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
Bernardo “I came to take you back home with me,”I told her. her expression softened for a moment but then it went hard again. She looked at me in disbelief.“Why would you do that?”She asked. “Because you belong in Crimson Moon, Harlyn. Your place is by my side, always,”I told her. She shook her head.“I am not coming with you,”She declared, not meeting my gaze.“Harlyn,”I whispered, I understood her not wanting to come with me after the way I treated her but I couldn’t go back without her.“I don’t want to be a member of your pack anymore, you guys treat people like me like shit over there, meanwhile in this pack, everyone is treated equally and with respect. No one cares that I have no wolf. They still treat me like a pack mate even though I have been here for a week at most, I feel safe here,”I felt sick, not just me, my wolf felt sick too hearing our woman declaring that she doesn’t want to be with us. I was at fault. I knew I shouldn’t be doing it at the moment because i
Harlyn I couldn’t believe Bernardo was standing in front of me. Neither could I believe that he came because he wanted me back and what was even more crazy about the whole thing was that I wasn’t going crazy after all. The crazy man found a way to get in my head. All the times I thought I was hallucinating; it had been him. He somehow, I don’t know how but he got into my head. I tried to push him out and it worked. But I could tell that it was only going to work for a short while. I didn’t know what he did to me. “Why can you hear my thoughts?”I fired at him. He tried to come near me again but I raised my hands up to stop him. I didn’t want him near me because I was scared that I might give in if he touched me. I already made a fool of myself by being worried for him when Hillan had hit him. I should have let Hillan throw him out. Instead, I let him leave us to talk. I had nothing to say to Bernardo. “But you wanted him to come back,”My wolf chirped. She didn’t even hold a grudge
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