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 I rushed down towards the main palace in fear of what might become of me. I made a mistake today and it might lead to me either getting scolded which would be the lesser punishment for what I did or getting sent to the dungeon to receive at least ten lashes of cane. It was a horrific experience that I never wanted to happen to me. That's why I always made sure to do all my work on time and make sure to answer as soon as I am called but today, I made a mistake. I was called to the king’s chamber but before I could go, Princess Sophie, the alpha king’s younger stepsister called me and made me wash her feet which took longer than I expected. I thought she would at least tell her brother that she was the one that requested for me but she didn’t say anything and now I am going to face a very angry alpha king. Alpha Benardo is the alpha of the crimson moon pack and is known to be ruthless and unforgiven. Not only was he an alpha but he was king too. Many years ago, his forefathers
Harlyn “Your Highness,”I managed to say. He looked at me, maybe trying to figure out who I was. I couldn’t say anything else as his hazel eyes searched mine. I was drowning in those eyes. He was beautiful. I knew this was the only time I would ever be this close to him so I let my eyes wander around his handsome face. Taking every feature of his godlike face in and marveling at how someone could be so beautiful. “Harlyn? Are you there? Hey?”I came back from the trance his heavenly face had sent me to and heard him calling out my name. He knew my name. “Your Highness,”I managed to say. He finally let me go and I put a distance between us to enable me to think. “You called for me,”I said while bowing down. my hands were shaking. This was the closest I had ever been to the king. “I called you hours ago, why are you just showing up?”I felt the fear rise in me as he spoke. “I, I, I am sorry my king, I was doing other chores,”“What chores are more important than coming to see me
HarlynI couldn’t think straight anymore and my wolf wasn’t helping either, she was so ready to give in. If she could come out, this was the moment that she would have shown up because she was fighting so hard to surface. I sucked in a breath as he pulled me closer to himself and his lips landed on mine in a hungry, wild, uncontrollable, and uncultured manner, feeding at my mouth and demanding entrance. I opened my mouth and his tongue entered my mouth and our tongues danced together. This was my first real kiss in the twenty-something years of my life, the only time I had kissed someone before was when I was seventeen and it had ended horribly, now the alpha king was doing a good job erasing the horrible first kiss experience and replaying it with a steamy memory of the pressure of his mouth on mine as his hands tore the clothes I had on off my body and soon I stood before him, naked. He took a step back to look at me and I heard his intake of breath. I couldn’t believe I was the on
Harlyn “Why are you still laying down there?”His voice got me out of bed. He sounded harsh which was shocking. Why was he shouting at me after what happened last night and a while ago? “My king,”“Get dressed and get out of my room,”He yelled. He was angry but I couldn’t tell why. “But my king,”I tried to protest. “Don’t call me. I want you out of my room right now. And forget everything that happened here last night and this morning,”he warned me. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. He slept with me, took my virginity, marked me as his, and now he wanted me to go away and forget any of it happened. How will I ever be able to do that? “But my king, last night, you.”I let out and had to stop talking because I was almost in tears. This wasn’t what I thought would happen. He was supposed to tell me I was his mate and tell me that he accepted me and wanted me to be his forever. That was the whole point of the mark. His mark that I now carried on my body. That I will carry for
Harlyn“Why do you look so down? Did something happen to you?”Ava asked. She was acting like she was concerned about me but I knew better than to buy her fake concern that was as fake as her nails. “I bet something did. You spent the night in my brother’s chamber, didn’t you? You sneaky piece of shit,”Sophie let out. I looked at her in shock wondering how she found out and then I remembered the guards at the entrance when I followed the king in and they were there when I left this morning. They must have told her. I couldn’t lie because I knew that would lead to me getting punished. “Yes, my princess,”I told her. “What were you doing in my brother’s chamber all night long? Were you fucking him?”Sophie questioned. I thought of lying and telling her no but when I looked into her eyes, I realized she already knew what happened and was just asking me questions and if I lied, she would probably punish me. The last thing I wanted right now was to be punished. I still felt sore from t
Harlyn When the guards and the driver dropped me off, it was already dark. “I did you good by picking a hotel, just go in and book a room for the night and then from tomorrow, you can find your way. I should warn you that they are humans as you are currently in human territory. You can barely see any shifters around here,”The driver had said right before he zoomed off into the distance. Even though I wanted to get in another car and drive back to the pack, I couldn’t do it. it would only cause me trouble. If I go back, I might end up being thrown into prison and I didn’t want that. As much as I didn’t know how to interact with humans, I summoned a little courage and looked ahead to see the hotel that the driver had been talking about. I walked towards it in fear. My wolf was still silent, she hadn't spoken since we left the king’s room and not even on the long drive to where we currently were. I understood her but wished she would speak to me. It would be nice to know that I am no
Harlyn It was late but people were still walking around. The only place I had a little fear about was the alley I passed when I was looking for a place to eat. Because of that, I retraced my steps and started walking back to the hotel. “Hey, beautiful, want to spend your night in my arms? I promise that I will treat you right,”A drunk-looking man said, stopping me on my track. I tried to avoid him and moved to the other side of the road but he followed me. “Don’t look so scared, I don’t want to hurt you I just want to pleasure you, I know you would love it,”He tried, I looked around and there were few people walking around and the man didn’t really look like he could harm me, he just looked drunk and out of his mind. Plus, he was human. I could tell because I couldn’t feel any kind of divinity in him that I would usually feel to distinguish between humans and shifters. I don’t know how I could tell but I just could. “Why? Don’t you want me to give you pleasure? I promise I will
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
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