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
Harlyn“I missed you so much, baby,”He whispered against my lips and kissed me again.“I missed too,”I told him when we pulled apart. We walked further into our room and then I remembered he met with Hillan and wanted to know what Hillan told him since he told me I would hear it directly from Bernardo.“What did Hillan tell you about your cousin? I asked him but he told me to hear it from you after he finished telling you.”I told him.“Let’s sit down, it’s a whole lot of explaining,”He told me and I did just as he said. I wanted to know the things Hillan had found out about. “Really? Will what he found out help? Will we ever be rid of Theo and his minions?”I questioned. He sat down next to me and took my hands in his. He gave me a reassuring nod.“Yes, we will get rid of him. I just need to wait for their big meeting, that’s the only thing holding us back. I am so close to saying fuck it and give the command that will kick start everything but Damien is right. Acting all tough a
Harlyn“A better man, yes. I am definitely becoming a better man and I will be a better king and alpha too.”He assured me.“Good because I will be your Luna, the people’s Luna, and the heart of our pack.”I promised him. “You are already the perfect Luna. My Luna, my love, my queen. Goddess, I love you so much, Harlyn. I don’t ever want to fight with you. I hate it so much when I can't hold you like this.”He let out. I could say the same. I don’t like it when we are not talking. I finally released my wolf and the first she did was growl at me.“You..”“Don’t even start.”I whispered and realized I said it out loud when Bernardo looked at me in confusion. I shook my head and smiled.“Not you, my wolf. I blocked her out because we were fighting too.”I explained.“Why did you fight with your wolf?”He asked, I wondered if I could tell him but then again, we promised not to keep anything away from each other.“She took your side.”He smiled happily.“Don’t look so happy.”I warned him
Bernardo“What do you want to talk to me about?” I asked Hillan. I had been sleeping when my phone buzzed and was surprised to see a text from Hillan saying that we needed to talk and that it was urgent. I left the room quietly so as not to wake Harlyn and made my way to the guest house where Hillan was spending the night and that’s why I was currently standing in front of him. “You have a traitor and a spy within the palace. someone told Theo that I came to see you and he called me. He even talked about the fight we had.” Hillan explained. A traitor? A spy within the palace? I wasn’t even surprised that someone would be an insider. I mean, I should have expected it. “Let’s go inside?” I asked, looking around.“Yes, let’s go inside.” He said and I followed him into the house. We took our seats and I waited. “Do you have any idea who it could be? I had to make up lies just to keep up the charade. As it stands, I am trying to steal Harlyn from you.” Hillan let out. “What?” I
Bernardo“What happened?” I asked him, waiting to hear the worst news ever. Damien wasn’t one to create false alerts. If he said it was bad news then it was certainly bad news that I might not be pleased to hear.“They discovered the bug we planted at your uncle’s house.” My heart sank at his words.“Can you come to my room? We have to talk about it.”Damien added. I nodded and stood up.“Will be there in a minute.” I told him and turned to Hillan who was looking at me expectantly. At first, I just wanted to tell him goodnight and go meet with Damien on my own but on second thought, I decided to trust him and carry him along since he already helped in a lot of ways.“We have a situation and Damien wants me to meet him at his apartment. Want to come along?” I asked him. He nodded and stood up immediately.“Why what happened?” he asked him.“We will talk once we get there. But he told me the bugs we planted at my uncle’s house have been found.” I informed him. he didn’t respond as
Bernardo “Before you ask me how that will help, let me tell you that the father and son might be on the same team but they don’t get along. for one, that fool talks down on his father a lot and calls him a failure for failing to get the throne after taking out your father and the Zeta.” The fact that Theo and his father had issues even though they had the same goal was news to me. I mean, I used to think he wasn’t on his side the way Sean talked about his son and how disappointed he was at his action until he bugged my office and showed who he truly was. “He told you what his father did to mine and Harlyn’s father?” I asked Hillan when I realized that I only found that part out not too long ago. “Yes, even told me about wanting to take out the other possible heirs but failed because your brother has been on another continent for years and your sister’s son that he planned to kill was healed by your mate. He hates you by the way.” It wasn’t news that he hated me. That's one o
HarlynI don’t know how I knew that something wasn’t right but I just knew that something wasn’t right the moment I woke. I just felt something was going to go wrong today and I would probably end up crying myself to sleep.First of all, I woke up alone and to a note from the alpha king that he had an important meeting and had to leave the palace. I wondered what it was because he didn’t say anything about it last night when we talked about plenty of other stuff.I ate breakfast with the princesses and assured Leah that I would go to her for my Luna lessons since I promised Bernardo that I would focus on that. The note he left mentioned that the midwife would be in soon.“Definitely pregnant.” I whispered to myself and dropped the book that I had been reading to get my mind off things. Everything felt off but so far, nothing has happened but it was still too early to think that. For one, I didn’t see Hillan even though I was told he was still in the palace. I wanted to call him but a
Harlyn “That’s nice, how was your night?” I asked him. He smiled and reached for my hand, I pulled away and regretted it immediately I saw the hurt in his eyes. “Har---” “I am sorry,” I whispered. “No, don’t be. I shouldn’t have touched you. Can we talk?” He asked, keeping his hand to himself. I felt like hell. This is Hillan. Someone who helped me at my darkest moment. Someone who protected me and let me stay in his home even though he didn’t know anything about me. Why did I suddenly start acting like a bitch with him? He hasn’t done anything that he doesn’t do before so why am I the one trying to ruin our relationship? I reached for his hand and held it in mine. “I am sorry, what do you want to tell me?” I asked him. He smiled and turned to the guard who stood watching us. “Leave us,” I told him. He looked like he wanted to argue at first but decided against it, good for him. I waited until he was gone from the room before I looked at Hillan again. I reminded my
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