Harlyn Bernardo was tense and so was his friend. They haven’t said anything to me just yet about why we suddenly had to return to the Crimson Moon but I already figured out that whatever it was. It was bad news. We were about to board the plane and I couldn’t help but think about how it was different now. I couldn’t remember how I arrived at the Orange Moon pack because I had been unconscious when I came in but the guards and the driver who had taken me out of the Crimson Moon drove me to the hotel where I had stayed and left me there and now, I was going back in the King’s private jet. What an upgrade.“Hey, baby,”Bernardo said. He reached for my hand. He had been on the phone earlier. I gave him my hand and looked at him. He looked so stressed out already which further proved that whatever was going on back home was bad. “Hi,”I said. I still wasn’t used to him being sweet to me but I already made up my mind to give us a second chance and part of that would be to get used to him
Harlyn“What is going on over there?”Damien called out. I looked his way and realized he might not have heard everything that we were talking about but he definitely saw his friend going crazy. I shook my head as I wasn’t sure that I wanted to tell him but Bernardo looked his way and beckoned for him to come over. “What happened?”He asked as he took a seat closer to us. “I am a fool, Damien.”“What have you done again?’ Damien questioned, looking at the both of us. Bernardo finally stopped yanking at his hair and told Damien what I had told me. I didn’t even know when he did it but Damien dragged his finger through his wrist and tossed it towards me. I looked at Bernardo and he nodded. When I looked back at Damien's hand, it was bleeding. He wiped the blood off with his other hand and looked at me. I wordlessly placed my hand over the place where he had injured and waited. When I removed my hand, Damien had a distinct look of wonder in his eyes. His mouth was wide open. He tried
HarlynTheo was stubborn and always getting in trouble. His pack was the smallest but the ones who got more in trouble. It was even crazier because his father who used to be the beta before he took over was a good man. I often wondered how such a man would birth a son like Theo. He always looked and acted like a rebel and at some point, there were rumors that he wanted to break away from the Crimson Moon pack. He was obviously summoned and he denied it. it had been all over the palace and that’s how I found out. “The more you talk about Theo, the more I think he might do something crazy if you don’t stop him,”Damien said. “Something like trying to go rogue?”I asked and Damien nodded. “He won’t dare. He won’t be the first to try and they all end up regretting it. he knows what kind of consequences awaits him if he ever tries something like that,”Bernardo growled beside me. I looked at him and he looked very much like the feared, powerful ruler of the Crimson Moon. His eyes met mi
HarlynWe were both escorted to a waiting car and the drive to the clinic where the injured pack members were didn’t take up to five minutes.“Alpha,”A voice said when we got to the entrance of the clinic. Even though I hadn’t had him speak a lot, I recognized his voice. Theo. The beta of the sub-pack who got attacked. He was tall and slim with a masculinity that didn’t rob off on me nicely. When his eyes came to me, I felt the need to hide behind Bernardo who noticed my discomfort and growled at him. He quickly averted his eyes.“What happened here, Theo?”Bernardo asked.“An attack!”Theo answered. He sounded disrespectful. He didn’t even greet Bernardo properly even though he should have. But Bernardo didn’t seem to mind so I didn’t give it much thought.“How could you let something like that happen? Where were you when your pack members were attacked and how come you didn’t involve the council of elders and other betas?”Bernardo growled. “I didn’t let it happen it happened beca
Harlyn I opened my eyes when I heard the man gasping. When my eyes met his, he had a look of awe in his eye. I looked to check if he was okay. “Hey? Do you still feel any kind of pain?”I asked. He answered by taking off one of the bandages and showing me completely flawless skin. It was my turn to let out a gasp. I stepped aside when he tried to get out of the bed and heard a couple of more gasps from the others in the room. The room soon erupted in murmurs. I knew why. They each wanted to be the next. My eyes went to Bernardo who stood in the corner to give me space to do my thing and he had a proud look which made my heart swell. It still felt surreal but I was really doing this. I didn’t know the first about being a healer but I was healing the members of my pack. I walked to the man next to the one I just healed. His injuries were less than the others. I placed my hand on him and closed my eyes. Once again. I was greeted with a vision. He was fighting too. two bears this time
Bernardo I carried Harlyn into the suite that was reserved for us. We couldn’t go back to the palace today because I had a lot of things to take care of. Harlyn already did a lot for the pack and she wasn’t even queen yet. I watched her heal every man in that room earlier and marveled at how someone so important was mated to me. I realized just how lucky I was when each man that got healed came to me smiling. The pack members that got attacked were so certain that they would die when their healing power did not kick in and the doctors were unable to do anything for them either. All Harlyn had to do was place a hand on them and they were good to go. I laid her on the bed and sat near her. pushing the hair out of her face. She looked calm in her sleep. Earlier when I saw her collapse, I had been so scared that she had used all her strength to heal them but Damien had showed up right on time and told me that she would be okay and that it was the effect of her healing so many wolves at
Bernardo Thanks to my beautiful mate, the fucker was able to walk in with his legs and not a wheelchair. I wasn’t really happy about it. I wanted him to suffer a little for the misfortune he brought to the pack because he couldn’t control his libido or at least pick someone not taken. “I brought him here to tell us everything that he knows. The search has been fruitless so far and the only lead we got is from him.”I told them and they all nodded. “So? Are you going to tell us?”I turned to him. He looked scared. As he should because I was so close to tearing him apart too. “I didn’t do it. Yes, I brought a woman that was mated to a bear to the pack but that’s not what caused the fight. Annie’s mate doesn’t even want her. He rejected her and abused her. I found her. nurtured her back to health and brought her back to the pack with me. I didn’t touch or sleep with her.”I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Did he really think he could tell such lies and get away with it? Well, he
Harlyn I let out a sigh as I entered the room and walked sluggishly to the bed. I lay on it while beating myself up for going to disrupt the Alpha King’s meeting with the elders and the betas when I wasn’t even sure.“Why did you do it?”I scolded myself wearily. I knew I should have stayed put. I tried to talk myself out of it but in the end, I decided to be a good person and talk to him because I didn’t want an innocent wolf to suffer. And now see where that got me.Not only did Bernardo not believe what I said, but he also tried to get in my head to find out if I was lying. I knew why he did it but it still made me sad that he couldn’t trust my words. I had been sleeping peacefully and suddenly I was back in that man’s head. I saw him again. This time, I saw a clear picture of the place he had been when the wolf had attacked him. His house. I tried to see the face of the man who transformed into a big black and white wolf but his face was covered by some invisible covering. I jus
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