Bernardo “Are you going to relay everything I told you to that guy?” He asked, I knew he was referring to Damien and I nodded. “Yes, he is my best friend and my right-hand man.” I replied. He didn’t look convinced. “Why?” I asked him. “Do you trust him?” He asked and I laughed. I had to laugh. Why would he ask such a question? If I don’t trust Damien then who would I trust in the whole world? Damien is the last person who would ever turn against me. Damien is to me what the former Zeta had been to my father. He would give up everything including his life to protect him. “Yes, I trust him. He's my best friend and has been helping a lot.” I told Hillan. It made me angry to think that he doubted my best friend’s loyalty and then it dawned on me that that’s the same thing I did to Harlyn. I doubted Hillan who she considered a good friend. I realized how she must have felt and it made me sad. “I am sorry,” I blurted out. I know I said that an alpha king doesn’t apol
Harlyn“Luna, we can call it a day and try again another day when you are feeling better.” Leah said, bring me out of my thoughts. I bowed my head in apology because I hadn’t been listening to all she had been saying, I had been distracted. Ever since I walked away from Bernardo and the others, I haven’t felt right. Nothing felt right.I hated how I was feeling and the fact that I couldn’t control it was annoying. My wolf and I were in a conflict and that was making me hot inside and restless. I understand her need to put our mate first but what about me? He hurt me and hurt my friend. Why can’t I be mad at him? Why can’t my wolf agree with me when Bernardo did me wrong?She might not be loyal to Hillan but I am. If it wasn’t for him, I would have been torn apart by a pack of rogue panthers.Neither me nor my wolf would have had a chance to live if not for Hillan so why should I let the fact that Bernardo hurt the person who saved me go just because he is my mate? It didn’t feel rig
Harlyn “I support your decision. That man is horrible. I could tell from the moment that I met him that he was no good but it took a while for Bernardo to see through his bullshit and pretentious nature.” I told him. yeah, that’s why I was angrier at Bernardo. he gave his loser uncle so many chances. Gave him the benefit of the doubt and even told me off multiple times when I tried to make him see him for who he really was but he couldn’t do the same for Hillan. The fact that Hillan had been on his side, he had gone out of his way to meet with Theo for whatever reason and found things he so eagerly wanted to share with Bernardo that he didn’t even go over to his pack before he came down to the Crimson Moon only to be treated horribly by Bernardo. fucking grumpy alpha king. “Your mate has a lot to learn and unlearn.” Harry commented. “Yeah, he does. I hate the fact that he can’t tell who his real enemies are,” I let out. “I know you might not like him right now and I know
Harlyn“I wonder if he would have believed me if Sophie hadn’t come out to confirm what I told him. Would he have stood his ground?” I let out. The thought that he might not have listened to me if his sister had not spoken up made me angry. He could get me in my head. He could read my thoughts. What was the point of having the mating connection if we still can’t trust each other’s words? Why couldn’t he just look at me? look at my heart and know I wouldn’t lie. That Hillan wasn’t the bad man he made him out to be.“I think I know why your mate acts the way he does when he comes to that other alpha.” Harry said and I looked at him in confusion. “He’s jealous.” I couldn’t believe it. Jealous? I am mated to him, I stay with him, I sleep with him. I love him and I have told him that so why would he be jealous of Hillan when he got my heart, my body, and everything? It couldn’t be something that Hillan did because Hillan didn’t even do anything in the first place. He could have easil
Harlyn“What do you want?” I let out when I saw it was the person that I didn’t want to see. “Can we talk?” He asked, I looked away without responding. Now he wanted us to talk? No, I refuse to talk to him. I wanted and needed to hold on to my anger so that he would know not to mess with people that I care about just because he can. “Harlyn, can we talk, please?” He asked again. “I have nothing to say to you, Bernardo. you have pressing issues to deal with, don’t waste your time with me.” I let out and saw the hurt in his eyes but I refused to let it get to me. He didn’t think about my feelings when he pushed Hillan out of his office after hitting him hard enough for him to bleed. Harry tapped my back and I turned to him. I narrowed my eyes on him when he gave me a look that I didn’t like. He was still on Bernardo’s side. Both my twin brother and my wolf were against him but that won’t stop me from making Bernardo suffer for his sins.“Don’t you dare plead his case or I will p
BernardoI wasn’t getting through to her and it was driving me crazy. I had enough time to think about what I would say to her but when I finally stood before her, I could barely get any words out. I already offended her again and things weren’t looking good for me.Damien and I had a long talk earlier and he warned me that no matter what happens, I shouldn’t make Harlyn turn her back against me and that’s why when she walked away from the door, got on the bed with her back on me, I walked into the room even though she told me not to and now she was facing me and telling me her mind and she was right. I failed to identify who my real enemies were. I went so hard for Sean who turned out to be my enemy yet I doubted Hillan who turned out to be on my side even though he was doing it because he cared about my mate and his sister.“Harlyn, I am sorry.” I said again, that’s all I could. Every other thing felt wrong. I thought about words I wanted to say but couldn’t get them out because I
Bernardo “Oh really? Isn’t that what you wanted? I thought that’s what you wanted.” “No, it’s not. Harlyn. I hate it when we fight. I hate it so much. I hate not being able to get through to you.” I told her. “Then you should have thought of that before hitting him. You should have thought of that before pushing him out of your office like a criminal.” She yelled at me. It felt like she would choose Hillan over me if given the chance and that hurt me so badly.“You act like if you are given the chance to pick between us, you would pick Hillan over me.” I let out. she opened and closed her mouth as if she couldn’t believe what I just said. “Say what? Really? Does our mating bond mean nothing to you? Fucking hell the whole reason that I am so mad right now is because you damn well know that I would choose you over him anytime any day yet you chose to villainize him.”She fired at me and lifted her hands to stop me when I tried to speak.“You chose to turn him into something he is
Harlyn“I love you too, alpha, so very much.” I told him. I felt happy that we made up. Not just that, the fact that he accepted his fault too made me happy. I thought we wouldn’t make up and at first, he refused to see things from my point of view and I refused to listen to him but I am glad we got over everything. I hugged him close. “God, I missed you so much, Lyn. I don’t think I would have been able to sleep in our bed tonight if we hadn’t resolved our issues. it doesn’t feel the same without you and I have gone multiple nights without you in it already.” He lamented. I chuckled. He wasn’t alone. Yeah, it was as bad for me because I had Helaine with me but he had to sleep alone in a bed that we spent time making love in. It would have brought back memories. “I am glad but it might happen again when Laine returns.” I warned him. “Yeah, I will prepare for that. Will you come with me to our room tonight and sleep next to me until your sister returns?” He asked me. I nodded. I
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
Harlyn“Don’t even bring that up, I don’t want to hear it. It won’t work!” She warned me. I sighed. Both my clients don’t want to know each other. Such a loss.“Fine, I won’t bring it up. You both are not fun. I just don’t want Octavia to get him.” Helaine stared at me in confusion. “Octavia, the witch. It’s clear that she likes him and wants him. He told me that she kind of became a friend and he only sees her as a friend but I don’t think that will last. They are bound to get together at some point.” I lamented.“So?” “So? Is that all you have to say? The man might be your mate. Don’t you care that there’s a witch out there, out to get him?” Helaine shook her head, eyeing me as if I was crazy.“Do you really want me to be worried about that? I don’t know this man and you seem to be forgetting the keyword in your sentence. ‘might’ I can assure you that he isn’t my mate. He can get on with whoever he wants.” Helaine said firmly, leaving no room for argument.“Just give up.” M
Harlyn“Helaine!” I yelled and ran into her arms. Crazy girl. She scared me. I pulled her into the room with me. I hugged her again. “Laine! You scared me!” I scolded her and pulled out of the hug to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. She was really here. I didn’t expect her to be back already. She didn’t even say anything when we spoke on the phone.“Baby girl. Surprise.” She cheered. “Surprise? You didn’t even tell me that you were coming! I thought it was another fucker trying to trick me.” I let out and hugged her again. “Sorry, sis. I didn’t think of that. I just wanted to surprise you. I didn’t mean to scare you.” She apologized. I didn’t mind anymore. She was here. She was really back to the Crimson Moon. I eased out of our hug again and looked her over. She dyed her hair black and now, we looked so alike that it would be hard to tell us apart.“You dyed your hair.” I pointed out. she nodded and smiled.“I wanted us to look exactly the same. Do you like it?” Do I like
Harlyn“There’s no one here.” I whispered to myself, looking around again. I must have hallucinated the movement. Maybe I was seeing things that weren't there because I was worrying so much. I can’t even talk myself out of worrying because there was literally a war going on in my kingdom right now and it could get worse.I really don’t want it to get worse. I don’t want the pack members or others in the kingdom to be affected by what’s going on. So far, no one in the kingdom except the people involved knew what was going on. I wish we would resolve it without it escalating to the point that everyone else would be affected.“Please,” I whispered to myself as I turned and made my way back to the room. I could only wish and pray for safety now. There was nothing else I could do. If only I could fight. Maybe I should learn how to fight too. “That’s not what a Luna does!” “Bernardo.” My heart sang when I heard his voice in my head. I thought of using our mind link but I didn’t want to
Theo “Shit!” I cursed when I heard her walking towards me. Yes, I came for her but I didn’t want her to see me yet. Not yet. I don’t want anyone to know that I was already in the Crimson Moon. It took everything to escape that witch. She had been on my tail every day and made it hard for me to leave. I caught her off-guard and left when she least expected it. If my hunch was right, she already called that bastard and told him that I left. Fuck her for choosing to be on his side when I found her first and even gave her my mark. When I am done here, I will surely go back and make sure to pay her back. Even when she had been helping me, I planned on disposing of her when I no longer needed her but now, she made it so much easier to do away with her. I hid behind a pillar and held my breath as Harlyn's footsteps grew closer. I didn’t want her to see me until I was sure I could get her out of the palace without anyone finding out. It didn’t take long for me to find out that my stup
Harlyn“What happened again?” I asked him as soon as he dropped the call. He looked at me worriedly. Well, it was definitely bad.“He found it.” I stared at him in confusion.“He found another den of bears.” Of all the things I expected him to say, bears weren't one of them. Bears? For the Crimson Moon, bears were as unwanted as vampires and witches. They were the worst because of the history the Crimson Moon has with them. “What? In this pack?” I questioned even though I already knew the answer to that.“Yes, I found a map that day at the underground hideout of Sean and I gave it to him. That’s what he and Damien went to check out and I have to leave right now.” He explained and started walking away. “Are you going back to the Orange Moon?” I asked him. He turned around and shook his head.“No, I will call my pack to let them know just in case Theo shows up there and I will call my parents too. I am needed more here.” He told me and started walking away again. “Let me come
Harlyn “Why did she call you this time? Does she have new information?” I asked him. He nodded. “Okay, is it bad? Do you not want me to ask?” It was clear by his body language that he didn’t want me to know but I wanted to know. It was important that I know as I am the Luna and Queen of the Crimson Moon. If it concerns my kingdom, then it concerns me. Unless, maybe it’s not about my kingdom. Either way, I still wanted to know. “I would much rather speak to the king.” I resisted the urge to curse at him. Really? It wasn’t the first time he said something like that to me but for the first time, I felt offended. What did he see me as? Did he think I couldn’t handle whatever news it was? “You will tell me because it involves my kingdom and my people. I am Luna and I deserve to know. You have no choice!” I told him firmly. I could tell by his reaction that he didn’t expect me to react the way I did. “Lyn I sh---“ “No! Tell me. It’s a command!” I let out. I didn’t mean
Harlyn “There’s a handbook. I asked her and she told me she has a lot written down in all the years that she has known about her powers. She is willing to give all that she wrote down to you. She also wants to meet you but I told her that you can’t see her now. Hopefully, soon.” Hillan explained. I wanted to jump on him. I wanted to hug and kiss his cheeks. It was the best news ever. I really wanted something as some form of guide because right now, it feels like I am using my powers without knowing the depth of it. “I would love to meet her too and yes, I really need the handbook.” I told him enthusiastically. “I will have it sent down to the Crimson Moon by tomorrow.” “Wow, so soon?” I let out. He smiled and nodded. “Yes, I told you. I already asked her before. I was going to get it down here anyway. I just have to make a call and someone will send it over. It should arrive in two to three days.” I really wanted to hug him but I didn’t. Instead, I reached and touch
Harlyn I woke up the next morning alone. I was used to waking up alone now so I didn’t think much of it, I just went about my morning routine before breakfast. After the events of the past two days, I actually hoped that today would just be a normal day for me. I really didn’t want to deal with any negativity. I knew I was reaching out because as long as Theo and everyone associated with him and his father are still out there, there will definitely be negative things happening. I just hope it doesn’t affect those I care about and all the good people of the Crimson Moon. Even though I knew the chance of it being a peaceful day was low, I still made a mental note to make the most of today. I didn’t even notice Bernardo had left a note for me until I finished getting ready. I only saw the note because I went to pick up my phone from the bedside. I smiled when I saw the note. “I didn’t want to wake you because you were sleeping so peacefully. Out for my daily kingly duties and w