Harlyn“I think you came here to make me cry.” I told him. He eased out of the hug and looked at me. then reached and wiped and caressed my eyes.“Don’t cry, my baby.” I smiled.“Baby? I am going to be a mom.” I reminded him. He smiled and kissed my forehead.“Even if we have a hundred babies, you will still be my baby. I love you and I didn’t come here to make you cry. I just wanted to see you because I felt like I didn’t get the chance to celebrate with you earlier.” He told me. I smiled and leaned into him. “I am happy with how things are between us. I am happy with the way you reacted to the news. you told me you loved me as soon as the midwife told us that I was pregnant.” I reminded him. That and the fact that he hugged me first before anything else would forever remain special to me.“That’s how it should be, Baby. I love that we are going to be parents but before that, I love you.” “You are such a lover boy.” I told him. He smiled.“I am? I don’t even take you out on d
Harlyn “Beheaded?” I asked him. “Yes, they won’t dare miss the meeting scheduled for tomorrow and more than half of them won’t be going back. they picked a side and picked the wrong side. After this is over. we are going to merge a lot of the sub-packs.” He revealed. “Won’t that affect the pack members?” “No, I will make sure of it. I will fix everything and make sure a repeat of what happened over twenty years ago and what almost happened this year will never happen again.” He promised. “You have a lot of work to do.” I whispered. “Yeah, and I have given myself three short weeks to be done with everything. I gave Theo seven days to show up here for a fair fight or I am going over to wherever he is.” I didn’t like the sound of that. it would be like he is walking into Theo’s territory. “That will only happen if he has a territory. He’s a rogue wolf and all his plans have been ruined. He doesn’t have anyone on his side. He thought he had Hillan and was relying on tha
Theo“Urgggghhhh…”I hated everything, nothing was going as planned and I hated it. All my plans. All my fucking plans have been ruined.“I can’t believe this!”I yelled out. I couldn’t calm down. All my carefully laid out plans. Every freaking plan I have made, all destroyed because I trusted a fucker who I shouldn’t have listened to in the first place. I should have seen through him from the beginning.“I warned you.”My wolf said. He did warn me but I didn’t listen. I gave that fucker a chance because he came to me with all the offers that I have been looking for. I should have known that it was too good to be true.I should have been careful with what I told him. I fucking told him all of my plans. Everything.That wasn’t the end of it, no! He lied to me. Lied to me multiple times and I believed him. He told me he hated that bastard but it turned out that they were friends, not rivals as he made me believe.I bought his story because it sounded so believable. No, I wasn’t going t
Theo“There’s nothing you can do right now. We messed everything up already.” My wolf growled. Fucking right. What else can I do? I had no other backup plans. Everything was ruined. Unless I want to take the risk and go back to the Crimson Moon which would only lead to my death. I refuse to die. I refuse to lose. I refuse to give up after years of planning.“I spent so many years on this. I can’t lose.” I can’t lose. It was a win-or-nothing situation. I hated my father so much for ruining the plans that I had back home. If he had been careful, he would have known when they taped the house. He would have known when Bernardo found out that he wasn’t on his side.He was dumb and stupid. Old fool who couldn’t achieve something and now that I wanted to achieve what he couldn’t, he just had to go ruin it all and even hurt himself in the process.“I have to find a way out of this. I have to find a new plan.” I told myself. I hated not knowing what to do next. This was genuinely the first
Bernardo "Okay, that will be all for today, time to get ready for my date."I let out and did a stretch. I made my way out of my office. Yes, my main office. Now that I don't have to pretend I don't know what Sean has been up to, I removed the bug and got my office back. It's good to be back. I already feel like the king again and I actually got a lot of things done today. I made a few calls that have been pending for days now and did a lot of things that weren't Theo and Sean related as I delegated the duties to the right people giving me the chance to focus on other kingdom matters that needed my attention.So far today, I feel proud of what I was able to do. The dragon spy was already on her way out of the kingdom. I located her kind and found her people. It wasn't hard to do and I wasn't surprised when I found out that she left home and they had been looking for her. I just warned them that next time, I might not be as lenient as I was this time and that was it.As for the other
Bernardo"I got a call from the witch."It took a moment for what he said to sink him because I kind of forgot who the witch was until it clicked."She must be in love with you."I joked and heard him curse at me. I pushed my room door open and looked around for my mate. She wasn't in the room."Can you give me a moment?"I asked Hillan."Sure,"He said, I put the call on hold and walked around the room but there was no sign of Harlyn."Where did she go?"I expected to see her in here getting ready for our date. I didn't want to panic for no reason. I connected our mind-link and thankfully, she was there."Baby? Where are you?"I could feel her smiling."Somewhere in the palace, getting ready for our date, why do you ask?"I smiled."Nothing, I came around and you weren't here,""Yeah, I had to do a little makeup, and Princess Leah offered to help."She explained."Cool, I have to go, I put Hillan on hold."I said and was about to end our mind link when she spoke again."How is he? Ha
Harlyn"You look gorgeous, Luna." Leah said to me. I smiled and looked at my reflection in the mirror. She wasn't lying. I look really good. I didn't expect the makeup she applied to turn out so well. I couldn't do it myself. I got a text from her so I got her input. She asked me to come to her and I am glad I did. I know it's just a date within the palace but I wanted to look my best as I know that Bernardo put a lot into our small date night. He had a lot going on yet he still made time for us to have a little fun that wasn't in our bedroom. Don't get me wrong, I love all the fun we have been having in our bedroom and don't mind that we never get to go out on dates or do things that other couples do. I am grateful for what we have but at the same time. I am open to all the things we could do too. That's why I gladly accepted when he asked me out on the date.I found out from Sophie when I called her to get her input on the dress that I had picked out that my mate employed both
Harlyn "Hey, baby." He greeted me when he saw me watching him. Goddess, he looked so good. I mean, I know already that my mate is a gorgeous man, I just didn't expect to be hit by his beauty when I opened the door and the way he was smiling at me. "You lucky bitch," My wolf chirped in. I mentally rolled my eyes and smiled. I wasn't the only lucky one here, she was lucky too. The moon goddess picked the most beautiful man in the whole world as our mate. "Why are you just standing there and looking at me as if you haven't seen me before? Come here, my love. I want to hug you." Bernardo called out for me and I didn't wait to be told twice, I walked the same distance and went into his open arms. "I am just amazed at how beautiful you are. How can such a gorgeous man be mine?" I let out and smiled when he laughed out loud. Even his laugh was beautiful and addicting. Okay, maybe I am just too in love with him and that’s why everything he does makes me giggly inside. “I am glad th
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
Harlyn“You finally showed up, I thought you were really going to take the whole day off.”Damien said when we walked into Bernardo's office.“Oh Luna, you came too?”I smiled and waved at him.I never said that I was taking the day off, I just said that I wouldn’t rush to the office. I deserve a break don’t I?”He asked Damien while walking me further into his office. I haven’t been here since the renovation after what happened with Sean. I can’t believe this was where it all really started. Thank Goddess that he called me into his office that day. Even if I hated meeting that uncle of his, the meeting still helped expose him.“Thank goodness that you are here because I was about to take over your office and make new laws for Crimson Moon. Your assistant has been looking at me funny all morning.”Damien said just as Bernardo’s assistant walked in. he bowed to the king and me.“Is that my schedule for today? Why does it look so fucking scary? I told you to use a tablet! I hate seeing
Harlyn “Let them, I mean, it’s not like I did anything wrong. It’s better than being an orgy king.” I burst out laughing. I couldn’t stop myself. Did he get a lot funnier or am I just too blinded by love to think straight? Either way, I love this side of us. Glad we can make jokes about everything. My eyes met the staff and I realized I laughed at something he said through our mind link which made me laugh awkwardly. “Are you really going to keep talking about that orgy thing?” I thought as he pulled me along with him out of the dining room. “Yes, for as long as I live it will haunt me and I will haunt you with it.” I shook my head at him. “Okay, you can do what you want but just know that they are still going to tell on you.” I reminded him. “And I said that I don’t mind. If not, I would have had them sent to the dungeon and threatened with being beheaded if what happened ever gets out.” I stopped walking and stared at him. “What?” He asked out loud as if he didn’t just
Harlyn “Good morning my beautiful Luna.” I smiled when I heard the familiar voice. For the first time in a long time, I woke up to my mate in bed with me. His morning voice was the first thing I heard in the morning and I can’t remember the last time it happened. It made me emotional. “You are still here.” I whispered and blinked to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. Usually, he would be out of bed before I woke up and out doing his kingly duties. “Yes, I am still here. I have a lot to do today but I don’t feel like leaving our bed yet. There’s no need to rush. Did you sleep well?” He asked and kissed me on the forehead and that also made me emotional. Morning kisses. I get forehead kisses in the morning again. It felt refreshing in a lot of ways. “I slept better than I have in a while and it feels extra good to have you here with me. I can’t remember the last time I woke up to you in bed. One of the many cons of fucking the king.” He frowned at my choice of words. “Fucking?” He
Harlyn “I did? I don’t feel like I did anything, your sister did all the work. I only gave orders.” Here he goes again, downplaying what he has done. We were really made for each other since we are very good at downplaying what we do. I wasn’t about to let him get away with doing it this time. I placed a finger over his lips. “Don’t say that. You did well today and I am super proud of you.” I told him in a firm voice that left no room for disagreement. He smiled and nodded. Then he let out a sigh and finally set me down. He didn’t let me go completely. His arms remained wrapped around me while we both stared at each other. I reached and caressed his face. He looked so drained. “Have you eaten?” I asked him. he nodded. “I ate with Damien. He is very good at keeping me in check. Also, he said you might kill him if you find out about what he let me do. I told him that I would snitch.” Even tiredness didn’t take away the funny side of him. I love that for him and me. “What did he