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
BernardoAt first, I thought of going over to the mini recorder and yanking it off but I thought against it. If I moved it, he would know I found out about his deceit. I should have known. Harlyn told me times without numbers. Even Damien tried to tell me but I told him off and he never spoke about it again. I inspected the bug to make sure I wasn’t making it up and sure enough it was there. Blinking a faint blue light. They already turned it on. The light was so faint that if I didn’t focus on it, I would never have noticed in this huge office.“Fuck!” I growled in a low voice. I felt betrayed because I really trusted my uncle. I believed his every word and almost fought with my Luna because of him. Meanwhile, she had been right about him plotting against me. Why else would he place a recorder in my office?The only reason I even knew was because I noticed his eyes going over there more times than I could count in the space of ten minutes. He had been nervous. Why did he choose to
Bernardo “Sean came to my office earlier. I asked our Luna to come say hi, but she flamed up when she got to my office and wasn’t comfortable around him. She clearly saw and felt something that I didn’t. She stormed out of the office. I followed behind her and tried to make her apologize to Sean.” I hate that part now, I should never have asked her to apologize to him. I should have listened to her from the beginning. “Okay? What happened after that?” “We argued. Don’t worry, we already made up.” I added when I saw his worried expression. “I came back from my office and met Sean walking out of the secret room in my office.” His eyes widened. “I haven’t gone in there to check if everything was okay because I saw something else in the office after he left.” Damien’s eyes were burning with curiosity. “He taped my office.” I revealed. “What?” Damien yelled out. It was still shocking to me that the man I spent years trusting and defending even from my grandmother turned out to
TheoDays after leaving the Crimson Moon, nothing was working over there. Edna couldn’t do a simple job. Hearing of her passing made me so mad. I should have been the one to kill her with my hands. I spared her for that job but she still managed to fail. Good thing she thought of killing herself before I got to her because it wouldn't have been an easy death if I had laid my hands on her again.Over here, I seemed to have hit the jackpot. The first person I met as soon as my plane landed in the city was a witch. Not just a regular witch but one with decades of spell-casting powers. We hit off immediately and I have been living with her for the past couple of days. I was slowly letting her in on my plans and so far, she was on board with it.If everything goes as planned with her, I will return to the Crimson Moon sooner than planned. Not just that, all the people that I have spoken to so far have all given positive responses. Of course, nothing was free. I promised them a huge rew
Theo “Bernardo doesn’t suspect a thing but I don’t know for how long I can keep pretending.” “You have been pretending for years. Don’t act like you didn’t try to kill him multiple times and failed. Don’t act like I put you up to the pretending shit. Just own your failure and watch me succeed where you failed.” He failed so many times and gave up. If he didn’t give up, I wouldn't have to fight that bastard for the throne. All I would have done was take my father out of the way and become the alpha king. But the fucker failed miserably. He sat there and watched the queen mother and the elders crown a freaking child as king.“Watch what you say to me, Theo. I am still your father and you haven’t particularly succeeded in any of your plans either. In fact, I have had more success than you. I was able to take out the former king and the zeta. What have you done other than make a mess and run away? You keep boosting but haven’t achieved anything. All your allies are now scared and might
Harlyn“So, you want me to apologize to your uncle?” I asked, and he nodded. He just explained the most shocking details to me and I was so tempted to remind him that I warned him but I saw how sad the betrayal made him look. He was trying to hide it but I could see that he genuinely felt betrayed by his uncle who he trusted so much.Hearing that I was right all along didn’t give me the thrill that I thought it would. Not with how it made Bernardo feel. “Yes, please.” “What if he doesn’t buy it? What if he suspects up?” I asked, I mean, a while ago, I practically challenged him and now, he wanted me to act like I was sorry. “He won’t suspect a thing. He will just see it as I was able to talk you into apologizing.” Bernardo answered. I nodded in agreement. At least, now he won't tell me off anymore concerning his uncle. Funny how the man came to the palace just to prove me right. I won’t be surprised if he has a hand in the death of the king and by extension my father. I hoped th
Harlyn“I am sorry for how I acted yesterday, I was in heat, he was taking so long with his meeting and when he did come, he asked me to go say hi even though he knew I would be rude.” I lied through my teeth. Wearing my fakest remorseful look. We were currently in the old man’s home office or study; whichever it was. He looked from me to Bernardo and back to me. I didn’t flinch or look away. “What the fuck, Lyn?” Bernardo whispered in my head. He asked me to apologize but never told me how to apologize so I gave a reason that anyone could easily understand. A wolf in heat usually acts out especially when they have a mate and their needs are not fulfilled.“Let me cook.” I thought and ignored him to focus on my target. My lies seemed to get the desired result because the older man smiled. I still couldn’t stand him and still felt uncomfortable in his presence but I promised Bernardo that I would help and that’s what I was currently doing.“You didn’t have to bring her all the way
Harlyn“Aren’t you going to wait around and find out who he’s meeting with?” I asked Bernardo as our car zoomed away. I honestly thought we were going to drive away from his house and then wait around to find out who would come to see him. Bernardo turned to me and shook his head. “Why not? This is the easy way to find out.” I let out. He was throwing a good opportunity away.“Damien got it covered. We will find out who came to visit him. The bugs you planted are video records. All angles you place them will give us a view of each person that goes into that place. We don’t have to wait in his house.” He explained. I nodded in understanding and stayed quiet as he called Damien and told him we had done as he asked. When his call was done, he turned to me and smiled.“You did well there. You left no doubts in his mind.” He complimented.“How did you know he would go with you to the restroom and why did he do it anyway?” I asked the question that has been bugging me.“I know his hab
Bernardo “That bitch.” He growled. I knew he was referring to Helaine. “You mean Helaine?” “No, Harlyn! She has been hiding her real self. Did you know?” His words came out in a rush. As if he was trying to speak before he lost all his strength again. “Oh, you still don’t know that you got the wrong twin? That wasn’t the Luna. That’s her twin.” I informed her. Even the delta us looked shocked at what I said. Not a lot of people knew about the other Zeta Ross’s kids. Not for long, once everything is sorted out, I will make an announcement that involves honoring the late Zeta again. After the announcement tonight, the next announcement and the others that will follow will only be about positive things, like the mating ritual and coronation ceremony. Also, the birth of a new royal baby. I actually look forward to that a lot. I look forward to holding my child in my hands. The future ruler of the Crimson Moon. That’s if he or she wants to be. I have made a promise to myself
Bernardo “Why did they stop?” I let out when I saw that the vehicle ahead of us which was carrying Theo suddenly stopped. It didn’t take long for my question to be answered. I saw him trying to get out of the back of the van that was carrying him. The deltas holding him in place were having a hard time even though the fucker was in chains. At first, I feared that the shift might be happening already but then I pushed the fear aside, even if it did happen, he was still greatly outnumbered. Our car stopped and all three of us were out of the car as soon as we did. We raced to the van and blocked him before he got out. “Let me go! Fucking let me go!” He yelled, pushing hard and trying to be free. I don’t even know how he thought it would work for him. He was still in chains and still looked very weak. Even shouting and fighting to break free was taking most of his strength already. There was no reason for us to even do a lot of work. The deltas held him back in place and he ei
Bernardo“I found him!” Hillan called out from one of the rooms in the location that Helaine had told us. I ran towards the room and so did Damien and beta Ryan. We arrived at the same time and saw the pathetic state that Theo was in. He was still out of it.“She tied him up really well.” Damien commented while inspecting Theo. I could see that. I smiled proudly. Helaine deserved a lot of accolades. Not only did she outsmart him, but she got him in a state that only a strong woman like her could. For someone with a delicate feature, she sure had a lot of stamina.The Ross triplet really came with everything. One was the reason I found out what has been going on in my pack for decades and she has the special touch. Another became one of the vampires I could trust with my life. Also, is the reason my baby sister has been smiling a lot these days and the last one is a warrior.I didn’t just get a mate, I got two extra family members.“He is not dead but he may as well be.” Hillan let
Harlyn“I am sure whatever happens, the alpha king will handle it. I actually thought I would be in trouble for biting him. It's my first time. I didn’t expect it to be so effective. I actually didn’t let go until he slumped to the ground.” Helaine chatted on. The car drove at a speed that would have been considered illegal at any other time but not tonight.“How do you feel?” I asked her. There was a moment of silence before she spoke again. “Actually, I feel really good. I haven’t fed at all. I was raised to not feed but I think that ended today. It feels weird but kind of in a good way. I don’t know what will happen going forward but I do hope I can continue working.” I know what she was talking about. She’s a doctor who sees blood all the time. It might be an issue for her going forward. I hope not. I really want her to continue working. “Laine, I am so sorry.” I apologized to her. It was all my fault that she got into a situation that made her break a streak that she had ha
Harlyn “What is it?” I asked Bernardo. Whatever it is, I needed to know. I need to know even if it was bad. Bernardo didn’t answer me, instead, he turned away and started talking to the person on the other end of the phone. The way he was talking made it seem as if he was talking to Helaine but I didn’t want to get my hopes up. “Helaine, we are coming to get you. Just stay put, okay? I will end this call and call you back. Please pick up and make sure to stay on the line. Tell the person there that I will pay for the time.” My heart skipped multiple beats at his words. If Harry wasn’t holding me, I might have collapsed to the ground. Even Harry seemed shaken. The talk with her seemed to go on forever. Bernardo barely said any words so I couldn’t even make out what they were talking about. I wanted to tell him to put the call on loud-speaker but I didn’t want to distract him so I just stood there and waited. “Was that really Helaine on the phone?” I asked as soon as Bernardo
Harlyn “How much longer will it take to track her down?” I questioned impatiently. I have been asking the same question over and over again since Bernardo and the others got back and they have only given me one answer which has been repeated more times than I could count. It hasn’t changed and it has been over eight hours since they got back. My sister has been gone for ten hours now. Ten hours was a long time ago and I don’t know what and where they took her. I thought Bernardo and the others would go after her once they arrived but that’s not what they did. Bernardo told me that they would find her. He said that all borders have been closed but that hasn’t stopped them before. The day Theo got away from the kingdom, the border was supposed to be closed but he still managed to get away. He wasn’t supposed to be able to get back into the kingdom so easily not to talk of the palace but he did so I couldn’t trust the people Bernardo said were in charge of securing the borders. The
Helaine “Who the fuck are you and what do you want from me?” I yelled at him and tried to free myself again. I stared down at the rope that was used to tie me and realized that there was no way I could free myself if he didn’t free me. The fucker! He fucking used dyneema ropes. I know because I have seen it a lot in the numerous military movies I have watched. “Darling, stop pretending like you don’t know me.” I glared at him. He looked faded. He looked unkempt. Maybe he was hungry and needed money, that's why he took me. “What do you want? Money? I can give you a lot of money.” I tried. In movies, kidnappers always want money. “I don’t need your money! Stop playing smart with me. You are mine now.” “Huh? Yours? I don’t even know you! What the fuck do you want from me?” I fired at him. If he doesn’t want money then what could he possibly want? “Harlyn! Darling, I know it’s hard for you to process what happened but you are with me now and you shall remain with me for as
Helaine “What the fuck?” I let out as I got hit with the worst headache I have experienced in a long time. I knew almost immediately that something wasn’t right. I blinked and tried to adjust to the darkness. For a moment nothing made sense. Then, it all started coming back to me. I tried to stretch but realized that my hands were tied. That helped to connect all the dots. I was captured by someone from the palace. One moment, I was on my way back from my room where I went to get the presence that I got for my sister and the next I was being carried away in a car. That’s all I remembered. I don’t know how I got in the car but I remembered waking up and seeing a very upset man yelling at someone on the phone. He turned to me, flashed the weirdest and creepiest smile at me, and snapped his finger. I could barely make out what he was saying to the person on the phone but I could tell that he was pissed at whoever it was. I tried to free myself, I tried to stay awake but I couldn’t.
Bernardo “That was easier than I predicted.” I let out on the drive back to the palace after spending hours giving out orders and making a list of intruders in my kingdom that I hadn’t been aware of. Funny how they all gave in without a fight. I expected them to fight back or try to escape but it went the opposite way which was okay by me. I might have the strength but that doesn’t mean I want to fight all the time. They were all leaving my kingdom tonight. Not one of them will be left. I already warned them that if they ever tried to come back, it would be death on arrival. A total of one hundred and thirty intruders. Seventy of them were bears and the others were made up of different breeds. I don’t know how Sean was able to gather that much and hide them away in the pack without being noticed. Who was I fooling? I knew how. I just hated how much freedom he had to do those things and get away with them for years. “It looked easy to you because you didn’t have to beat those