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“Who told you that I am here to ask for your permission? You will do as I say if you don’t want trouble for the people who you care about. I mean, there’s a lot of them. From your vampire siblings to that stupid traitor to his sister who is mated to Damien who stupidly refused to accept my offer.” He let out. Wow, I didn’t even know he tried to make Damien an offer. Knowing Damien, he might have kept it a secret even from Bernardo.“Why did you ever think that the alpha king’s best friend will betray him?” I questioned.“Right, I was stupid to offer twice. I did the same for your loser father but he chose to die with that bastard just like Damien has chosen to die with your mate. Too bad, because he has something that would help in building the kingdom that I want.” The kingdom he wanted.“You still want the throne too? You are not doing this for your son but for yourself?” I shouldn’t be surprised. I should have expected it but I was still surprised. I mean, the signs were
Bernardo“What the fuck do I pay you all for if you can’t find my mate?” I couldn’t believe it. Hours later and no one still had an idea where my mate could be. The whole fucking security team, the deltas, and everyone else were useless. Why do I even invest so much in security when they can’t even do their job? One woman, no one could find one woman in a car with two fucking losers.The two losers that have been identified and their photos sent out to the various divisions. Still, nothing. No one knows where they could have taken her. It was as if she just disappeared. There’s no trace of the car that took her or the idiots who kidnapped her. Nothing. I had a terrible night. Didn’t sleep at all neither did Hillan, Harry, and Damien. Every one of us has been trying to track her down but nothing has shown up.Last night, all through the night, we tried. Damien has done everything and is still doing everything. He didn’t step away from his system all through the night. It was as if a
Bernardo “How are you so sure?” Hillan asked the witch who paused for a moment as if considering if she should tell him everything she knew or not.“Yes, I am sure. His father called him last night and I heard their conversation.” “What did you hear? Can you tell me the details?” Hillan requested. There was another long pause before she spoke again. I was so close to yelling at the phone for her to speak up. I don’t know why I had a feeling that whatever she says will help me in a way.“Yes, details, they got someone that is important and I think that’s why he wants to return. No, I don't think so. I know that’s why he thinks that they have the upper hand now.” Important someone? My mate? I grabbed the phone from Hillan who was quick to collect it back from me and before I could react, he walked out of the room, slamming the door behind him. I made to march after him but Harry stopped me.“Did you hear what she just said? She has information about my mate! I need to hear everythi
Bernardo “No, I am not hiding anything. I met up with him and told him no.” “If you told him no then it’s fine. I am not surprised that he wanted you on his side. He has been actively trying to get everyone on their side. Even though I think you should have told me.” “I am sorry,” He apologized but his apology wasn’t needed right now. It wasn’t even important.“That’s not important. Why did you stop us? Unless your meeting with him has something to do with my mate being missing,” “It does. That day, I saw him outside of his house. I should have told you. I j—“ “What? You knew he left his house and you didn’t tell me? What? Damien!” I couldn’t believe it. Does that mean even the deltas I put at his house decided to be on his side too? Every one of them? They let him leave the house while reporting falsely to me? “I am sorry, I was going to tell you bu---“ “But what? You forgot? Is that it?” “Yes, I forgot. I swear I didn’t do it deliberately.” I had no reason to doubt him so
HarlynI finally got the chance to communicate with not just Bernardo but my brother too. Even Helaine. They didn’t respond but I know damn well that they heard me. Bernardo responded and he told me that they were coming for me.I had no doubt in my mind that they would find me before anything bad happened to me. I knew even before I was able to speak with him that they were looking for me. I felt the anxiety and fear in him. I did my best not to show that I felt anxious and scared.“Why are you so silent? There’s a reason I let you out and you should be doing that.”Sean scoffed. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. He initially refused to accept to let me out of the room I had been in. He told me that I was trying to find ways to escape. If only he knew that I had no plans to escape. I wanted him to be caught. I didn’t want to run away from him. I wanted him to be defeated.Anyway, when he realized that he wouldn’t get the healing he wanted without letting me out of the room he cage
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