HarlynI don’t know how I knew it but the minute Bernardo walked back into the room after spending hours with Damien, I knew he was hiding something. Something felt off about him and when I asked, he told me it was nothing to worry about. I let him have it because I had plans.Something Leah had taught me before I was able to shift and we completed our mating bond. I spent the whole day with my siblings. I already knew Harry so he disappeared with his mate a few hours later but Helaine stayed with me.We saw him and everyone else again at dinner and Helaine teased him about acting like he was a teenager in love to which he responded that she could do the same if she went out more and found her mate. They get along really well and I wanted that too.The dinner with my siblings and the royal family went pretty well and Leah said it would be even better once the twins and the other brother returned. They were scheduled to be back by the weekend and I was really looking forward to meeting
Harlyn “Does that mean my dreams were real? You told me you weren’t able to shift and that makes you sad. I tried to find out where you lived but you never got to tell me.” It was easy for me to believe what she was saying even though it might sound surreal to others. I see visions so realistic dreams are definitely possible.“You also got attacked, I tried to save you but I couldn’t do it. It was the scariest dream I have ever had. I told Harry about it and he didn’t believe it but I did have the dream. You were surrounded by a pack of panthers,” When she said panthers, my eyes widened. I mean I believed her even before she mentioned my panther experience but hearing that part sealed it for me.“It must be because of our connection and the fact that you knew I existed somewhere.”I told her.“Does that mean you got attacked by a pack of panthers?”Helaine questioned. “Yes, I almost got attacked by a pack of panthers but Hillan saved me.” I told her.“I told Harry and that fucker
Harlyn“How does it feel like being mated to the king?” Helaine asked, I smiled.“It feels normal. My life changed a lot. I am still not used to the idea of being Luna but I will soon, my Luna lessons start soon.” I told her. She nodded in understanding. “Do you feel pressured about being Luna?” Did I? I was and at the same time, I wasn’t. I had Bernardo and Leah by my side, they will help me with everything so there’s much to worry about.“I don’t. I have my mate and the eldest princess. She will be my lesson teacher.” I explained. “I see. They like you and I am happy about that. I like the little princess too. She told me you guys didn’t get along before because she was mean to you.” I didn’t even know Sophie told her that. “Yeah, but we are cool now.” “So she said, I am glad. I really like her. Our brother was a mess when she refused to mate with him. She ran and he went crazy looking for her. When he told me she came back, I was the happiest because he was really in a bad
BernardoI tossed and turned in bed unable to fall asleep. I missed Harlyn and wanted her in bed with me. Since I got her back from the Orange Moon pack, this was the first night we were spending apart and I didn’t like it at all. The bed felt empty, the room felt empty.My wolf was grumpy and judging me even when I explained that I couldn’t say no to her sister. It was their first meeting and she wanted them to spend the night together, I would be the devil to say no. My wolf didn’t understand that though. His grumpy ass just wanted to be near our mate.“You know yet you let her go!” He grumbled, I rolled my eyes and got out of bed. It was late but I couldn’t get any sleep. Aside from being unable to fall asleep because I felt lonely, I also hated the thought of what I found out earlier. I tried to reach Hillan multiple times but each time, the call went to voicemail, and that made me even more suspicious.It felt like he was deliberately avoiding my calls. Damien called me earlier
HarlynWhen I opened my eyes and saw my mate, the last time I expected him to say was “There was another bear attack within the pack” but that’s exactly what he said and because of that we were in the helicopter at two am going to his best friend’s parent’s house.Helaine had wanted to come with us but Bernardo told her he couldn’t have her be in danger on her first day and that she should be on her phone. If we need her help, we would call her. Damien wasn’t looking good, each time my eyes went in his direction, he had a distant look in his eyes with his fist clenched tight.I could feel the fear of losing his parents radiating from him. I didn’t know what it was like to have parents but I couldn’t wish it on any other person. Losing the people that birthed you wasn’t funny especially when their death isn’t of natural cause.I wanted to hold his hands and tell him that everything would be fine but I couldn’t give him false hope because I didn’t even know how severe the attack was ye
HarlynI opened my eyes and looked at the older woman who I was supposed to be healing, she still had her eyes closed and nothing seemed to have changed. Does that mean I really lost my powers? It couldn’t be. How would I just lose my powers like that?I closed my eyes again and tried to focus but still nothing and I got really scared that I might have actually lost my power. That means I couldn’t heal her. I didn’t like the thought of that and let my eyes stay closed even though I couldn’t see anything. “Please, please, please,” I begged but still nothing happened. I was about to give up and just run to call Bernardo so that they can take her to the hospital to try and save her but then I heard the people around me gasp. I opened my eyes to see that the woman now had her eyes opened. “Oh my goddess, it worked.” I let out before I could stop myself. I felt relief wash through me. I was so sure I lost my power. Maybe I didn’t lose my healing power, I just lost my vision. That didn
HarlynThe man looked at me in confusion, I let go of his hand and forced a smile.“You look familiar, I think I have met you once before.” I lied, trying to hide my outburst. I couldn’t let him suspect a thing as he might make a run for it. Then I remembered that I could actually tell my mate what I wanted and why this man shouldn’t be let go if they wanted to find the bears that had been attacking our pack.“You should arrest him. He made the order.” I said in my head, Bernardo turned to look at me and I nodded.“What order?” “To kill the couple in their sleep. He knows where the bear hides. If you want to find those bears then don’t let this man leave this place.” I warned him.“That’s Damien’s father’s younger brother.” Bernardo revealed. Well, another uncle playing dirty games. Maybe it was an uncle's thing to want their family members gone. I wondered what his reasons were.“I saw what I saw. If you let him go, you won’t find those bears.” I told him and forced another smi
Bernardo On the ride back to the palace, I kept thinking about what Harlyn had told me. About Damien’s uncle. I spoke to Damien about it and he didn’t even look surprised that he would do something like that. We didn’t want to alert him that we knew what he was up to so we decided to have him followed in secret. In other words, had him bugged. Damien being a tech guru was a blessing to us all because we didn’t need to have him followed physically. Damien told me he would handle it. But I kept thinking about how Harlyn knew. She seemed to be able to tell bad from good people. She found out about who Sean really was before I did, she also found out who Gius really was. That’s his name. “How did you know?” I couldn’t resist asking. “I don’t know, I just did.” She responded, shrugging her shoulders. She knew a lot of people that regular people wouldn’t even know. She wasn’t an ordinary wolf and Grandma knew that’s why she did her best to keep her within the palace. I couldn’
Harlyn “Sure, I will do that once I arrive. I can’t believe your mate’s family members are the ones against him. Don’t they know the importance of family? I can’t imagine our aunts and uncles hurting each other. Our family have lived together for decades and still care about each other.” “Maybe because there’s no throne to fight for.” I said even though I knew that wasn’t a good excuse.“We have treasures, fortunes that go way back to centuries ago. We have generational wealth too yet no one is fighting.” “Tell me about our family's generational wealth.” I said with interest and Helaine laughed before diving into a story that got us talking for hours on the phone. I didn’t even realize how much time had passed until Bernardo walked back into our room looking worn out and ready to crash for the night.“Laine, I have to go. His majesty is back.” I told Laine who made a face that made me smile.“Are you picking your mate over me right now? I am your sister. Your blood. We met in th
Harlyn“It doesn’t matter.” I told Laine.“I know. It doesn’t. You will be just as gorgeous. Wait, even more gorgeous. Once the pregnancy glow hits you, you will be more breathtaking. I should watch out for my brother-in-law.” I laughed at her words and she laughed too. We both went silent and just stared wordlessly at each other for a minute before she spoke again.“I went to see our relatives and we talked about you. They are all so eager to meet you.” Same. I want to meet them too. All of them. I wanted them to hug me and welcome me into the family.“Me too.” I told her.“I found out something from our aunt and would like to try it out once I arrive back at the kingdom.” Helaine told me.“What?” “Triplet power. Apparently, the birthmarks that we carry aren't just there for fancy. Something is supposed to happen when we join hands in the right order.” I stared at her with interest.“In order?” She nodded.“Yes, in the order that we came out of mom’s womb. Harry, me and you.
HarlynI don’t know how long I slept after Bernardo left me in our room but when I woke up, it was lunch time so I had lunch alone in our room and then went right back to bed. I felt exhausted and knew it was a result of the strength I used to heal that bastard.I fell asleep again only after a few minutes on the bed and woke up to my phone ringing loudly. I reached for it and picked it up without looking. I placed my phone on my ear and almost lost the ability to hear when Helaine shouted out my name.“It's a video call. Move your phone away from your ear, your majesty.” I sat up immediately and rubbed my eyes to clear the sleep off.“Hi, Laine.” “Hi sleepy.” She greeted me back. She was wearing a lab coat which took off immediately. She looked so much like me that for a moment, I thought I was staring at myself. Even her smile. “That’s us!” My wolf chirped in. glad, I wasn’t the only one who thought so. It must be the sleep getting into my head. Laine went off the screen and t
Bernardo “I can’t imagine my father’s brother or his children fighting me for my position as alpha either.” Hillan added.“I can. My father’s brother almost killed my parents. If not for our Luna, he would have succeeded.” Damien chirped in, reminding me of the good deed Harlyn had done for his family. I smiled proudly.“That’s fucking sad,” Harry said and both Damien and I nodded in agreement. It was sad because families are supposed to have each other’s back. I wanted so much for my family to be that way. That's why I did my best to keep a close relationship with Sean and his family but that turned out to be my biggest mistake.“Guys! I think we should take a break. You guys go to your mates and have a good time and we will come back tomorrow, refreshed and ready to hatch out a plan to end things fast and clean so that we can go back to our normal life.” Hillan suggested. It was a nice idea so I nodded in agreement and then felt bad when I remembered that he didn’t have a mate
Bernardo“Bastard,” He was truly a bastard in many ways. How could he be so ruthless? My grandmother took care of him after his own mom passed away. My father became alpha king because he was more deserving. It was a unanimous decision and not because they stole anything from him.I still couldn’t bring myself to accept that that bastard killed my grandmother after everything she did for him. Lyn told me how disrespectful he had been towards her from the beginning.“Hey yo! King!” Hillan’s voice brought me out of my thoughts. I gazed at him in confusion wondering what he told me. He snapped his finger in my face as if to wake me up.“What?” “Where are you? Why are you glaring at the screen? We can go check it out if you want.” Hillan suggested. I shook my head. We have been through enough today already. No need to rush into some hideout without plans.“Is Theo still coming over?” I asked, remembering that the witch had said earlier that Theo was heading back to the Crimson Moon.
Bernardo“What do you mean why? You are the king of the Crimson Moon and you got shit to do.”“Yeah? But I am your mate and I got shit to do here.”I said pointing from myself to her.“Whatever you want to do with me can wait. The kingdom needs its king during the day. I will take the nights for now.”Wow, I couldn’t believe her.“What if I don’t want to leave you? After what happened, I don’t feel okay leaving you on your own.”She sneered at me.“I am not a baby and what happened before won’t happen again. You have a lot on your plate. The sooner you are done; the sooner we can spend more time together without you worrying. I am doing this for myself. Small sacrifice for the bigger enjoyment. I love you.”She added the last part and I couldn’t argue.“You are literally driving me away and doing it lovingly that I can’t even say no.”“You are right. Now go be king. I love you.”She brought my face close to hers and kissed me. I let her kiss me for a while before I took over and kisse
Bernardo“Bern,”Harlyn whispered my name. I looked at her, my only reason for still being sane after everything that I had just heard from her. If she wasn’t with me. If not for her presence. If I had been hearing the things I heard from her from someone else, I would have lost my sanity.Heck, I wouldn’t have even believed those words if they came from someone else. The fact that he was so fucking close to me. We ate together, we did things together for years and all those times, he was plotting to take over.No, even before I was born, he was already plotting. From the moment he found out he wasn’t going to be the next alpha king after my grandfather, he started plotting. His plans worked. At least halfway. He took out my father and many other pack members just to get what he wanted.If Harlyn hadn’t come into my life. If I had let her go and stubbornly not tried to look for her, I would probably have died, and not just me. Every member of my family would have faced the same fate.
HarlynDenial.That was the emotion he settled for. He didn’t want to believe it and I really wanted to tell him that I was mistaken but I wasn’t. Sean said it himself and I saw the flashes of his plans too and how he went about it.“I am sorry, Bern.”I told him when I saw how the news affected him. He shook his head and held my hand again.“It’s not your fault. It's just that, I never thought he would go that far. Grandma didn’t like him. I was the one who went out of my way to get them to meet. I should have listened to her. She raised him. She knew him and yet I didn’t listen and because of me, he got close to her. Close enough to do something to her.”He lamented bitterly. I hugged him, wanting to give him all my strength and take away his pain.“It’s not your fault.”I tried to console him but he wasn’t having it.“You know damn well that it was.”“No, it wasn’t. I am sure he would have found another way. He had his eyes set on her and everyone in the royal family who wasn’t on
Harlyn I woke in a bed. I jerked up in fear. Two strong arms wrapped around me, holding me in place and I almost screamed out in fear until I heard Bernardo's voice.“Lyn, hey. It’s me, don’t be scared.”He told me and I breathed out in relief as the event that happened a while ago came rushing back to me. I fell asleep inside the helicopter and must have missed our landing. He must have carried me back to our bedroom.I didn’t get any sleep last night after what those bastards had knocked me out with fazed off. I leaned into Bernardo, feeling relieved that I was no longer in that place. His warm arms wrapped around me reassuringly. I felt safe in his arms and closed my eyes again letting the familiar feel of him envelop and surrender me.“Bern.”I whispered his name after a while. I have so much to tell him about the things I found out from Sean but I don’t even know where to start from. Where would I start listing the things that evil losers did? There was so much that he should be