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
Harlyn“Luna? Hahaha, so funny. See the thing is that you won’t be for long and that’s for sure. Soon, you will be nothing more than a sex slave for me and my son. The rage in me grew to a whole new height. My wolf couldn’t take the insults, she wanted to break free and deal with him but I fought against her for control. There was no point in letting his words get to me or her. We will win only if we do things in the right order. I can’t get mad and ruin things for Bernardo.“You won’t be saying that when the Alpha king finds you.” I assured him and placed my hands on him. “Stay put if you want this to actually work.” I warned him and closed my eyes. Instead of focusing on healing him, I focused on finding out what he had been up to. I knew in my mind that I just had to want to know enough to get everything that I wanted from him.Healing him will be the payment for the information that I hope to get so yeah, healing wasn’t my main job here. The gods forbid I use my powers for an
Bernardo“How long more?” I let out impatiently. We were taking too long and Harlyn just briefly spoke to me. I tried to ask her more questions but she didn’t answer. She was in fear and distress.“Not long, did you hear anything?” Harry asked. I didn’t want him to panic. He has been doing a good job driving. If I told him that his sister might be in danger, I don’t know how he would take it. fuck! If that bastard hurts my woman, I won’t just kill him. I will make sure that it will be a slow painful death. “Just drive. We are running out of time.” I told Harry. Hillan touched me. I turned to look at him and sighed. I couldn’t even whisper because the others would hear. I reached for Hillan’s hand and held tight. I expected him to try to pull his hand away, but he didn’t. He instead linked our hands and nodded at me. It gave me so much strength and reaction.I wasn’t alone in this. I had three friends who cared about me and cared about my mate in their own way, and they would neve
HarlynIt happened so fast, one moment, Sean was trying to grab me and have his way with me and the next he was being thrown against the wall while I struggled to get off the bed. That bastard. I healed him and the moment he got up, he pushed me into the bed and tried to kiss me.“Bern!” I yelled out when I finally got up and saw who my savior was. My mate. He came just in time to save me. I had taken all the time I could. I got all the information I needed from Sean and couldn’t hold back anyone so it happened. I healed him.I heard his broken bones snap into place and my heart sank. Now, my heart soared when I saw my mate undoing all the work I did. I didn’t mind. Sean deserved what he was getting. He tried to lay his filthy hands on me.I fought him off as much as I could and even bit hard on him but he was way stronger than I presumed. The moment he was okay, again, I couldn’t overpower him.Bernardo turned to me and walked to me. He looked at me, searching for injuries. I shook
Harlyn“I am so sorry that I took so long to find you.” Was he kidding me? He arrived at the perfect time. I am not about to let him start blaming himself again for this. None of what happened was our fault. I thought he got hurt and got into trouble while trying to reach him and he did his best to find me. He found me. I wasn’t hurt or anything.“Bern.” I choked when it became unbearable. He finally noticed and released me. He fuzzed over me, looking for any sort of injuries. I had none even if I did, they were all healed now. “I am okay, you arrived just in time. Though, you just undid all the work I did,” I pointed at Sean who was still on the floor where Bernardo had left him. Maybe he was dead now. I didn’t even feel any kind of pity for him. An evil man like him doesn’t deserve pity. Bernardo looked at him and growled. He still wanted to hurt him but for some reason, he was holding back. He turned back to me and gently moved my hair away from my face.“I was so scared. I c
Bernardo “That bitch.” He growled. I knew he was referring to Helaine. “You mean Helaine?” “No, Harlyn! She has been hiding her real self. Did you know?” His words came out in a rush. As if he was trying to speak before he lost all his strength again. “Oh, you still don’t know that you got the wrong twin? That wasn’t the Luna. That’s her twin.” I informed her. Even the delta us looked shocked at what I said. Not a lot of people knew about the other Zeta Ross’s kids. Not for long, once everything is sorted out, I will make an announcement that involves honoring the late Zeta again. After the announcement tonight, the next announcement and the others that will follow will only be about positive things, like the mating ritual and coronation ceremony. Also, the birth of a new royal baby. I actually look forward to that a lot. I look forward to holding my child in my hands. The future ruler of the Crimson Moon. That’s if he or she wants to be. I have made a promise to myself
Bernardo “Why did they stop?” I let out when I saw that the vehicle ahead of us which was carrying Theo suddenly stopped. It didn’t take long for my question to be answered. I saw him trying to get out of the back of the van that was carrying him. The deltas holding him in place were having a hard time even though the fucker was in chains. At first, I feared that the shift might be happening already but then I pushed the fear aside, even if it did happen, he was still greatly outnumbered. Our car stopped and all three of us were out of the car as soon as we did. We raced to the van and blocked him before he got out. “Let me go! Fucking let me go!” He yelled, pushing hard and trying to be free. I don’t even know how he thought it would work for him. He was still in chains and still looked very weak. Even shouting and fighting to break free was taking most of his strength already. There was no reason for us to even do a lot of work. The deltas held him back in place and he ei
Bernardo“I found him!” Hillan called out from one of the rooms in the location that Helaine had told us. I ran towards the room and so did Damien and beta Ryan. We arrived at the same time and saw the pathetic state that Theo was in. He was still out of it.“She tied him up really well.” Damien commented while inspecting Theo. I could see that. I smiled proudly. Helaine deserved a lot of accolades. Not only did she outsmart him, but she got him in a state that only a strong woman like her could. For someone with a delicate feature, she sure had a lot of stamina.The Ross triplet really came with everything. One was the reason I found out what has been going on in my pack for decades and she has the special touch. Another became one of the vampires I could trust with my life. Also, is the reason my baby sister has been smiling a lot these days and the last one is a warrior.I didn’t just get a mate, I got two extra family members.“He is not dead but he may as well be.” Hillan let
Harlyn“I am sure whatever happens, the alpha king will handle it. I actually thought I would be in trouble for biting him. It's my first time. I didn’t expect it to be so effective. I actually didn’t let go until he slumped to the ground.” Helaine chatted on. The car drove at a speed that would have been considered illegal at any other time but not tonight.“How do you feel?” I asked her. There was a moment of silence before she spoke again. “Actually, I feel really good. I haven’t fed at all. I was raised to not feed but I think that ended today. It feels weird but kind of in a good way. I don’t know what will happen going forward but I do hope I can continue working.” I know what she was talking about. She’s a doctor who sees blood all the time. It might be an issue for her going forward. I hope not. I really want her to continue working. “Laine, I am so sorry.” I apologized to her. It was all my fault that she got into a situation that made her break a streak that she had ha
Harlyn “What is it?” I asked Bernardo. Whatever it is, I needed to know. I need to know even if it was bad. Bernardo didn’t answer me, instead, he turned away and started talking to the person on the other end of the phone. The way he was talking made it seem as if he was talking to Helaine but I didn’t want to get my hopes up. “Helaine, we are coming to get you. Just stay put, okay? I will end this call and call you back. Please pick up and make sure to stay on the line. Tell the person there that I will pay for the time.” My heart skipped multiple beats at his words. If Harry wasn’t holding me, I might have collapsed to the ground. Even Harry seemed shaken. The talk with her seemed to go on forever. Bernardo barely said any words so I couldn’t even make out what they were talking about. I wanted to tell him to put the call on loud-speaker but I didn’t want to distract him so I just stood there and waited. “Was that really Helaine on the phone?” I asked as soon as Bernardo
Harlyn “How much longer will it take to track her down?” I questioned impatiently. I have been asking the same question over and over again since Bernardo and the others got back and they have only given me one answer which has been repeated more times than I could count. It hasn’t changed and it has been over eight hours since they got back. My sister has been gone for ten hours now. Ten hours was a long time ago and I don’t know what and where they took her. I thought Bernardo and the others would go after her once they arrived but that’s not what they did. Bernardo told me that they would find her. He said that all borders have been closed but that hasn’t stopped them before. The day Theo got away from the kingdom, the border was supposed to be closed but he still managed to get away. He wasn’t supposed to be able to get back into the kingdom so easily not to talk of the palace but he did so I couldn’t trust the people Bernardo said were in charge of securing the borders. The
Helaine “Who the fuck are you and what do you want from me?” I yelled at him and tried to free myself again. I stared down at the rope that was used to tie me and realized that there was no way I could free myself if he didn’t free me. The fucker! He fucking used dyneema ropes. I know because I have seen it a lot in the numerous military movies I have watched. “Darling, stop pretending like you don’t know me.” I glared at him. He looked faded. He looked unkempt. Maybe he was hungry and needed money, that's why he took me. “What do you want? Money? I can give you a lot of money.” I tried. In movies, kidnappers always want money. “I don’t need your money! Stop playing smart with me. You are mine now.” “Huh? Yours? I don’t even know you! What the fuck do you want from me?” I fired at him. If he doesn’t want money then what could he possibly want? “Harlyn! Darling, I know it’s hard for you to process what happened but you are with me now and you shall remain with me for as
Helaine “What the fuck?” I let out as I got hit with the worst headache I have experienced in a long time. I knew almost immediately that something wasn’t right. I blinked and tried to adjust to the darkness. For a moment nothing made sense. Then, it all started coming back to me. I tried to stretch but realized that my hands were tied. That helped to connect all the dots. I was captured by someone from the palace. One moment, I was on my way back from my room where I went to get the presence that I got for my sister and the next I was being carried away in a car. That’s all I remembered. I don’t know how I got in the car but I remembered waking up and seeing a very upset man yelling at someone on the phone. He turned to me, flashed the weirdest and creepiest smile at me, and snapped his finger. I could barely make out what he was saying to the person on the phone but I could tell that he was pissed at whoever it was. I tried to free myself, I tried to stay awake but I couldn’t.
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