HarlynI walked behind Beta Ryan, Leah’s husband. My heart was beating fast against my chest. I believed I could do it but at the same time, I feared that I might not be able to save him. The fear of letting down both my mate and Leah, who was depending on me to stop her son’s pain fast, nearly crumbled me but I held my ground.When I saw the child surrounded by doctors, I almost lost control. The doctors around him turned when they heard us walk into the room.“She’s a healer.” Beta Ryan informed them. They looked at me like they couldn’t believe it, I mean, I couldn’t blame them. they trained for the job, have been doing it for years and here I am with no training trying to do their job.“She is our Luna.”Ryan added and that got them to finally move. I walked towards the bed and let out a gasp when I saw the state of the young child who should be around thirteen or fourteen. Even though they had wrapped up his wounds, I could still tell that they were severe.I wondered how and
Harlyn“I saw her face and know what she looks like.”I said, I didn’t get a clear picture but I know I will remember her when I see her.“Do you think you can identify her?” Bernardo asked. “Yes, I can. From what I saw, she had short bob hair and was around five foot three tall.” I said, trying to remember other features.“And she had a very visible mole on her face. This side.” I said pointing at my right cheek. I was sure of it because it was what I saw when I first looked at her.“Thank goddess. You will help identify her, right?” “Of course, that’s why I told you what I saw. She shouldn’t be anywhere near the princess and her family. We should find her and make her pay. That child nearly died.” I told him. He nodded and pulled me into a hug.“Thank you, Lyn. I don’t know what I would have done without you. I love you.” I froze at his words. I didn’t expect him to say that. Love? Did he really mean it or was he just saying it because he was grateful to me for helping with h
HarlynLeah finally looked our way again. I let out a sigh. She had cried so much in the past few hours that her eyes were now puffy and red. I hated that freak for what she did to Leah. Thank goddess her plans failed and the boy is still alive.“You saw her, didn’t you?” I nodded. “The lady with a short bob and a visible mole. She was the one that pushed him.” I told them. She let out a gasp after my revelation. “Why Leah?” Bernardo asked her. Leah started crying again and her husband pulled her to himself.“I let her into my house and she nearly killed my son. I am such a fool for letting her anywhere near my house.” She cried.“What do you mean? Who is she?”Bernardo asked. He seemed to be the only one who could ask all the questions because Beta Ryan was too focused on consoling his wife and I didn’t even know what to say.“She’s Edna Moore, Theo’s ex-girlfriend.” Leah said. At the mention of Theo, even the beta let go of her for a moment.“What?” Beta Ryan yelled. I was e
BernardoAnger? Yes, I was feeling that much right now. I hated how everyone associated with Theo who gets nabbed ends their life before I can get to them. She tried to kill my nephew and got away from being punished by taking her own life. Now, another one of Theo’s plans failed but I also lost the chance to find out what he was really planning and how he plans on coming back to the Crimson Moon.If his ex-girlfriend who he mistreated can be on his side, I wonder who else was on his side too. Just how many of my betas were on his team? I wanted to find out but there was no way for me to find out. I already gave Ryan instructions to tell his security team to not let anyone into the room where the body was found until the deltas arrived. They will search for any evidence even though I knew the chances of her leaving anything behind were low.I wonder how she knew her plans failed and took her life before anyone got to her.. Or was it her plan all along to kill my nephew and then take
Harlyn The rest of the week went pretty uneventful for me. The princess family moved back to the palace temporarily, according to Bernardo, they will stay until I complete my Luna lessons. Princess Leah spent all the time with her kids. Harry went back home for business, Princess Sophie went with him and Julia went back to the Orange Moon pack. It was pretty much just me on my own during the day because Bernardo was always busy with kingdom matters. But we spent the night together. We got closer each day and my love for him grew too. He never said he loved me again and I didn’t have the courage to ask him if he meant it the way I thought he did. That didn’t stop us from getting closer and I didn’t let it get in the way. I still found him hot, and still got tingles each time he walked into the room or held my hands. The full moon was just two days away and now, my anxiety was at an all-time high. I kept worrying about my wolf and how disappointed she would be when we didn’t
HarlynAnd he managed to fool Bernardo but he couldn’t fool me anymore. Before I was suspecting, but now? I am one hundred percent sure that he was involved in whatever shit his son was up to and this visit? Was his way of finding out what was going on.“I hope you haven’t told this man any of your plans on what you intend to do to Theo?”I thought. I could feel Bernardo in my head and knew he heard me.“I didn’t tell him. What’s wrong with you? Why are you acting hostile towards him?”I couldn’t believe he was asking me that after hearing what the old man just said. Was he blind or something? It was so easy to see that this man was up to no good.“Our Luna is a feisty one.”Sean said, I resisted the urge to glare at him and tell him to stop faking a smile. My wolf was restless inside me too. Pushing and wanting me to leave the room. This man made me uncomfortable.“I don’t think I am being feisty by telling you the truth, sir. I will appreciate it if you don’t talk about my fathers l
HarlynI didn’t stop walking until I got to our room and closed the door behind me. Only then did I find some peace. It was as if being near that man drained me. Everything inside of me hated him.“He is evil.” My wolf whispered. She knew too. She felt it too but somehow, Bernardo was blinded to the obvious. I don’t know how his uncle could fool him so well but not me. It would never be me. “What fuck was that, Harlyn?” Bernardo asked angrily when he walked into our room. I didn’t even realize that he had followed behind me. “What do you mean? Why are you yelling at me?” I responded.“You damn well know what I mean, why would you act like that towards my uncle? He’s already walking on eggshells around me because of what that bastard did and now you made it worse.” I made it worse? It’s not my fault that he’s blinded to the obvious. “Bernardo, alpha, your highness. I don’t know what clouded your eyes that you can’t see that old man for who he really is but don’t expect me to act
BernardoI followed Harlyn here in hopes of getting her back to my office so that she could apologize to Uncle Sean but here I was, starting to have doubts about him. What if she was right about the things that she was saying about him? What if he really was helping his son?One thing she said stood out for me. At the end of the day, Theo is his son and I am the son of the man who became king instead of him. Could he really be pretending to be okay with me while plotting against me with his son? It was hard to believe that my good old Uncle Sean could do something like that.But then again, Harlyn hasn’t been wrong. All the things she has told me so far have been right. When she told me that man didn’t cause the bear attack. When she told me about the captured women. When she told me about Sophie being in danger and also when she stopped me from killing her brother. Even with JR too.She has never made things up. Why would she make this up? She was right about me feeling her emotions
Harlyn “Were you two talking about me?” She called out and I couldn’t even deny it because we had been talking about her for real. She ran the rest of the way to us and pulled me into a hug which I returned. Just holding her in my arms melted away every little doubt I had in me. My body released a million happy cells and even my wolf jumped in joy inside me.“You are glowing and I am happy to see you like this after what happened yesterday.” Helaine said when we pulled apart. Loved her and how she was able to tell my mood. I love everything about her and even more.“We are good now. The enemies are gone and I have you guys with me.” I told her with a smile. She smiled at me before looking at my mate. “Hello, your majesty. How was your night?” She asked my mate who smiled.“It was great and yours?” “Mine was splendid. I watched the news last night and I must say, I get why everyone fears and respects you. I was impressed.” Bernardo looked at me and smiled.“Thanks, I have been
Harlyn“I can’t believe all that is really over and we are on the path to return our kingdom to how it was before the great discovery.” I couldn’t resist saying. The whole of last night, I kept thinking about everything that went down. I couldn't believe everything really happened and it was all really over. As of last night, both the remains of the traitors have been taken away from the kingdom completely and everything they have ever owned has become public assets to be given out to charity or confiscated if not useful.“I am glad you finally accept that you are one of the leaders of the kingdom now.” I smiled and blushed when my mate touched my cheeks. Yeah, after yesterday, there was no doubting it. He literally told me that my coronation is the next big event that will happen in the kingdom. Like I am going to be queen officially and the man waited until he was deep inside me to tell me.It was the hottest thing ever and I loved it too much that it got into my head and erased a
Harlyn “This is not the end! This will never be the end! You think killing me will make it all go away? You think that will make it all stop? You are wrong! It will never end as long as you are on the throne! My fight will continue even in death and I will win against you, bastard!” I don’t even know how the idiot got all the strength to be shouting out foolish words. I looked at my mate and he had a smirk on his face. He stood up and I did too but he made a stop motion. Even though I wanted to argue and insist on following him, I realized really fast that it wasn’t the time to argue with him. As soon as he made sure that I wouldn’t follow him, he marched away from where we sat. Not even the elders who tried to stop him succeeded. I sat and watched as my mate marched toward the center of the auditorium. I didn’t know what he was going to do but I knew it would be bad for the idiot who couldn’t just shut up and die in peace. “Oh no,” I exclaimed when Bernardo got him, jerked h
Harlyn “Are you sure that you still want to be here with me? You can still leave if you want.” I turned and openly glared at my mate. He has asked the same question over and over again for the past half an hour that we have been seated and waiting for the executive to happen. Right now, various deltas were putting the final touches to all their preparations and I have to admit that it kind of felt scary that they were doing everything in preparation to murder two people. But when I remember what those two have done and just how many people they have taken their lives unjustly, I just can’t feel bad for them. “If you ask me that one last time, I will tell the guards to walk you out of here. I feel like you are the one who doesn’t want to be here.” I whispered to him. Of course, I won’t ask the king to leave but it felt good to warn and felt even better when he nodded politely. “Yes ma’am.” He whispered back and left me alone. I watched as the deltas went about their duties and
Harlyn “You guys can go if you want. I will wait here with the twins.” Leah told the ladies who took the chance to leave. “They are going to spread the news that I have an identical twin.” I told Leah and Helaine. “How do you know that?” I smiled knowingly. “I just know.” I said with a laugh. “You look really pretty.” Helaine complimented. “I look just like you.” I told her. “No, not right now. You look like an elegant version of us and it really suits you.” I smiled at the compliment. We didn’t even get the chance to talk much because my mate walked back into the dressing room. “Oh, the royal couple, coupling.” Helaine cheered when she saw Bernardo. We must have unknowingly teleported our dress code because he was wearing a similar color-coded attire. Navy blue and white. He looked very kingly with the crown on his head and the staff of office in his hand. I don’t know about others but I was completely smitten by him and if I wasn’t already so in love with him, I wou
Harlyn “It looks so good on you, oh my goodness!” I did a three-sixty turn for her and laughed when the women cheered. “I know a secret.” Patricia let out and the three of us stared at her curiously. “Tell us,” Leah told her when Patricia didn’t speak. She smiled. “I don’t know if you will believe me but the queen mother had the dresses remade for her.” She said and pointed at me. I stared at her in shock and confusion. There’s no way that’s true. “You are joking, right? Harlyn became Luna not too long ago and my grandma has been gone for over a year now. She died way before the alpha and Harlyn got together.” Leah said and I nodded in agreement. It just didn’t make any sense. “I am not joking or lying. The queen mother knew you would one day be queen. At least that’s what she kept telling us. If you don’t believe me then you can ask the other worker, though she has stopped working at the palace. She knows, everyone who worked close to the queen mother knew.” I didn’t know
Harlyn “I know and I am grateful for it. Only you can make him agree to something like that and I am truly happy that he found you now. The side of my baby brother I see every day these days even with everything going on pleases me and I have you to thank for bringing that side of him out.” There she goes again with all the thanks as if mating with Bernardo didn’t change my life more than it did his. “I am glad too.” I told her because I didn’t want to argue his importance and just what mating with him has done for me. I am sure Leah already knows that. “Okay, let’s get you dressed. Ladies, let’s see what you got.” Leah called out to the two women who quickly started pulling out things that they had come up with. Leah pushed me gently into one of the chairs in the huge room and made a stay-put gesture before walking over to the women. I glared at my reflection in the mirror in front of me. I have seen myself in mirrors lately but every time I see myself, I see a whole new perso
Harlyn “Why do you look so in shock? You are the queen now, that’s yours.” It felt surreal. Everything in that room screams luxury, expensive and some of them very vintage. Even the queen mother only used that room when it was really important that she show up as queen and now, that place will be mine. It felt too huge to be real. “I don’t know, Bern. It feels like I will be stepping into a place that isn’t mine. Can’t I just get dressed in our room?” I asked him. “Sure you can any other time but it’s important that you show up in traditional crimson moon royal attire as the queen.” “But I am not queen yet.” I pointed out. “Oh, but you are my dear. The day I found out that you were my mate was the day you became queen of the crimson moon. Coronation is just to make it ceremonial.” Now why do I suddenly have doubts when I was the one who insisted that I want to stand by his side? I let out a deep sigh and nodded. I didn’t want us to waste more time. “Call her.” I told him.
Harlyn“Baby? It’s time to go!”I opened my eyes when I heard Bernardo’s whispers and blinked to clear sleep off my eyes. I must have fallen asleep while waiting for him. I don’t even know how long I slept. The last thing I remembered was reading through the PDF that Hillan had sent to me.“What time is it?”I asked Bernardo as he helped me up.“Past four pm,”He told me and helped me fix my hair. He had a look on his face that I didn’t like.“Did something happen while I was sleeping?”I asked him with concern. He smiled and shook his head but I wasn’t convinced. I looked around his office and it was just the two of us.“But you don’t look okay.”I said and reached to caress his face. He touched my hand and held it against his face.“I know. I am just in my feelings. I guess even though I passed the judgment, I hate to see it happen but I have to be there.”I understood immediately and pulled him into a tight hug.“Oh baby, but you don’t have to be there. You already did your part, r