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 “What happened?”I asked again when Bernardo didn’t answer the first time. He looked like he was holding back and trying to control his rage. I didn’t know if he was angry at me or someone else. Hell, I wanted our mating bond to be complete already so that I could easily know whatever goes on in his head too. I realized it would be much easier for us to know each other if we could read each other’s thoughts. No lies or half-truths. “Your Majesty?”I called. He let out a sigh. “We need your help again,”He finally said in a defeated tone. He looked like he didn’t want me to help again. not because my helping was getting in his way but because he was actually concerned for me. at least that’s how I saw it. “Did something happen? Was there another attack?”I asked. Already ready to go help out even though I was still tired from healing those men. “There wasn’t another attack. One of the women that were taken was found and she is in a really bad shape right now,”He revealed.
Bernardo I pulled Harlyn with me out of the room where the woman she had just healed was crying and hugging her mate who had made the distress call to inform me and the council that his mate had been found and that he was losing her. I acted immediately, rushing to the room that Harlyn had been in, and once again, she followed me and once again in the space of less than four hours, she healed another person making the number of people she healed eleven. I couldn’t thank her enough for her sacrifices. When I got back into the meeting room earlier. I told the elders and betas that the man was telling the truth. I didn’t regret dismissing him. The council had been against it since everyone was so sure that it was his fault. I told them if they didn’t have any evidence, no one could really make him take the blame. Told them to bring forth evidence that he was the one responsible or forget about it. They were not happy but none of them could question my decision. I had just dismissed hi
Bernardo “I should get enough men.”I said. She shook her head. “We need to move in silence. I don’t want to seem paranoid but not even the elders and the betas can be trusted. It could be any of them. I mean the one leading the attack.”She suggested. I didn’t want to doubt the people I have been working with since I took over the leadership of the Crimson Moon but I couldn’t overlook what she just said either. “What do we do? Do you know how many there are?”I asked. I haven’t fought in a long time but I was still the strongest wolf in the whole pack. No one could defeat me easily, not even if there were five of them but I wasn’t sure of the number of people that were at the place and the elders would probably go into panic mode if they found out what I was about to do. More reason not to let them know. “I only saw the two who brought the women and there were two of them at the entrance. Another two helped take the women in but that was all I saw. There could be more. I don’t kn
Harlyn As we drew closer to the house, I started to fear what could happen. We picked Damien up on the way and Bernardo joined him in his car so that he could relate everything that happened to him and why we were going far north in cars instead of taking the helicopter. It took us more than three hours to arrive. I looked at the woman sitting next to me and she was shaking. “Hey, are you okay?”I asked, reaching for her hand. “I am scared. What if we can’t save them? Those men are dangerous. They don’t care. They are killers.”She whispered in fear. “Don’t worry. Our men are stronger and the alpha king is with us. No one will go against him.”I assured her even though I was scared too. We didn't know what kind of wolves they were. It couldn’t be the elite family that I came to work with years ago. They had been a nice couple whose kids were already grown and out of the house. surely the couple couldn’t be the one responsible. I met them over seven years ago and they were already
Harlyn I know Bernardo told me to stay in the car but the longer we waited with no sign of him or the women the more anxious I became. The only link we still had to the inside was the woman but even when I held her and tried to see if they were already where the women were, the women were still alone and all looking anxious. I couldn’t tell if I was seeing the past or if that’s what was really happening and it was slowly driving me crazy.“He went silent,”The woman beside me said and my heart skipped a beat again. It was her mate. If she couldn’t connect with him anymore, it could only mean something bad had happened. I closed my eyes and tried to feel Bernardo but there was no sign of him and the woman next to me was now so tense. “Fuck it! I can’t just sit here and wait. What if they need to be healed? What if they lost?”I asked out loud, I saw the fear in her eyes too. She was scared for her mate. I couldn’t just sit back and do nothing, I knew that I shouldn’t be going against
Bernardo Everything was going wrong. We greatly underestimated their numbers and we were greatly outnumbered. I felt like I had failed at my job for not knowing that a whole pack of rogue wolves was in my pack. Deadly stinking wolves. When Harlyn had told me it was wolves that were responsible for what happened to the pack and the missing women, I actually thought they were members of our pack but I just needed to take one look at them to know that they weren’t from the Crimson Moon and entered the kingdom illegally. They had a whole alpha among them and I had no idea. It was all my fault for not assigning a beta to this side of the pack because I was so sure they didn’t need one. They were rich people. People who would not appreciate taking orders from anyone except the alpha king and I let them have it. I couldn’t even remember the last time I addressed this part of the kingdom. They generated the most income. There was absolutely nothing to worry about until now. Now here I wa
Bernardo As I had expected, seven black wolves that I recognized ran towards me. Even though we were outnumbered, we still managed to beat them all. I smirked. They didn’t even wait for me to say anything as they leaped on the two rogue wolves who had the mind to stay and fight them. it didn’t take long for them to tear the both of them apart. I stood with my woman in my arms and watched my men do their thing. I smiled with pride. It was Damien who shifted back to his human form first and rushed to my side. “Is she okay?”He asked as soon as he shifted. He was as naked as I was but that didn’t matter. Nudity didn’t matter much to us because we always lost our clothes wherever we shifted. That’s why we had spare clothes. “She’s okay, I think she healed the women. They were no longer in the room when I got in. What happened to the other rogues?”I asked him. There were still a good number of them active when I left. “Half of them got away but a good number are currently lying in the
Harlyn “Were you two talking about me?” She called out and I couldn’t even deny it because we had been talking about her for real. She ran the rest of the way to us and pulled me into a hug which I returned. Just holding her in my arms melted away every little doubt I had in me. My body released a million happy cells and even my wolf jumped in joy inside me.“You are glowing and I am happy to see you like this after what happened yesterday.” Helaine said when we pulled apart. Loved her and how she was able to tell my mood. I love everything about her and even more.“We are good now. The enemies are gone and I have you guys with me.” I told her with a smile. She smiled at me before looking at my mate. “Hello, your majesty. How was your night?” She asked my mate who smiled.“It was great and yours?” “Mine was splendid. I watched the news last night and I must say, I get why everyone fears and respects you. I was impressed.” Bernardo looked at me and smiled.“Thanks, I have been
Harlyn“I can’t believe all that is really over and we are on the path to return our kingdom to how it was before the great discovery.” I couldn’t resist saying. The whole of last night, I kept thinking about everything that went down. I couldn't believe everything really happened and it was all really over. As of last night, both the remains of the traitors have been taken away from the kingdom completely and everything they have ever owned has become public assets to be given out to charity or confiscated if not useful.“I am glad you finally accept that you are one of the leaders of the kingdom now.” I smiled and blushed when my mate touched my cheeks. Yeah, after yesterday, there was no doubting it. He literally told me that my coronation is the next big event that will happen in the kingdom. Like I am going to be queen officially and the man waited until he was deep inside me to tell me.It was the hottest thing ever and I loved it too much that it got into my head and erased a
Harlyn “This is not the end! This will never be the end! You think killing me will make it all go away? You think that will make it all stop? You are wrong! It will never end as long as you are on the throne! My fight will continue even in death and I will win against you, bastard!” I don’t even know how the idiot got all the strength to be shouting out foolish words. I looked at my mate and he had a smirk on his face. He stood up and I did too but he made a stop motion. Even though I wanted to argue and insist on following him, I realized really fast that it wasn’t the time to argue with him. As soon as he made sure that I wouldn’t follow him, he marched away from where we sat. Not even the elders who tried to stop him succeeded. I sat and watched as my mate marched toward the center of the auditorium. I didn’t know what he was going to do but I knew it would be bad for the idiot who couldn’t just shut up and die in peace. “Oh no,” I exclaimed when Bernardo got him, jerked h
Harlyn “Are you sure that you still want to be here with me? You can still leave if you want.” I turned and openly glared at my mate. He has asked the same question over and over again for the past half an hour that we have been seated and waiting for the executive to happen. Right now, various deltas were putting the final touches to all their preparations and I have to admit that it kind of felt scary that they were doing everything in preparation to murder two people. But when I remember what those two have done and just how many people they have taken their lives unjustly, I just can’t feel bad for them. “If you ask me that one last time, I will tell the guards to walk you out of here. I feel like you are the one who doesn’t want to be here.” I whispered to him. Of course, I won’t ask the king to leave but it felt good to warn and felt even better when he nodded politely. “Yes ma’am.” He whispered back and left me alone. I watched as the deltas went about their duties and
Harlyn “You guys can go if you want. I will wait here with the twins.” Leah told the ladies who took the chance to leave. “They are going to spread the news that I have an identical twin.” I told Leah and Helaine. “How do you know that?” I smiled knowingly. “I just know.” I said with a laugh. “You look really pretty.” Helaine complimented. “I look just like you.” I told her. “No, not right now. You look like an elegant version of us and it really suits you.” I smiled at the compliment. We didn’t even get the chance to talk much because my mate walked back into the dressing room. “Oh, the royal couple, coupling.” Helaine cheered when she saw Bernardo. We must have unknowingly teleported our dress code because he was wearing a similar color-coded attire. Navy blue and white. He looked very kingly with the crown on his head and the staff of office in his hand. I don’t know about others but I was completely smitten by him and if I wasn’t already so in love with him, I wou
Harlyn “It looks so good on you, oh my goodness!” I did a three-sixty turn for her and laughed when the women cheered. “I know a secret.” Patricia let out and the three of us stared at her curiously. “Tell us,” Leah told her when Patricia didn’t speak. She smiled. “I don’t know if you will believe me but the queen mother had the dresses remade for her.” She said and pointed at me. I stared at her in shock and confusion. There’s no way that’s true. “You are joking, right? Harlyn became Luna not too long ago and my grandma has been gone for over a year now. She died way before the alpha and Harlyn got together.” Leah said and I nodded in agreement. It just didn’t make any sense. “I am not joking or lying. The queen mother knew you would one day be queen. At least that’s what she kept telling us. If you don’t believe me then you can ask the other worker, though she has stopped working at the palace. She knows, everyone who worked close to the queen mother knew.” I didn’t know
Harlyn “I know and I am grateful for it. Only you can make him agree to something like that and I am truly happy that he found you now. The side of my baby brother I see every day these days even with everything going on pleases me and I have you to thank for bringing that side of him out.” There she goes again with all the thanks as if mating with Bernardo didn’t change my life more than it did his. “I am glad too.” I told her because I didn’t want to argue his importance and just what mating with him has done for me. I am sure Leah already knows that. “Okay, let’s get you dressed. Ladies, let’s see what you got.” Leah called out to the two women who quickly started pulling out things that they had come up with. Leah pushed me gently into one of the chairs in the huge room and made a stay-put gesture before walking over to the women. I glared at my reflection in the mirror in front of me. I have seen myself in mirrors lately but every time I see myself, I see a whole new perso
Harlyn “Why do you look so in shock? You are the queen now, that’s yours.” It felt surreal. Everything in that room screams luxury, expensive and some of them very vintage. Even the queen mother only used that room when it was really important that she show up as queen and now, that place will be mine. It felt too huge to be real. “I don’t know, Bern. It feels like I will be stepping into a place that isn’t mine. Can’t I just get dressed in our room?” I asked him. “Sure you can any other time but it’s important that you show up in traditional crimson moon royal attire as the queen.” “But I am not queen yet.” I pointed out. “Oh, but you are my dear. The day I found out that you were my mate was the day you became queen of the crimson moon. Coronation is just to make it ceremonial.” Now why do I suddenly have doubts when I was the one who insisted that I want to stand by his side? I let out a deep sigh and nodded. I didn’t want us to waste more time. “Call her.” I told him.
Harlyn“Baby? It’s time to go!”I opened my eyes when I heard Bernardo’s whispers and blinked to clear sleep off my eyes. I must have fallen asleep while waiting for him. I don’t even know how long I slept. The last thing I remembered was reading through the PDF that Hillan had sent to me.“What time is it?”I asked Bernardo as he helped me up.“Past four pm,”He told me and helped me fix my hair. He had a look on his face that I didn’t like.“Did something happen while I was sleeping?”I asked him with concern. He smiled and shook his head but I wasn’t convinced. I looked around his office and it was just the two of us.“But you don’t look okay.”I said and reached to caress his face. He touched my hand and held it against his face.“I know. I am just in my feelings. I guess even though I passed the judgment, I hate to see it happen but I have to be there.”I understood immediately and pulled him into a tight hug.“Oh baby, but you don’t have to be there. You already did your part, r