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
HarlynI knew without being told that we were in trouble, I pushed forward and stood between him and Hillan as I didn’t want him to hurt him again. Hillan tried to get in front of me but I stopped him. If there’s anyone to calm Bernardo down then it would be. We talked last night so I just have to assure him that he has nothing to be worried about.“What’s that bastard doing with you? Why was he touching you? What are you telling her?” Bernardo let out when he got closer to us. I tried to reach for him to calm him down. I didn’t want them to fight or something because the man already looked like he was out to commit murder and I refused to let him kill my friend.“It’s none of your business what I have to tell her.” Fucking Hillan, I turned to look at him in shock. Did he really say that to my murderous-looking mate? He looked like he had a death wish or something because why else would he say something like that to an already angry Bernardo? “What did you say, Lovie?” “Bernardo.
Harlyn “Were you two talking about me?” She called out and I couldn’t even deny it because we had been talking about her for real. She ran the rest of the way to us and pulled me into a hug which I returned. Just holding her in my arms melted away every little doubt I had in me. My body released a million happy cells and even my wolf jumped in joy inside me.“You are glowing and I am happy to see you like this after what happened yesterday.” Helaine said when we pulled apart. Loved her and how she was able to tell my mood. I love everything about her and even more.“We are good now. The enemies are gone and I have you guys with me.” I told her with a smile. She smiled at me before looking at my mate. “Hello, your majesty. How was your night?” She asked my mate who smiled.“It was great and yours?” “Mine was splendid. I watched the news last night and I must say, I get why everyone fears and respects you. I was impressed.” Bernardo looked at me and smiled.“Thanks, I have been
Harlyn“I can’t believe all that is really over and we are on the path to return our kingdom to how it was before the great discovery.” I couldn’t resist saying. The whole of last night, I kept thinking about everything that went down. I couldn't believe everything really happened and it was all really over. As of last night, both the remains of the traitors have been taken away from the kingdom completely and everything they have ever owned has become public assets to be given out to charity or confiscated if not useful.“I am glad you finally accept that you are one of the leaders of the kingdom now.” I smiled and blushed when my mate touched my cheeks. Yeah, after yesterday, there was no doubting it. He literally told me that my coronation is the next big event that will happen in the kingdom. Like I am going to be queen officially and the man waited until he was deep inside me to tell me.It was the hottest thing ever and I loved it too much that it got into my head and erased a
Harlyn “This is not the end! This will never be the end! You think killing me will make it all go away? You think that will make it all stop? You are wrong! It will never end as long as you are on the throne! My fight will continue even in death and I will win against you, bastard!” I don’t even know how the idiot got all the strength to be shouting out foolish words. I looked at my mate and he had a smirk on his face. He stood up and I did too but he made a stop motion. Even though I wanted to argue and insist on following him, I realized really fast that it wasn’t the time to argue with him. As soon as he made sure that I wouldn’t follow him, he marched away from where we sat. Not even the elders who tried to stop him succeeded. I sat and watched as my mate marched toward the center of the auditorium. I didn’t know what he was going to do but I knew it would be bad for the idiot who couldn’t just shut up and die in peace. “Oh no,” I exclaimed when Bernardo got him, jerked h
Harlyn “Are you sure that you still want to be here with me? You can still leave if you want.” I turned and openly glared at my mate. He has asked the same question over and over again for the past half an hour that we have been seated and waiting for the executive to happen. Right now, various deltas were putting the final touches to all their preparations and I have to admit that it kind of felt scary that they were doing everything in preparation to murder two people. But when I remember what those two have done and just how many people they have taken their lives unjustly, I just can’t feel bad for them. “If you ask me that one last time, I will tell the guards to walk you out of here. I feel like you are the one who doesn’t want to be here.” I whispered to him. Of course, I won’t ask the king to leave but it felt good to warn and felt even better when he nodded politely. “Yes ma’am.” He whispered back and left me alone. I watched as the deltas went about their duties and
Harlyn “You guys can go if you want. I will wait here with the twins.” Leah told the ladies who took the chance to leave. “They are going to spread the news that I have an identical twin.” I told Leah and Helaine. “How do you know that?” I smiled knowingly. “I just know.” I said with a laugh. “You look really pretty.” Helaine complimented. “I look just like you.” I told her. “No, not right now. You look like an elegant version of us and it really suits you.” I smiled at the compliment. We didn’t even get the chance to talk much because my mate walked back into the dressing room. “Oh, the royal couple, coupling.” Helaine cheered when she saw Bernardo. We must have unknowingly teleported our dress code because he was wearing a similar color-coded attire. Navy blue and white. He looked very kingly with the crown on his head and the staff of office in his hand. I don’t know about others but I was completely smitten by him and if I wasn’t already so in love with him, I wou
Harlyn “It looks so good on you, oh my goodness!” I did a three-sixty turn for her and laughed when the women cheered. “I know a secret.” Patricia let out and the three of us stared at her curiously. “Tell us,” Leah told her when Patricia didn’t speak. She smiled. “I don’t know if you will believe me but the queen mother had the dresses remade for her.” She said and pointed at me. I stared at her in shock and confusion. There’s no way that’s true. “You are joking, right? Harlyn became Luna not too long ago and my grandma has been gone for over a year now. She died way before the alpha and Harlyn got together.” Leah said and I nodded in agreement. It just didn’t make any sense. “I am not joking or lying. The queen mother knew you would one day be queen. At least that’s what she kept telling us. If you don’t believe me then you can ask the other worker, though she has stopped working at the palace. She knows, everyone who worked close to the queen mother knew.” I didn’t know
Harlyn “I know and I am grateful for it. Only you can make him agree to something like that and I am truly happy that he found you now. The side of my baby brother I see every day these days even with everything going on pleases me and I have you to thank for bringing that side of him out.” There she goes again with all the thanks as if mating with Bernardo didn’t change my life more than it did his. “I am glad too.” I told her because I didn’t want to argue his importance and just what mating with him has done for me. I am sure Leah already knows that. “Okay, let’s get you dressed. Ladies, let’s see what you got.” Leah called out to the two women who quickly started pulling out things that they had come up with. Leah pushed me gently into one of the chairs in the huge room and made a stay-put gesture before walking over to the women. I glared at my reflection in the mirror in front of me. I have seen myself in mirrors lately but every time I see myself, I see a whole new perso
Harlyn “Why do you look so in shock? You are the queen now, that’s yours.” It felt surreal. Everything in that room screams luxury, expensive and some of them very vintage. Even the queen mother only used that room when it was really important that she show up as queen and now, that place will be mine. It felt too huge to be real. “I don’t know, Bern. It feels like I will be stepping into a place that isn’t mine. Can’t I just get dressed in our room?” I asked him. “Sure you can any other time but it’s important that you show up in traditional crimson moon royal attire as the queen.” “But I am not queen yet.” I pointed out. “Oh, but you are my dear. The day I found out that you were my mate was the day you became queen of the crimson moon. Coronation is just to make it ceremonial.” Now why do I suddenly have doubts when I was the one who insisted that I want to stand by his side? I let out a deep sigh and nodded. I didn’t want us to waste more time. “Call her.” I told him.
Harlyn“Baby? It’s time to go!”I opened my eyes when I heard Bernardo’s whispers and blinked to clear sleep off my eyes. I must have fallen asleep while waiting for him. I don’t even know how long I slept. The last thing I remembered was reading through the PDF that Hillan had sent to me.“What time is it?”I asked Bernardo as he helped me up.“Past four pm,”He told me and helped me fix my hair. He had a look on his face that I didn’t like.“Did something happen while I was sleeping?”I asked him with concern. He smiled and shook his head but I wasn’t convinced. I looked around his office and it was just the two of us.“But you don’t look okay.”I said and reached to caress his face. He touched my hand and held it against his face.“I know. I am just in my feelings. I guess even though I passed the judgment, I hate to see it happen but I have to be there.”I understood immediately and pulled him into a tight hug.“Oh baby, but you don’t have to be there. You already did your part, r