HarlynThe rest of the ride to the palace was silent and uneventful. I didn’t realize that it was almost damn already until I checked the time. It felt like days had passed since I left the Orange Moon but it was not even twenty-four hours yet. Once we arrived, Bernardo carried the still-sleeping princess to a room on his side of the palace. I assumed he wanted her in a place where he could easily check on her. By that point, I was beyond tired and sleepy. I didn’t even wait for Bernardo to say anything to me. I just walked straight to his room and fell on the bed.Even though I had a lot on my mind and so many unanswered questions, I was too tired for them to stop me from falling asleep. I didn’t know for how long I slept but then I felt arms wrapped around me and without opening my eyes, I knew who it was. I leaned into his touch and heard his intake of breath. I turned in his arms and opened my eyes. He smiled when our eyes met.“What time is it?” I asked him.“Still too early fo
Harlyn “If you feel something then you guys have to be related somehow,” Bernardo whispered. He read my thoughts. I am slowly getting used to it now.“I don’t know, Bern. I don’t know my mom and you know my dad passed away years ago. If I had a sibling, he would probably be here. Also, he wasn’t trying to kidnap her. I checked when I touched him and he was worried for her. I think they know each other,” I was guessing but the way he had been holding her. and the way she hadn’t been tense and leaned into him. I didn’t think about it earlier but right now, it kind of made sense. “Are you suggesting that I almost killed my sister’s boyfriend?” Bernardo asked. I hated to admit it and I might be wrong but I was fifty percent certain they knew each other.“Only Sophie can answer that,” I told him.“Fuck! I sent him to the dungeon. Sophie would kill me if she found out I sent her man to jail. Why was he wearing that mask? Why were there dead men in the house? Why was Sophie calling fo
Harlyn“I said that?” I asked, pretending like I didn’t know what he was talking about. He laughed and flipped me over so that I was on top of him.“Yes, you did. Right after you said some really mean shits about me,” Maybe I should watch what I think about now but how do one watch what they think about? “You can’t, that’s the drill. You are like an open book to me. I see through you,” He said and pulled my face closer to his.“I missed you so much, Harlyn. We shouldn’t have been apart. I should never have ever said those words that I said to you.” I knew what he was talking about and I agreed. We shouldn’t have been apart at all. The moment he marked me, we should have been together. but then, I couldn’t change everything that happened if I was given a chance to. I met really cool people and also found my strength and ability. I dare to say it was all fated. It was all meant to happen the way it didn’t and we shouldn’t question what happened.I closed the distance between us and
Harlyn “I almost killed my sister’s mate,” Bernardo turned to me. “But you didn’t,” I told him. He shook his head. “If you hadn’t been there, if you hadn’t stopped me, I would have killed him,” “You didn’t kill him, Bern. You could have even when I told you not to. You stopped because you could,” I walked towards him and placed my hand on his chest. “Don’t you get it? He could be your brother too! I almost killed Sophie’s mate and possibly your only family,” He let out. I wasn’t really sure that the man was my family. How can he be and why did he leave the Crimson Moon if he was really my family? “We don’t know that yet and I think you still have the chance to fix things. He’s still alive. You should go talk to her,” I advised. He let out a sigh. “I feel like I am going to do it all wrong. I don’t want to do this but can you go see her? I will go and get her mate from the dungeon, just stay with her, please,” He pleaded. I wasn’t so sure, especially because Soph
Harlyn “Twin brother? How would you know that?” I questioned her. twin? I was still struggling with the idea that we might be related and now Sophie was talking about us being twins, it just didn’t make any sense to me. how would I have a twin and be separated from him for most of our lives? “Yes, twin brother, I know because he told me. he’s my mate and we have this thing where we can talk to each other without saying a word. That's how I know he’s in the dungeon right now. That’s how I know my brother tried to kill him and you were the one who stopped him,” Sophie revealed. She was aware of the things that happened while she was sleeping so there was no way she could be lying but how would the Harry guy know that I am his twin? Did he feel the connection too?“I don’t have a twin, I don’t have any family members, my dad died years ago and I don’t know my mom,” I let out. I didn’t know who I was trying to convince. Whether it was myself or Sophie.“I don’t know. I am just tellin
Harlyn“How? How can he be a vampire and still be my twin brother?” I questioned.“I don’t know about that. He hasn’t said anything to me but I know Harry is a vampire. He can hide it from everyone else including Bernardo because he trained himself to be able to hide his true self. That’s how he has been able to live freely with humans but he can’t hide it from me because I am his mate.” She revealed. I was beyond confused now.“How can you be mated to a vampire? Vampires are enemies of the pack. Vampires are almost extinct.” I let out and regretted the words as soon as they were out. it was the thing she worried about. The reason she had run away was when she found out that Harry was her mate. No one mated with vampires except themselves.“I am sorry, I shouldn’t have said that,” I apologized but she shook her head.“You don’t have to apologize for speaking facts. I know, that’s why I didn’t want to get together with him but after the fight, I had with my brother, I went to see m
Bernardo I didn’t like seeing my mate giving attention to another man even though that man might be her brother whom she never knew existed until a couple of hours ago. Harlyn didn’t even notice I entered the room until I cleared my throat. The man was hugging my sister. I didn't have a problem with that now that I found out that he was her mate but him looking at my mate while hugging my sister didn’t sit well with me. I walked to Harlyn and pulled her to me. “Should we give them time alone?” I requested and without waiting for her answer, I started to pull her with me out of the room but his voice stopped us from leaving. “Wait, I need to speak with her,” He said, I turned to him and scowled at him. Who did he think he was? Why was he even so comfortable giving out orders? I am still the only alpha in this territory. I had a lot of things to do. Theo still hasn’t been found and now that I know he was responsible for what happened to my sister, I wanted to find him and
Bernardo Not just unfit to continue living in the Crimson Moon but unfit to be my mate and the soon-to-be Luna of the Pack. The thought of that sent a sharp unbearable pain down to my spine. Even my wolf felt uneasy. I couldn’t let that happen.I wanted Harlyn so much for her to just be someone unfit to be part of me. The idea wasn’t something I ever wanted to entertain! She wasn’t in any way a vampire and she would never be.“He isn’t your brother,”I told her firmly.“And how do you know that?”“Same way you think he’s your brother just because he told you he has a sister like you without proof! How’s he your brother when you are not a vampire?”I questioned her. “Didn’t you listen to what he just said? Your majesty, please,”She pleaded. I hated how she used a title.“I heard what he said but it doesn’t make any sense,”I responded! It really made no sense! Why will they be triplets and of different breeds?? It was unheard of which is why I am convinced that he’s making everythin
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