His Arrogant Human Mate novel Chapter 20

I whimpered fearfully, digging my heels into the ground uselessly as he pulled me towards him. "Am I scaring you, princess?"

I reached for Alfie helplessly, crying out when I was roughly thrown over the man's shoulder. "Come on, pup. You two shouldn't be roaming around this close to sunset."

The man carried me all the way to the pack house, setting me on my feet in front of the Alpha.

"I see you've met our rescue, Caroline, and Alfred," the Alpha said, patting my head and moving me behind him. "Caroline, Alfred, this is the new King; Dominic."

"King?" I repeated bluntly. "Those don't exist anymore. Only in fairytales!"

"She's sweet. You're not teaching her customs or history?" Dominic said condescendingly.

My alpha shook his head. "She is enrolled in regular school, for humans, sire."

"I see. Keep up with that. Is she respectful? Polite?" Dominic asked, kneeling down so he was shorter than me. "I know how these rescues can sometimes act like they're part of the pack, when they're not."

I frowned at him. I was part of the pack. Wasn't I? Alfie took my hand and tried to guide me inside, but Dominic stopped us.

"I wasn't done talking to the rescue. You can leave, pup, but not her."

Alfie mouthed an apology to me, before disappearing outside. "You're so tiny. What happened to your family, princess?"

I froze up. I hated talking about them. I hadn't since I'd been here. My alpha cleared his throat. "They-"

"I want to hear her say it."

I swallowed thickly, looking down at my feet. "They left me," I whispered.

"Left you? How so?"

"They l-left me a-at the p-park, near the w-woods," I said softly. "And didn't co-come back."

Dominic looked up at my Alpha to confirm what I told him. "They were led into a trap, got attacked by some nomads. We found Caroline in the woods, nearly starving and freezing to death," Alpha explained, touching my head. "The plan was just to heal her but then when we found out about her parents, we decided to keep her."

"How long ago was this?"

"Three years ago."

Dominic snickered at me. "She's a cute kid. I suppose I've spooked her enough for now. You can go now, little one."

I've never run away so fast.

*Flashback End*

"You think I kidnapped you?" He tested, smirking.

"I didn't come here willingly."

"Didn't you? If I recall correctly, I watched you climb into my car."

"Yes. Good observation, princess. You are mated to a very powerful wolf, and that changes things. If I were your standard wolf, you wouldn't go through heat, at least not enough for anyone to notice. But bearing my mark will change your hormones and will get working like a shifter. You will be begging for me to impregnate you before too long."

I gagged at the thought. "You're lying. You're just trying to scare me."

"Wish I was, sugar. But I'm not."

"That'll never happen to me."

It would never happen to me, because I had my escape plan. Dominic had to go to his pack house for a meeting, which left me alone for over an hour. I didn't pack anything. I didn't keep my phone or computer. All I had was the clothes on my back and a pair of boots, plus a few big bills for transportation when I found a safe place to switch to a car or bus.

"Cara, come down here, please!" Dominic called up the stairs.

I groaned and rolled out of bed, stomping down to where he waited for me. "Yes?" I grumped.

"I want a kiss goodbye."

"No."

He growled. "Kiss me goodbye, Caroline."

"I said no."

"If you don't come down here and give me a real kiss, I will handcuff you to the bed. Is that what you want? You like being tied up?" He threatened.