Bernardo“Let me see,” I offered as I pulled her into a sitting position. She pouted before opening her mouth and exposing her canines.“You are worried for nothing, baby. Your canines are there and just fine. Do you want to try?” I asked after taking a good look.“But those are just normal canines.” She argued. This beautiful woman who was made for me. I couldn’t get enough of her. I liked being with her. I had been so scared earlier when I didn’t find her in our room. I went crazy and ran around the palace until someone told me that they saw her going to the worker’s quarters. I ran there like a madman and thankfully, she was there.The fear I feel each time I am not able to find her where she should be made me aware of the need to protect her at all times and keep her near me. The thought of losing her was enough to drive me crazy. I cleared my thoughts and focused on now. On her.“Yes, but they are there,” “What’s the use if I can’t mark you?” She asked in a sad tone. I pulle
HarlynI opened my eyes and the first thing I saw was Bernardo sleeping near me. I reached out and caressed his face softly, careful not to wake him up. We didn't sleep until around five am. We were at each other nonstop. I still felt tingles in all the places that he had touched last night.I smiled, just seeing his sleeping face made me happy. Not just me but my wolf too. She was the one that woke me up because she had been all giggly and happy. It was as if she was holding a party inside my head. She got the special treatment from our mate. Both of us did.“See, I told you he would come back for us.” She cheered. I rolled my eyes but she was right and now all I could feel was happiness. After last night and how he treated me. I had no doubt let in me that Bernardo wanted things to work with us and that he was going to hold on to me.When I told him the things I wanted, he agreed without hesitating and even assured me that I was Luna material. Even though he hasn’t said it yet. I a
HarlynAs Bernardo went to check who was at the door, I quickly rushed into his huge walk-in wardrobe and threw on the first shirt I saw. When I came back in, I saw Sophie walking into the room with her brother. She frowned when she saw me which made me wonder if we were back to being enemies. Not like we were ever friends.“This room reeks of sex,” She commented. My face heated up when she once again looked in my direction.“That would make sense since this is where me and my mate spent the night. I am sure the room you are coming from smells the same,” Bernardo said and Sophie scoffed in response. I don’t know their sibling dynamics all that well but they must be closer than I thought for them to be so comfortable talking to each other about their sex life. Which made me wonder if I will ever be able to do the same with the siblings that I never knew I had until recently.“Don’t know what you are talking about big brother,” Sophie said and walked to the sitting area in the room.
BernardoEven though I promised Harlyn that we would be spending the whole day together, I couldn’t keep that promise which was why I was currently getting dressed and making sure not to make any noise that would wake her.I was woken by a call from one of my beta’s and he wanted to show me something urgently. I wanted him to tell me on the phone but he said it would be better for me to see it in person. I let out a sigh after zipping my trousers and made my way out of my dressing room. I checked on Harlyn and she was still sleeping peacefully.I couldn’t resist going to her. I leaned in and dropped a kiss on her forehead. She stirred but didn’t open her eyes and went right back to sleep.“I will be back in a bit, sweetie,” I whispered and made my way out of our room before I could change my mind, take off my clothes, and join her on the bed again. I made my way to my office where the beta was already waiting for me. “Alec, you better have a good reason for disturbing today as I de
Bernardo“Where’s he? Take me to him right now,” I told the delta. I was so ready to give that fucker the beating of his life for what he made our kingdom go through in the past few days.“Your majesty, I am sorry, we couldn’t catch him,” I stopped and let what he said sink in. The disappointment that settled inside me made me clench my hands into fists.“If you didn’t catch him then why are you here?” I growled in anger. I gave a clear instruction and here he was with no Theo.“I'm sorry Your Majesty. He managed to escape through the borders while we switched places,” “What? Is that the excuse that you are giving right now? How many are you people and how do you leave the borders unguarded just to switch places?” His excuses made no fucking sense. He bowed his head in shame.“So? What brings you here if you aren’t here to tell me that you found that bastard?” I questioned. He looked up and then passed a letter to me. I took it and glared at it.“What’s this?” I questioned.“We
Bernardo “I will kill him with my bare hands if he ever steps foot back into this kingdom,” I stared open-mouthed at my mate. I didn’t know she had that much confidence in her. She looked and sounded like Luna right now. I felt proud. I did not doubt in my mind before that she would be a good Luna but she just proved it even more than she will be a great Luna and also showed that she was indeed the daughter of a zeta.“You look like the perfect Luna right now, Lyn,” I couldn’t help saying. Her posture softened and I walked to her. I stopped right in front of her and pulled her into a hug. “I will kill anyone who tries to steal what belongs to you. Anyone who tries to hurt you. I will protect you,” She promised and for some reason even though she was so tiny and without a wolf yet. It felt reassuring to hear her say the words. “How are you going to protect me when I am bigger and stronger than you?” I asked. She hit me on the back.“Even the biggest and strongest man in the wor
Harlyn“You are spoiling with kisses. Don’t introduce me to a life that you can’t maintain,”I told him when we pulled out of the kiss. He smiled. I love seeing his smile. It warms my heart every time he flashes his smile at me.“Who said I can’t maintain it?”I let out a sigh and snuggled closer to him. Earlier when I woke up and he wasn’t there, I had this fear in me that something had happened while I was sleeping. I had been on my way out of the room when he had walked in. Something did happen but it wasn’t as bad as I had imagined.I wish that Theo loser didn’t get away. He had the mind to threaten my mate. The rage I felt earlier when he had told me what Theo said was so out of place for me but his logic made sense.If he was really sharing some of his DNA with me then my hopes of meeting my wolf side might come to pass after all and I really wanted it to happen.Now more than ever, I wanted to meet my wolf. Wanted to be able to shift because I had to be a strong partner for hi
HarlynBernardo and I walked hand in hand into the dining room area a couple of hours later. I was once again wearing one of his shirts that somehow looked like a mini-gown for me. It still had its label when he passed it to me and it was so expensive that I almost returned it to him but he told me to wear it so I did.“You really meant a feast?” I asked, eyes wide open when I saw the setup. I honestly thought it would be a small meal set for the four of us. I might have forgotten that Bernardo was royalty and the number one person in the pack. Of course, he meant a real feast. As someone who has helped the chefs when they cater for the meals whenever the royal family eats together, I know just how hard it was to put the meal together.That’s why the chefs always need extra help when they prepare a feast for the king and his guests.“I told you it was a feast, plus we have people coming,” “What?” I asked in confusion and I stared down at what I was wearing. It’s not like it was ba
Bernardo “That was easier than I predicted.” I let out on the drive back to the palace after spending hours giving out orders and making a list of intruders in my kingdom that I hadn’t been aware of. Funny how they all gave in without a fight. I expected them to fight back or try to escape but it went the opposite way which was okay by me. I might have the strength but that doesn’t mean I want to fight all the time. They were all leaving my kingdom tonight. Not one of them will be left. I already warned them that if they ever tried to come back, it would be death on arrival. A total of one hundred and thirty intruders. Seventy of them were bears and the others were made up of different breeds. I don’t know how Sean was able to gather that much and hide them away in the pack without being noticed. Who was I fooling? I knew how. I just hated how much freedom he had to do those things and get away with them for years. “It looked easy to you because you didn’t have to beat those
Harlyn“Don’t even bring that up, I don’t want to hear it. It won’t work!” She warned me. I sighed. Both my clients don’t want to know each other. Such a loss.“Fine, I won’t bring it up. You both are not fun. I just don’t want Octavia to get him.” Helaine stared at me in confusion. “Octavia, the witch. It’s clear that she likes him and wants him. He told me that she kind of became a friend and he only sees her as a friend but I don’t think that will last. They are bound to get together at some point.” I lamented.“So?” “So? Is that all you have to say? The man might be your mate. Don’t you care that there’s a witch out there, out to get him?” Helaine shook her head, eyeing me as if I was crazy.“Do you really want me to be worried about that? I don’t know this man and you seem to be forgetting the keyword in your sentence. ‘might’ I can assure you that he isn’t my mate. He can get on with whoever he wants.” Helaine said firmly, leaving no room for argument.“Just give up.” M
Harlyn“Helaine!” I yelled and ran into her arms. Crazy girl. She scared me. I pulled her into the room with me. I hugged her again. “Laine! You scared me!” I scolded her and pulled out of the hug to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. She was really here. I didn’t expect her to be back already. She didn’t even say anything when we spoke on the phone.“Baby girl. Surprise.” She cheered. “Surprise? You didn’t even tell me that you were coming! I thought it was another fucker trying to trick me.” I let out and hugged her again. “Sorry, sis. I didn’t think of that. I just wanted to surprise you. I didn’t mean to scare you.” She apologized. I didn’t mind anymore. She was here. She was really back to the Crimson Moon. I eased out of our hug again and looked her over. She dyed her hair black and now, we looked so alike that it would be hard to tell us apart.“You dyed your hair.” I pointed out. she nodded and smiled.“I wanted us to look exactly the same. Do you like it?” Do I like
Harlyn“There’s no one here.” I whispered to myself, looking around again. I must have hallucinated the movement. Maybe I was seeing things that weren't there because I was worrying so much. I can’t even talk myself out of worrying because there was literally a war going on in my kingdom right now and it could get worse.I really don’t want it to get worse. I don’t want the pack members or others in the kingdom to be affected by what’s going on. So far, no one in the kingdom except the people involved knew what was going on. I wish we would resolve it without it escalating to the point that everyone else would be affected.“Please,” I whispered to myself as I turned and made my way back to the room. I could only wish and pray for safety now. There was nothing else I could do. If only I could fight. Maybe I should learn how to fight too. “That’s not what a Luna does!” “Bernardo.” My heart sang when I heard his voice in my head. I thought of using our mind link but I didn’t want to
Theo “Shit!” I cursed when I heard her walking towards me. Yes, I came for her but I didn’t want her to see me yet. Not yet. I don’t want anyone to know that I was already in the Crimson Moon. It took everything to escape that witch. She had been on my tail every day and made it hard for me to leave. I caught her off-guard and left when she least expected it. If my hunch was right, she already called that bastard and told him that I left. Fuck her for choosing to be on his side when I found her first and even gave her my mark. When I am done here, I will surely go back and make sure to pay her back. Even when she had been helping me, I planned on disposing of her when I no longer needed her but now, she made it so much easier to do away with her. I hid behind a pillar and held my breath as Harlyn's footsteps grew closer. I didn’t want her to see me until I was sure I could get her out of the palace without anyone finding out. It didn’t take long for me to find out that my stup
Harlyn“What happened again?” I asked him as soon as he dropped the call. He looked at me worriedly. Well, it was definitely bad.“He found it.” I stared at him in confusion.“He found another den of bears.” Of all the things I expected him to say, bears weren't one of them. Bears? For the Crimson Moon, bears were as unwanted as vampires and witches. They were the worst because of the history the Crimson Moon has with them. “What? In this pack?” I questioned even though I already knew the answer to that.“Yes, I found a map that day at the underground hideout of Sean and I gave it to him. That’s what he and Damien went to check out and I have to leave right now.” He explained and started walking away. “Are you going back to the Orange Moon?” I asked him. He turned around and shook his head.“No, I will call my pack to let them know just in case Theo shows up there and I will call my parents too. I am needed more here.” He told me and started walking away again. “Let me come
Harlyn “Why did she call you this time? Does she have new information?” I asked him. He nodded. “Okay, is it bad? Do you not want me to ask?” It was clear by his body language that he didn’t want me to know but I wanted to know. It was important that I know as I am the Luna and Queen of the Crimson Moon. If it concerns my kingdom, then it concerns me. Unless, maybe it’s not about my kingdom. Either way, I still wanted to know. “I would much rather speak to the king.” I resisted the urge to curse at him. Really? It wasn’t the first time he said something like that to me but for the first time, I felt offended. What did he see me as? Did he think I couldn’t handle whatever news it was? “You will tell me because it involves my kingdom and my people. I am Luna and I deserve to know. You have no choice!” I told him firmly. I could tell by his reaction that he didn’t expect me to react the way I did. “Lyn I sh---“ “No! Tell me. It’s a command!” I let out. I didn’t mean
Harlyn “There’s a handbook. I asked her and she told me she has a lot written down in all the years that she has known about her powers. She is willing to give all that she wrote down to you. She also wants to meet you but I told her that you can’t see her now. Hopefully, soon.” Hillan explained. I wanted to jump on him. I wanted to hug and kiss his cheeks. It was the best news ever. I really wanted something as some form of guide because right now, it feels like I am using my powers without knowing the depth of it. “I would love to meet her too and yes, I really need the handbook.” I told him enthusiastically. “I will have it sent down to the Crimson Moon by tomorrow.” “Wow, so soon?” I let out. He smiled and nodded. “Yes, I told you. I already asked her before. I was going to get it down here anyway. I just have to make a call and someone will send it over. It should arrive in two to three days.” I really wanted to hug him but I didn’t. Instead, I reached and touch
Harlyn I woke up the next morning alone. I was used to waking up alone now so I didn’t think much of it, I just went about my morning routine before breakfast. After the events of the past two days, I actually hoped that today would just be a normal day for me. I really didn’t want to deal with any negativity. I knew I was reaching out because as long as Theo and everyone associated with him and his father are still out there, there will definitely be negative things happening. I just hope it doesn’t affect those I care about and all the good people of the Crimson Moon. Even though I knew the chance of it being a peaceful day was low, I still made a mental note to make the most of today. I didn’t even notice Bernardo had left a note for me until I finished getting ready. I only saw the note because I went to pick up my phone from the bedside. I smiled when I saw the note. “I didn’t want to wake you because you were sleeping so peacefully. Out for my daily kingly duties and w