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
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
Harlyn“You finally showed up, I thought you were really going to take the whole day off.”Damien said when we walked into Bernardo's office.“Oh Luna, you came too?”I smiled and waved at him.I never said that I was taking the day off, I just said that I wouldn’t rush to the office. I deserve a break don’t I?”He asked Damien while walking me further into his office. I haven’t been here since the renovation after what happened with Sean. I can’t believe this was where it all really started. Thank Goddess that he called me into his office that day. Even if I hated meeting that uncle of his, the meeting still helped expose him.“Thank goodness that you are here because I was about to take over your office and make new laws for Crimson Moon. Your assistant has been looking at me funny all morning.”Damien said just as Bernardo’s assistant walked in. he bowed to the king and me.“Is that my schedule for today? Why does it look so fucking scary? I told you to use a tablet! I hate seeing
Harlyn “Let them, I mean, it’s not like I did anything wrong. It’s better than being an orgy king.” I burst out laughing. I couldn’t stop myself. Did he get a lot funnier or am I just too blinded by love to think straight? Either way, I love this side of us. Glad we can make jokes about everything. My eyes met the staff and I realized I laughed at something he said through our mind link which made me laugh awkwardly. “Are you really going to keep talking about that orgy thing?” I thought as he pulled me along with him out of the dining room. “Yes, for as long as I live it will haunt me and I will haunt you with it.” I shook my head at him. “Okay, you can do what you want but just know that they are still going to tell on you.” I reminded him. “And I said that I don’t mind. If not, I would have had them sent to the dungeon and threatened with being beheaded if what happened ever gets out.” I stopped walking and stared at him. “What?” He asked out loud as if he didn’t just
Harlyn “Good morning my beautiful Luna.” I smiled when I heard the familiar voice. For the first time in a long time, I woke up to my mate in bed with me. His morning voice was the first thing I heard in the morning and I can’t remember the last time it happened. It made me emotional. “You are still here.” I whispered and blinked to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. Usually, he would be out of bed before I woke up and out doing his kingly duties. “Yes, I am still here. I have a lot to do today but I don’t feel like leaving our bed yet. There’s no need to rush. Did you sleep well?” He asked and kissed me on the forehead and that also made me emotional. Morning kisses. I get forehead kisses in the morning again. It felt refreshing in a lot of ways. “I slept better than I have in a while and it feels extra good to have you here with me. I can’t remember the last time I woke up to you in bed. One of the many cons of fucking the king.” He frowned at my choice of words. “Fucking?” He
Harlyn “I did? I don’t feel like I did anything, your sister did all the work. I only gave orders.” Here he goes again, downplaying what he has done. We were really made for each other since we are very good at downplaying what we do. I wasn’t about to let him get away with doing it this time. I placed a finger over his lips. “Don’t say that. You did well today and I am super proud of you.” I told him in a firm voice that left no room for disagreement. He smiled and nodded. Then he let out a sigh and finally set me down. He didn’t let me go completely. His arms remained wrapped around me while we both stared at each other. I reached and caressed his face. He looked so drained. “Have you eaten?” I asked him. he nodded. “I ate with Damien. He is very good at keeping me in check. Also, he said you might kill him if you find out about what he let me do. I told him that I would snitch.” Even tiredness didn’t take away the funny side of him. I love that for him and me. “What did he