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 the night with the king and a punishment would make it all worse.“Yes, my princess, the king requested it,”I said, feeling sick when I thought of how I gave myself to him many times only for him to reject me the morning after. Tears welled up in my eyes again but I didn’t want to cry in front of the mean princess and her best friend.“How dare you,”It was Ava who spoke. Before I knew it, she was up and came to me. She slapped me hard across the face and I staggered back from the impact, holding my face as tears welled up in my eyes again.“You fucking slave. How dare you spend the night in my man’s chamber? How could you open those filthy legs and let him fill you? Don’t you have any shame?”Ava yelled and pushed me hard. I fell to the ground. I struggled to get back on my feet.“Let her be, it was just one night. I am sure the king just wanted a quick lay and the little whore made herself available, I am sure the king doesn’t see her as anything more than a quick fuck,”Sophia was right. She knew her brother so well. More tears gathered in my eyes when I thought of how true her words were. I was a quick lay for the king and all he wanted was release. All I wanted to know was why he chose me for that. Why didn’t he just pick any of those willing women, ready to serve him, and then it struck me that I had been willing too and had given myself to him many times. I let out a sick laugh as the thought ran in my head.“What’s funny?”Ava asked, charging towards me.“She is right. I was a quick lay, you have nothing to worry about. The king had his way and wanted me to forget about it,”I told them. I didn’t even need to look at them to know that they were mocking me.“Well, sucks to be you then,”Ava said and went back to her seat. I wished they would just let me go so that I could go and lick my wound in the darkness of my room but it seemed my bad day had just started. Sophie threw an envelope at me and I stared at her in confusion.“It’s from the king. He wants you out of the palace and out of the pack for good. The money in the envelope will ensure that you can start a life far away from here. Since you don’t have a wolf, I am not sure you will be accepted by any pack. Just go live with the humans, you are more or less like them. I mean why would you consider yourself a shifter if you can’t even shift? I am being extra generous because I have a car ready to take you.”I couldn’t say a word. I could only stare at her in fear and confusion. So, in the end, the king decided not to let me continue living in the palace. Maybe he thought about it again and wanted to get rid of me for good and he couldn’t even say it to my face. I wanted to match him wherever he was and throw the envelope in his face and cuss at him but I couldn’t do that. It would only expose me to more danger.“I can’t leave the Crimson moon. I have nowhere else to go. I have never left the pack and I don’t know how to interact with humans,”I pleaded. If the king wanted me to forget then I will. I couldn’t leave the pack. My whole life was the pack and I knew nothing of the outside world.“Well, you should have thought of that before whoring yourself to the king. If you had just stayed in your lane like you have been doing all these while then you would have been safe. Don’t take my kindness for granted. You have twenty minutes to go pack your things and get in the car I provided out of the goodness of my heart,”The princess instructed. I fell down on my knees in front of her begging and pleading with her to beg the king on my behalf not to send me out of the palace and the pack even went as far as pleading that I be sent away from the palace but not the pack but she didn’t listen. Instead, she called a guard and had him drag me into a waiting car. I begged to see the king to plead my case but Sophie told me the king doesn’t want to see my face anymore because looking at me makes him feel sick. She told me the king said I was so easy and that he didn’t have any trouble getting in my panties because I willingly gave myself to him the minute he touched me. I cried so hard as they dragged me to the car but no one listened to me.“You used up your twenty minutes to throw a pity party and now you can’t even pack. Do well to manage the money or risk dying of hunger. The outside world isn’t very friendly. Especially to people like you,”Sophie said as I cried and begged her to not send me away but she instructed the driver and the guards to drive me far away from the crimson moon before dumping me. I couldn’t hold back the tears. My life went from bad to worse and there was no one I could cry to.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
Bernardo “Fool,”My wolf called out for the hundredth time that day, about one thousand times since I sent our mate away. I agreed that I was a fool. I hadn’t been thinking straight when I told her that I rejected her. how could I be thinking straight and say something like that? I regretted it almost immediately but still, I watched her leave my room in tears. I was an asshole who rejected the one woman that was made for him. “You are more than an asshole, find her,”My wolf growled. “You are not the boss of me,”I argued. I control my animal side because if I don’t, he would take over and do some shits that I would never approve of even though sometimes, he tries to fight me for control like right now. It was a war between the both of us and I wasn’t winning as it stands. I should have gone to see her. I shouldn’t have let her leave my room in tears. Grandma would roll over in her grave if she ever found out what I did to her goddaughter. Yes, before she died, Grandma had told m
Bernardo“But my king,”“Take me to Harlyn,”I let out. but fucker just stood there fidgeting. “What’s going on? Where is her room?”I asked impatiently. I tried to make out her scent but couldn't, which got me worried. “My kingdom, the young maiden hasn’t been in the palace since yesterday,”I stared at him in confusion. What was he talking about, why would she not be in the palace? For as long as I remember, everyone who works in the palace lives within the palace. “Yes, Your Majesty, the princess sent her away according to your command, yesterday, and I was told to find a replacing for her,”He was crazy. He had to be because what nonsense was he even talking about? I never gave any command. “What are you on about? What command? Why would I give a command to the princess?”I asked. “My king, the princess said you asked her to send the maiden away and she left yesterday, she didn’t even get to pack her stuff. No one could say anything because the princess said they were your wo
Harlyn It felt like my head was going to split in two, not just that, I felt like I had been floating and now I was starting to sink. I tried to open my eyes but I couldn’t because I felt like if I did, I would actually die. Also, I felt like if I kept my eyes closed, I could die. It was a war deciding what to do and my headache didn’t help the situation. I tried to remember what happened to me that my head was aching this much. But I couldn’t recall anything and slowly, I let the darkness swallow me again and when I got myself back, I was back in Bernaldo’s room. I looked around, wondering how I ended up in the alpha king’s room and on his bed. I was naked, I sat up just as he walked in. “Bernaldo,”I called out. It was the first time I would ever say his name out loud. I didn’t know what gave me the mind to call out the name of the alpha king and he didn’t look pleased about it. “What are you doing in my bed and why are you still naked?”He yelled at me. I quickly got up and out
Harlyn“Your brother saved me? The Panthers?”I breathed. Unless he was super strong, there was no way he would have faced eight panthers on his own and won but then again, he was an alpha, and alphas were known to be very strong and mostly unbeatable. “He did and I think I should let him explain what had happened because he didn’t really tell me much. He doesn’t speak that much. What’s your name?”She asked. “Harlyn,”I managed to say. She smiled and nodded. “While you speak with Hillan, I will have the chef make something for you. What do you like?”She asked. I didn’t really have anything that I liked, not that I had much choice in what I ate back in Crimson Moon. We always eat whatever the chefs make for the day. I didn’t have any allergies or dislikes. “Anything would do,”I said and looked down at my clothes, I was wearing a robe which meant someone had helped me out of the clothes that I had been wearing last night. Now I wasn’t even sure if everything happened last night.
Harlyn I cried in his arms, feeling sorry for myself as my mind went over everything I went through in the last few days. my life has never been great but it wasn’t as bad as it got the past few days. cried for what I had thought would happen once Bernaldo marked me but didn’t happen. I cried for the only home I knew that I might not be able to go back to. And the kind alpha who saved me and gave me a second chance to live patted my back softly while I cried. “I am sorry, I shouldn’t be crying on you.”I said and pulled away from his arms. “It’s okay, I figured what happened to you must have been bad for you to start crying because I asked. If you don’t want to tell me then you don’t have to. You haven’t eaten for two days, I think you need food,”He said and put some distance between us. I didn’t know him all that much but he was the first person to treat me like a normal person for the longest time. “Thank you, for saving me and for letting me stay with you. I promise, I will be
Harlyn“Thank you,”I whispered and took the spoon he held to me. My stomach rumbled for the lack of food. I took a spoonful of the rice and also took from the soup. I was so hungry that I didn’t stop eating until I finished the full bowl of rice that was given to me. “Do you want more?”Hillan asked when I finished eating. He watched me eat. I don’t know how I was even able to swallow with him watching me. I guess I was too hungry to think about that. “No, I am full, thank you for the food and for letting me stay here. For saving me. Heck, I have a lot of things to thank you for,”I said. “We are cool. Now, we need to go say hi to my mom and dad, especially my mom,”Hillan said and I nodded. I knew it was rude of me not to acknowledge her greetings and friendliness earlier. “Thank you for the food,”I called out to the chef who waved at me before Hillan reached for my hand again and we both exited the kitchen. “Mom, Dad? Helen? She wants to say hi,”Hillan called out when we got