Bernardo I was slowly losing my mind as the days went by without any sign of Harlyn. I have looked everywhere. I found the guards who took her away and questioned them. I sent them to the hotel with other guys with my jet and they came back empty-handed, she was no longer at the hotel. I didn’t believe them so the next day, I got on the jet and went by myself. I met with the hotel management and we checked their CCTV but nothing. She left the hotel and never came back. I left there in a very bad mood. There was no lead, I didn’t know where to start looking for her. She had a phone but she left it in the palace because my sister had sent her away without letting her pack. Sophie knew better than to let me see her in the mood I was in. I was surprised when I asked about her and the guards told me she left the palace. She did well because I don’t know if I would have been able to stop myself from punishing her. I got to know all the things she and her friend Ava have been doing to Harl
Bernardo “You are still being insulting and I don’t like that, I knew her father before he died, he was a well-respected man in this kingdom and he died protecting the pack, a Zeta’s daughter shouldn’t have to go through what you put that girl through just because she doesn’t have a wolf,”Damien and I have been best friends since forever but this was the first time he looked so angry talking to me, I should have been the one angry because someone tried to insult my mate but I was the one doing the insulting. I felt like a fool. I am a fool. Only a fool would let their true mate be sent out of his pack.“I am a fool,”I voiced.“I am glad you know that, because I would have told you the same. I can’t believe I returned after seven years away to your mess,”Damien said. I kept thinking about what Damien said. a zeta’s daughter. Her father had been a great warrior and protected the pack. Her father and my father had died together. While I had it easy because I had Grandma and my siblin
Bernardo “Let me think,”I said as I tried to focus once again. I closed my eyes and listened to Damien’s voice and he guided me.“Try to think about her and focus on trying to get into her head. Hear what she is thinking. That might lead you to find her,”Damien said. I don’t see how that’s going to work because it was just me in my head, plus my angry wolf who was currently not helping with all the scowling. “You know if you keep quiet and let me think we might find her sooner. You are not the only one suffering, I am too,”I scolded. “I am going to assume you are talking with your animal side, even though I don’t get why you talk out loud when you can talk in your head,”Damien said. “Sorry, I am so used to talking out loud to him,”I responded and went quiet again. my wolf finally cooperated and let me think. At first, my head was blank and I was starting to think I was doing it all wrong but then, something flashed in my head. I knew it wasn’t me or my wolf. “I think I got h
Harlyn “I think I am going crazy,” That was the first thing I said when I opened my eyes and I meant it. It's like I was going crazy because I was hearing a voice in my head that wasn’t mine or my wolf’s. not that the voice was very loud but it felt like someone was in my head. Not just someone. It was Bernardo. I was sure of it. It first started yesterday when I thought I heard him call my name. it had been the craziest thing to happen to me but how would that even be possible to begin with. I realized it must be a result of me thinking too much about him. “I am a fool,”I whispered. I have been telling myself that nonstop for the past couple of days because only a fool would still be thinking of a man who rejected her and sent her out of the only home she knew. Yeah, I had to be a fool because I kept wishing for him to come find me even though it was nearly a week after everything happened and he was nowhere. Bet he doesn’t even know where I am. “It’s your fault,”I accused my w
Harlyn “You still have time to get dressed and come with me, darling, there will be so much food and drinks,”Julia invited me again but I shook my head. I wasn’t up for any party right now. Not when I was slowly going crazy. “I'm sorry, Jules but I have used up all my social skills for the month already, I would only be a party bopper if I went,”I told her. She didn’t look convinced. “You can just sit prettily, you don’t have to do anything, and no one expects you to do anything, I promise, it will be fun,”She pressed. “I can’t I have to finish this book,”I said and showed her the book I was reading, her eyes lit up in excitement and she nodded. “Sure, that’s a good choice,”She said in an excited voice. “I came to show you my outfit and I really hope I can find my mate today. Gina invited a lot of hot wolves and even humans. I am sure my mate is among them. I really hope so because I want to be the first to find my mate. I don’t want Hills to find his before me,”Julia said
Harlyn “Yeah, well, after he marked me, I became hyper-aware of him, figured out he was my mate, and the fact that he told me to go to sleep while still in his arms kind of made it seem like he accepted me. The next morning, he woke me up with kisses, made love to me, walked out of the room, and came back all mad at me for still being in his bed. Long story short. He told me to forget everything that happened, told me marking me was an accident, threatened to throw me out of the pack and the kingdom if I didn’t forget about it,”I said and paused. For once, I wasn’t crying but that doesn’t mean that I am not hurt. It still hurt like hell and talking about it was hard for me but I couldn’t keep keeping them in the dark about what happened to me and how I ended up without a pack. “You couldn’t forget? Is that why he sent you away?”Julia asked. I shook my head.“No, he didn’t wait to find out. He couldn’t do it himself. He sent his sister, Princess Sophie to do the dirty job. She thre
Bernardo I finally landed in the Orange Moon pack and I was in an elevator at Lovie Enterprise. The company was founded and run by Hillan Lovie. A man I never for once thought I would be meeting in person for personal reasons. The last time I saw him in person was about two years ago when alphas from different packs around the world had met for a meeting to discuss a common interest. We didn’t get along when I met him in college years ago and we certainly didn’t get along when we met two years ago but when my assistant made the call and told him I wanted to meet him, I was surprised at how fast he agreed. I came with some of my bodyguards as I couldn’t travel alone. The elders will go crazy if I ever think of it but I told the people that accompanied me to look for a good hotel to stay. I had a car waiting for me at the airport and the driver brought me here with one bodyguard who refused to let me go on my own. I left him downstairs. It took a day to prepare and while I waited, I
Bernardo “I am not just another alpha. I am king. I am royalty,” I growled. “Just because you are royalty doesn’t make you any more than the rest of us alphas, have some respect, Bernardo” He warned. Not the one who is trying to steal my woman asking me to respect him, where was the respect when he brought a woman who already carried the mark of her mate to his pack? He wasn’t the one to be talking about respect and I wasn’t leaving until Harlyn came with me. She belongs to Crimson Moon and even though she doesn't feel welcomed now, I had plans of making her the most respected woman in the kingdom. “Have some respect? You are trying to steal my woman,” I fired at him. “No, I am not trying to steal your woman, I saved her, know the difference,” He responded. That got me and I unclenched my fist and sat up. “Save her? From who?” I asked, I was never one to fear but with Harlyn I have become a little weak, resulting in the fear. Here I was, mad at Hillan but what I hadn’t done
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