HarlynI lay on the bed after Bernardo left and closed my eyes. I still felt out of it but it wasn’t as bad as before. At least, I didn’t collapse this time, Hillan, that stubborn man. I know he didn’t listen to me. He is as stubborn as my Bernardo. They are both so stubborn.“I don’t know what to do with them.” I whispered and breathed out. Thank goodness nothing happened and he is okay. I saw what happened while I healed him and for the first time, I really wanted to hurt someone. They tried to escape, he chased after them and they played dirty. A shiver ran through me and I opened my eyes and sat up.“Nothing happened, he is okay.” I told myself. It would have been bad if anything had happened to him. I just want everything to be over so that I won’t have to worry about him or Bernardo getting hurt. Harry too and the other guys. I still felt weak so I laid down to regain my strength.The banging on my door woke me up. I jolted up and looked around wondering how long I have been
BernardoI made my way back to my bedroom after spending the past five hours doing things I really didn’t want to do. I passed judgment on the betas who dared to betray me and stayed enough for them to be transported to the prison where they will spend the next two decades until I decide to either free them or send them out of the Crimson Moon for good.“Time for my baby.” I could already feel my wolf dancing inside at the thought of spending time with our mate. I shouldn’t have left her earlier. Even Hillan scolded me for leaving her when she used up her strength to heal him but I assured him that she told me to.“Huh? Did she leave the door open?” I whispered when I realized the door wasn’t locked. Maybe I forgot to lock it when I left earlier. I entered and closed the door.“Baby? I am back.” I called out and waited but there was no sound or sign of anyone in the room. I made my way to the sleeping area expecting to see her on the bed but she wasn’t there. I saw her phone.“Is s
Bernardo “Where is Harlyn?” I let out. He looked at me in confusion. “I don’t know, I came out because I heard the commotion. What happened?” He looked genuinely confused and that meant he didn’t know where she was. I let him go and turned away, trying and failing to calm myself down. Harlyn is missing. Something happened to her. I shouldn’t have left her alone.“She is missing, I can’t find her anywhere.” I told Hillan. The set of guards I sent to the gates came back and I rushed to them. “What did they say?” I yelled at them. “She left the palace in one of the royal cars. They let her pass because it was her majesty.” “That’s it? So where is she now?” I yelled at him and pushed him. She left in a car? To where? Why would she leave her phone behind? “Ben calm down. We aren’t going to get anywhere with you shouting at everyone. Maybe she went to get something.” I turned to Hillan and had to resist the urge to rush at him and punch him hard in the face. Did he not know the
Bernardo“So, you are telling me that you have no idea where my mate could be? That you don’t have a hand in what happened to Harlyn? I swear to the moon goddess that you w---“ “For fuck sake, I don’t fucking know what you are talking about, why are you bitching about her when you failed to protect her? Isn’t it your job to keep her safe? Why would I take her when I can’t even use her right now?” He yelled at me. Right, he couldn’t have taken her. There was no way but those who worked for him might have done it to gain favors from him. That could be it. They might have taken her without telling him and they might plan to call him soon. “If you find out anything, call me.” I told him even though I knew damn well that he would never call me. His laugh after I spoke pissed me off so much but I held myself back.“Do you really think that I would do something like that? I might not know where she is right now but I am glad they got her away from you. You don’t deserve her. You don’t de
TheoI wanted to laugh in his face. If I knew where his mate was, I would have had a good time laughing at him right now. I could feel the tension and the fear in his voice. It’s the first time ever that I have sensed any kind of fear in the bastard and I honestly wanted to capitalize on it but I don’t know where she could be.I haven’t called anyone from the Crimson Moon or interacted with anyone at that. I have been locked up in my room, trying to come up with a plan. A way to win against the bastard.“If I find out that you had anything to do with this, I w—“ “Oh shut the fuck up. You can’t do anything. You can’t even find your mate. What can you fucking do?” I fired at him and laughed when he went silent. Ha, I should have thought of this. I should have fucking thought of taking her away from him. She was all I needed to get him to submit and I missed the opportunity.I didn’t know that he loved her so much. If I knew, I would have used her. That’s why I had people everywhere,
TheoI had the worst childhood and it’s all because of the loser who was my father. He used to punish me so fucking much for little things until I stood up for myself after I shifted for the first time and he never touched me again. Since then, I refused to take orders from him. I gave out orders and his job was to listen.“If you hear what I have done, you will thank me.” He said and that got my attention. Could it be? Really? Could it be him? It would be so much easier if it was him.“What did you do?” I asked him. I didn’t want to get my hopes up. For all I know, it could be the most basic thing ever. The loser never does anything right. “I got her.” My heart skipped a beat at his words. He got her. There was only one her that I am interested in right now. If he really has her then I might actually look at him with a little respect. “Who? Who is her?” I asked, I did my best to act as uninterested as possible. I know my father, if he senses my desperation, he would use it agai
HarlynI knew immediately I opened my eyes that something wasn’t right. It took a while for me to adjust to the darkroom I was in. I felt weak and out of it. I couldn’t figure out where I was and how I got there. Not to mention that, my hands were tied. That was my first clue.I tried to remember what happened but was hit with a banging headache that drove me crazy. I shook my head and closed my eyes. The room I was in was pretty dark so closing my eyes didn’t make any difference.“Don’t panic.”I whispered to myself and tightened my eyes. It slowly started to come back and I started panicking. I remember getting into the car with those guards because one of them told me that my mate got hurt. And then that bastard covered my mouth and nose with something that made me pass out. I can’t remember anything that happened after that. “Bern.”I whispered and tried to connect our mind link like earlier but it was so silent. It was worse than before. I couldn’t even feel his presence at all.
Harlyn“You killed her!” I yelled at him and that made him laugh even more. I hated it. I felt angry but my anger wasn’t enough. I wanted to break free of the chains that were holding me but I couldn’t break free. I felt so helpless and hopeless and I really hated it so fucking much.“How could you do something like that? How could you have been so wicked? You killed your own brother and your mother!” I yelled at him. Yes, she didn’t birth him but I knew she raised him. She raised both of them. Both the former king and this murderer caused so much pain to the royal family.“What do you even know? What? Mother? That whore wasn’t a mother to me, I never once saw her as my mother. She ruined my family and stole my place in my father’s life. She didn’t stop there, she stole my throne.” “She didn’t steal anything from you! You didn’t get the throne because you didn’t deserve it!” I yelled at him. I didn’t know the full story but I am damn sure the elders then saw through him and knew t
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