat on the bed.

  Warren cleaned up the mess on the floor, and then left the room, shaking his head. He wondered if Jillian would ever give in. She needed too before the Alpha killed something or someone.

  Warren frowned when he walked down into the hall to see the Alpha pushing away one of the harem girls who only had a pair of underwear on.

  “Get out of my sight,” he growled at her.

  “But sire, you love me I thought,” the girl said.

  “No, leave. I don’t need you, or any of you stupid girls,” he growled out.

  “But sire,” she whimpered.

  “No, leave now!” he shouted at her.

  She sashayed away. Edric glared at Warren. “What do you want?”

  “Just came to say that the Luna is resting,” he smirked. “If I didn’t know any better, I would think she is getting under your skin, and what happened to you getting rid of the sluts? You know she won’t be happy if she runs into one of them.”

  “Right now I really don’t care,” he growled, walking into his office and slamming the door.

  Warren just shook his head. His Alpha needed his mate, and bad.

  In his office, Edric sat down, running his fingers through his hair. “I swear she is going to drive me nuts,” Edric said.

  “You did kidnap her,” Raul pointed out.

  “That’s because she is mine, and she wouldn’t have come with me if I hadn’t made her.”

  “So you tick off your Luna, who then, in turn, tries to kill herself.”

  “Yes, and how did she heal so fast? She is not a wolf. I can’t sense one in her.”

  “She is obviously special.”

  “I know, but how? Her parents are as human as they can get.”

  “Interesting, but you need to apologize to her again.”

  “I will, after she calms down.”

  “Good luck with that,” Raul chuckled.

  “I know. I have a feisty Luna on my hands, that is for sure.”

  Jillian cried herself to sleep but was awoken when a knock sounded on her door later. “Dinner,” she heard, but she ignored it. She would show the king. She would not eat, and she would stay in her room. Maybe if she was nothing but skin and bones, he would leave her alone, forget all about her, and let her go. Since she couldn’t kill herself with objects, maybe she could starve herself. Then he would think she looked disgusting and get rid of her. But that little voice in her head said, “Now why would you want to do that?”

  She snuggled under the covers even more. She hadn’t changed from her bloodied clothes. She didn’t care if she ruined the sheets. She was so ticked off. How dare he kidnap her, and tell her she was his. It was ridiculous. Who cared if she felt amazing when he touched her. That whole mate thing was ridiculous, and she was going to prove it. She would either escape or starve herself, and then the Alpha could shove it.

  It was dark outside when she heard the adjoining door open. She feigned sleep as she felt the bed sink by her. She felt her hair brushed back from her face and heard a heavy sigh. “I am sorry,” she heard Edric whisper, “but I can’t let you go. I will die if you leave, you have to understand that.”

  She tried not to sigh under his touch. It was comforting, but she would not admit to it. She would not give into him, no matter how good his touch made her feel.

  She heard him get back up and the door was closed again. She sighed in relief that he was gone and fell back asleep.

  The next morning she heard a key in the lock of her door and heard someone walk in, then they sat on the bed by her. “Oh dear, what has he done?” she heard a feminine voice say.

  Jillian’s eyes opened to see a woman who looked to be in her 30’s, sitting by her.

  “Luna, how are you feeling today?”

  “How am I supposed to feel? That jerk out there kidnapped me, and I am no Luna. I don’t want to be a Luna. So don’t call me that,” Jillian said angrily. She was still extremely ticked off.

  The woman chuckled, ignoring her outburst. “I am Carla. I am the Alpha’s aunt. I heard you were here, and he told me to help you. He didn’t tell me you were human though.”

  “So?” Jillian grumbled. “I didn’t ask to be his stupid mate if that is what I am. Personally, I think I am here for his harem and I don’t want to be part of that,” she shuddered.

  Carla shook her head. “No sweet Jillian, you will never be a part of a harem. You are already claimed by the Alpha. I am quite surprised though that he has not gotten rid of them. He was supposed to ship them off yesterday.”

  Jillian sighed. “See? He obviously is keeping them around to add me to them.”

  “You do not need to worry about those girls. They are just playthings.”

  “I don’t want to be one of his playthings,” Jillian whispered.

  “You will never be a plaything. You are his Luna, and he will treat you with respect. I really thought he would kick those girls out yesterday when he brought you home. But don’t worry, I will make sure they leave, even if I have to kick them out myself.”

  “Does he care for any of them?” Jillian asked her.

  “No, of course not. He has been saving himself for you.”

  “Ha, I don’t believe it for a minute.”

  “Believe it. Even though those girls have been here, he has tried to distance himself from them.”

  “Then why are they here? Why can’t the other Alpha’s come and get them? Why am I here? I am not his Luna,” Jillian said adamantly. “I can’t be. I am a human, not a wolf. Why can’t he choose someone else, like one of his sluts? Besides, I have been here for less than a day. Why would he think I would fall in love with him? He kidnapped me. Would you fall in love with someone if they kidnapped you?” Jillian asked her.

  “If they were my mate, then I suppose so,” she shrugged.

  “But I’m not, I can’t be Carla. I am just normal me. Look at me, I am not special.”

  “He can’t just choose someone else. When you find your mate, that is it. You will not find someone else. If your mate dies, then you die, if you have marked each other, that is,” she shrugged.

  “Do you have a mate? Not that I really care, but do you?”

  “Yes. My husband is the Omega. He helps run the household.”

  “Are you happy?”

  “Of course.”

  “Probably because you weren’t kidnapped and forced here against your will.”

  “You are one angry Luna, I will give you that,” Carla said, “but you need to forgive him. He saw you, knew you were his mate, and you defied him, so he had to do something drastic.” Carla then pushed Jillian to the very large and opulent bathroom. “I am sorry Luna, but this is your home now.”

  Jillian started to cry again. “Will I never get to see my parents again?�
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  “I am sure they can come and visit,” Carla assured her. “Now dry those eyes. Let’s get you bathed and dressed. I will have some breakfast sent up to you, okay?”

  Jillian nodded, not that she would eat it, even though her stomach grumbled.

  Carla smiled. “I can hear that you are hungry. Take a bath, there are clothes in your closet. Your things should be here later today.”

  “He is having my things brought here?”

  “Yes, the Alpha is having all your belongings brought here.”

  Jillian started to cry again. “So, I truly am a prisoner,” she whispered in defeat.

  “No, you are not a prisoner. You are the Luna, and when you are ready, I will help teach you how to be a good Luna.”

  Carla started the water for her and then left the room. Jillian sighed and stripped from her dirty clothes. She found some bath salts and put them into the tub, along with some oils, and sank into the tub, sighing as her aches started to dissipate. She soaked for a while, and then deciding she had better get out before she fell asleep, she stepped from the tub, grabbed a large towel, and wrapping herself in it, she headed to the closet. She heard the door open and thinking it was just Carla bringing in breakfast, she let the towel drop so she could get some clothes on.

  She heard an intake of breath and turned to see the Alpha eyeing her hungrily. She shrieked and slammed the closet door in his face. “Don’t you knock?” she shrieked.

  She heard him chuckle. “It is my palace, so no. You are quite lovely, by the way.”

  She reopened the door a few minutes later, dressed in shorts and a t-shirt. “I’m sure I don’t compare to your harlots,” she hissed at him, her face bright red.

  He pulled her into his arms. “No, you are much sexier.” He then laid a scorching kiss on her lips.

  She gasped. His kiss was the best thing she had ever had in her life, as fireworks exploded in her. She would never admit that she enjoyed it though, and she struggled against him.

  He finally released her, and she stepped back, wanting to slap his arrogant face. But she was not sure if he would hit her back. He had shown his anger already and she wasn’t sure she wanted him to hit her.

  He could see the anger in her face, but he knew she had enjoyed their kiss, and knew one thing for sure, it was the best kiss he had ever had in his life. Talk about fireworks. He knew for a certain that she was his Luna, even if she denied it.