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
Harlyn “Bernardo.” I called out inside my head, hoping that he would connect with me but all I could feel was rage. He was running.“I am going to kill him. I am going to kill them all.” That was all he said. “Come on, Bernardo. Get back here. Don’t do what you are thinking right now.” I tried but my head went silent. He cut the connection off and he was about to make a mistake. I had to do something, try to stop him but I couldn’t run to him because I couldn’t shift yet.“Are you a shifter?” I asked the driver who looked just as shocked as I was. He shook his head. I let out a sigh and got back into the car. I grabbed his phone that he left and called Damien as he was my only option. I tried to calm down as it won’t do me any good to panic right now. Maybe I should have waited until we were at the palace before I showed him. I should have waited. It would have been easier to hold him back.“Alpha.”Damien called out when he took the call. “No, this is Harlyn.” I corrected him
HarlynI spent all day with Leah, I couldn’t stop panicking as the time passed, and still no call or signal from Bernardo. I kept wondering if Damien and the Beta were able to stop him. I tried calling Damien but he didn’t take my call.Leah saw how worried I was and called her husband and even tried to mind-link him but he didn’t respond to either of those and that also got her worried. Her kids were the only thing that kept us busy all afternoon. I read her youngest a book and played dress up with her daughter just to pass the time but when it got dark, my worry increased. We even had dinner together and Leah went to put her kids to sleep, still no sign of the men.“What’s taking them so long?” Leah said, coming to stand near me. I turned to her and let out a sigh. “I don’t even know. They have been gone for hours. What if they didn’t get to him on time? What if he actually killed them?” I asked her. I know they deserve to die for what they were planning to do but I hoped that h
Harlyn“Baby.” I heard Bernardo’s voice and jerked in shock.“What?” The princess asked as I looked around. “He just spoke.” I let out still looking around and then I remembered that he could get in my head.“They are back.” The princess said and let go of my shoulder. We both started walking out at the same time, I practically started running when I saw Bernardo. I didn’t stop until I got near him. He opened his arms and I threw myself into his arms. I let out a deep sigh of relief.“Bernardo. I was so worried.” I said and wrapped my arms tight around his waist. “I am sorry for making you worry. I didn’t mean to run off like that and stay out all day.” He apologized.“You both should go do that in your room. Some of us can’t have our mate here.” Damien voiced, I looked to see him standing away. I didn’t even notice him or Beta Ryan. The beta was also hugging the princess and that’s why Damien felt alone.“If you don’t want to be lonely then make her move here soon.” Bernard
Bernardo“Bern? Where were you all day?” She asked again. I smiled, trying to get myself out of trouble. Maybe I should just lie but the thing is, I didn’t think of any lie before coming back. Heck, I kind of forgot that I now had a mate who would want to know my whereabouts, and all the way home, both Damien and I teased Ryan about having to explain to his wife why he was unreachable for the whole day.I should have thought of myself too. I had someone to answer to now and she was currently glaring daggers at me.“Don’t tell me you were off doing some crazy men stuff while I spent the whole day worrying about you.” She scolded. Actually, after Ryan and Damien stopped me just when I made it into that betrayer’s house after watching some betas go into his office. Same betas whose names were on the list that Harlyn had shown me.After they stopped me, Damien suggested that we go for a run to blow off the steam and it seemed like a very good idea. The run wasn’t supposed to last but
Bernardo “The truth is that I am not okay. I don’t think I will ever be okay, Lyn. I really cared for my uncle. I really loved him and truly saw him as a father figure. To find out that he didn’t give a fuck about me all these years hurts so bad. It won’t hurt this bad if it was someone else.” I told her sincerely. If I could speak to anyone about how I truly felt about everything I have found out, it would be my mate. She surely would understand how I feel. She wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed my hair. My arms on her waist tightened as I drew warmth from her.“You don’t need to get over the pain of betrayal, you just need to experience it and learn from it. At the end of the day, it’s not you who did wrong.” She said, I nodded. It’s true, I did nothing wrong by trusting him. They just made me see that I shouldn’t trust so blindly.“Thank you.” I said, she responded by kissing my hair. We stayed like that for a while. My head was blank. I didn’t have any thoughts for a