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
Bernardo I realized just how little I knew of the pack that I claim to rule over. Why did I ever think it was a good idea to take the Betas' words for it? they were clearly not doing a good job. Yes, I know this part of the pack had no Beta but that doesn’t change the fact that someone from the pack might have seen them. we fucking had people watching our borders. It felt like none of them were doing the job that they were paid to do. “What have I been doing?”I whispered to myself. I didn’t even know what to say to the women. If I had been alert and active, I would have known when the rogues entered the pack. I let out a breath and faced them again.“I am sorry for the traumatic experience that each one of you has been through. I am going to do my best and return each one of you safely back to your people. For the time being, a helicopter will be here soon to transport every one of you to the palace where you stay until I can sort out your families.”I told them. I knew we would ha
Bernardo “You are doing a better job at this,”I told Damien as the men walked into the mansion. He only smirked. We both walked to the women and led them to the place where the three helicopters were packed. They got in one after the other. “You and Harlyn can take the other one and then I will take the car with the others.”Damien said after the helicopter carrying the women flew off. “No, we can all get in. The cars can stay back for the men we are leaving behind. Besides, I need someone to sit with the illegal alpha,”I said pointing at the naked body of the alpha of the rogues. He finally transformed to his human form and he looked really young. Maybe twenty-five or probably less. He looked like the typical rebel and I could only imagine how he became a rogue and managed to find his own pack. “I might punch him to death if I sit near him,”Damien said and I didn’t for once doubt his words. I could have let the lad ride with the women but I didn’t because I didn’t want them to
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