Harlyn ”Hey, baby. It’s so good to see you again even though it has only been a few days since you left,” Julia said and hugged me close. I was still in shock that they were here.“How?” I asked when we pulled out of the hug.“Hi, Luna,” Damien said, walking into the dining room. He was all smiles. I smiled and waved in response.“That’s how,” Julia said, pointing at Damien. I looked from Damien to Julia. Okay, I know they are mates but why was she here? Did Damien call for them to come over to the Crimson Moon?“I don’t get it,” I said after a few moments of trying to come to a reasonable conclusion. “Damien came over to our pack and wanted me to come with him because he doesn’t feel good leaving the pack when shits are not okay and I said yes. He’s my mate so I want to be wherever he is. but then, alpha Hilan doesn’t trust Damien enough even though he knows he’s my mate and that’s why his ass is here too,” She explained. It made a lot of sense now. Hilan was the overprotecti
Harlyn“You did what?” Harry asked even before Julia got to Sophie. He let go of her hand too. I realized there could be a lot of issues and we might end up not having dinner at all.“Oh, so she didn’t tell you what she did and how she chased your sister out of the palace and the kingdom with nothing? How are you guys, mate? She hates your sister,” Julia informed Harry who looked livid at her revelation. He turned questioning eyes to his mate who was almost in tears at this point.“Everyone calm down!”I yelled out. I let out a sigh of relief when they once again listened to me. I walked to Julia and stood in front of her and Sophie.“Jules, Sophie, and I are cool.” I told her. she didn’t look pleased.“Do you mean to tell me that you forgave her? just like that? You almost died and it’s all her fault,” Julia let out.“I did, Jules. We are okay now. She’s mated to my brother. I don’t want to be her enemy. What will we gain? Whether we like it or not, we will continue to see each o
HarlynI didn’t even expect him to react like that. I was just having an innocent thought about my friend. I didn’t even say it out loud. No way my thinking and worrying about Hilan made him jealous.“Why are you angry?” I thought. He looked at me and looked away. At least he was no longer clenching the spoon. I let out a heavy sigh.“What’s wrong?” Hilan asked. I didn’t even know that he had been watching me. I forced a smile.“Nothing, I am just sad that you have to leave so early.” I said. I made sure to lock Bernardo out of my thoughts. He was acting jealous and insensitive.“Don’t worry, the Orange Moon isn’t that far from where. I can always come back to say hi. If my sister is moving here then you will see me around even more,” He assured me. I nodded and smiled again.“The hell you will. Stay in your pack, Lovie,” Bernardo sneered. The man was just a big grumpy wolfie and there was no stopping him.“Yes, Your Majesty.” Hilan mocked. Bernardo growled and got the attention
Harlyn“Hey,” Harry said, coming to sit beside me. It was the first time we were speaking since I told him that Sophie and I were okay.“Hi,” I responded.“Are you really, okay?” He asked. I nodded.“I am. I am fine now. Everything that happened are all in the past,” I assured him. “That’s good to know. I spoke with Helaine earlier and she wants to meet you really soon,” Harry revealed. “Really? How do you feel about this whole thing? I mean, you didn’t know I existed until we saw each other,” I pointed out. He shook his head.“I knew.” I stared at him in confusion. From what Bernardo had told me, our mom passed away when they were still young so how would he know? “How?” I asked him. “Mom had a diary. When we got older, Helaine found it. Even before that, we always felt like we weren’t complete. The connection you felt when we first met. It has always been deeper with Helaine and me but we always knew there was a missing one and the diary proved us right but no one among
BernardoI watched Harlyn and her brother talk for a while before approaching them. I acted like a jerk earlier with her and she locked me out of her thoughts since. I couldn’t tell if she was pretending to be good or if she had already forgiven me for acting a jerk when she had been worried or Hilan.I should get used to the fact that Hilan will always be a big part of her life now. I let that happen when I sent her away. Plus, she accepted me back when she could have told me to go fuck myself. It was my wolf. fucker was jealous of even her brother touching her.When I saw Harry walk towards her earlier. I had to leave the room for a moment because of my jealous wolf. I always have had my wolf under control but when it comes to our mate, I sometimes lose that control.Not like I was putting the whole blame on him. I should have left her head when I realized he was jealous because she was worried for Hilan. Not to mention that Hilan wasn’t even a bad guy. He offered to help even thoug
HarlynI woke up the next morning alone in bed. I touched Bernardo’s side of the bed and realized that he had been up for a while now. I sat up and looked around the room.“Cons of fucking the king. No morning kisses or sex. He has to be up early for royal business.” I let out and passed my fingers through my messy hair. We stayed up late last night. I enjoyed every moment with Bernardo and even though he wasn’t in bed with me right now, my body was still feeling his presence.“You have a busy day today,” My wolf reminded me. She was especially happy today. I smiled when I remembered that I had to go shopping with Sophie and Ava. It would be the first time meeting Ava since the last time. I wasn’t a petty person but I wanted to see her face and know if she would lie about spending time with Bernardo like she used to. “Can’t believe we fell for her lies and you even cried about it,” My wolf mocked me.“I didn’t cry,” I denied.“Did too,” The sassy miss responded. I rolled my eyes
Harlyn“Hi, I was told to meet you here,” I said when I walked into the living room of the princess side of the palace. I still don’t know how the buildings in the palace were decided and built because you have to walk a long distance to get from Bernardo's side of the palace to Sophie’s side. I looked around but Harry wasn’t there. Ava was on her phone. She didn’t even acknowledge my presence. Not like I cared.“Hey, I will just grab my purse. You can sit down. Harry is taking a bath. You want to say hi to him, right?” She asked. I nodded.“I will let him know,” She said and disappeared into one of the rooms. I took my seat and with nothing to do, I just sat there and waited. I remembered the last time I had been in this room. I had been on my knees begging them to let me stay. I smirked when I realized that I won in the end.“You think you won,” I wiped my head to the side when I heard Ava’s voice. She stopped looking at her phone and was glaring daggers at me.“What do you mea
Harlyn“I am sorry,” She whispered, bowing her head.“Ye-- what?” I asked in confusion, feeling myself return to normal.“I said I am sorry. It won’t ever happen again.” She apologized again. I wanted to ask her what suddenly changed but then, Sophie walked back in with Harry tailing behind her. Ava stood up from where she sat. I still couldn’t look away from her. I kept wondering what she had seen in my eyes that scared her but then my brother distracted me so I turned my attention to him instead.“Hey, sis,” Harry said, reaching for my hand when we got close. I stood up and hugged him. I still wasn’t used to the fact that I had a brother but I was getting the hang of it and after our conversation last night, I wanted to meet my sister soon too.“Are you okay?” He asked, looking from me to Ava and then back to me. I nodded. I looked Ava’s way and she was back on her phone.“Yes, I am okay, and you?” I asked with a smile. I still couldn’t get my mind around what happened right b
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