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
HarlynWe ate breakfast at one of those high-profile restaurants in the kingdom. Because I had already eaten before we left the palace, I had just hot chocolate while the others had a full breakfast. Even while we ate, my eyes kept going to Ava and I caught her looking at me too more than three times and each time, she would look away fast.“Oh hell! That’s Isa, I should go say hi,” Princess Sophie said and without waiting for either I or Ava to speak, she got up and left our table. I didn’t mind because I saw it as an opportunity to ask the questions that have been burning in my mind since.I turned to Ava who looked away as soon as she saw me looking at her. “Why did you suddenly apologize? What changed?” I asked her. At first, she ignored me and acted like she didn’t hear what I just said. I tapped on the table. “I know you can hear me.” I let out in a much louder voice.“I already apologized and told you I will not say such things again. Can you let it go?” She let out sha
Harlyn“Isa, watch what you say. that’s the Luna.” Sophie said but it was as if Isabelle didn’t want to believe or she didn’t hear what she said because she walked towards me with her usual mean look. I didn’t look away from her like I would have done before.“Did the alpha king really pick you as his mate? Like out of all the beautiful and sophisticated women in the Crimson Moon and even neighboring cities, packs, and countries, he chose you?” She was really looking for it from me but I wasn’t going to let her have what she was looking for. I smiled and that shocked her. She stopped walking and turned to Sophie. “Are you for real?” “Stop, Isabelle. That’s my brother’s mate and your Luna. Show some respect or I won’t be held responsible for whatever happens. Whatever happened in the past, just take it out of your mind because nothing is the same anymore. Stop, please,” Sophie said. her friend turned shocking eyes my way before turning back to Sophie.“I haven’t had anything in t
Harlyn “You are wrong. I didn’t change because of your brother. I felt sorry from the moment I realized that I sent the one woman that the Moon goddess made for my brother. I was mean, I am not denying that but even if Harry wasn’t in the picture. I would have still treated you with the respect that Luna deserves.” She answered. I let out a sigh.“Sure, let’s just get the shopping done.” I told her. Even though the mood was off because clearly, I wasn’t friends with any of them and Ava wasn’t talking to Sophie because she wanted to be anywhere but with us. The shopping still went better than I thought and Sophie had a good fashion sense.Everything she picked out for me to try out all looked good on me. hell, they were expensive and I got worried at some point but she told me that my mate said there was no limit to what we could buy. We shopped for everything to build an expensive wardrobe. Did jewelry shopping too.Our last stop was a phone shop which was something that I really n
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