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“Hey, ladies.” She announced as she made her way towards Sophie and I. While I stood where I was wondering how best to act, Sophie ran towards her older sister and hugged her close. I watched them greet each other and felt a pang of jealousy. I shook it off and focused on watching the sisters.They were years apart. If I remember correctly the older princess celebrated her fortieth birthday a couple of months ago so she was at least seventeen years older than the young princess but seeing them like this, they felt so close in age.“And who do we have here? The Luna who has been making waves even without officially becoming the Luna yet.” Leah announced, turning her attention to me. I felt shy because of the attention and how her smile widened when she looked at me.“Good day, your majesty.” I greeted. She laughed. “Your majesty? I am just a princess and a beta’s wife. You are Luna. If you call me your majesty then how am I supposed to address you?” She asked, her smile no
BernardoHer silence after I told her what I wanted almost made me uncomfortable. For a moment, she didn’t have any thought that I almost thought she kicked me out of her head but then I heard her intake of breath.“Bern, you don’t have to be jealous of that. We can be friends. You are my mate. Of course, we can be friends too. Hilan can’t compare. I don’t want you to ever feel like we can’t be friends.” She sounded like she was scolding me. and honestly, I should be scolded. I was in a meeting and currently tuned out of the meeting and in my mate’s head. all day, I thought of her and spied in her head and each time, she was busy with something or smiling about something. Even though there was a moment when I wanted to get back in my helicopter, drive to where she was, and give Sophie's friend a piece of my mind, my baby handled it well by herself.“Bern??” I heard her call out.“Yes, baby?” I asked.“Now that you know we can be friends, can you give me Hilan’s contact? I know y
HarlynI don’t know for how long the call with Hilan lasted but when I lifted my head, I saw Bernardo in the room with me. I didn’t even know when he got in and how long he had been there watching me. “Lan, I have to go. I will call you some other time.”I told him and hurriedly ended the call. I got up from the bed and stared at my mate who had an unreadable expression. I went over my conversation with Hilan trying to figure out if I did or said anything inappropriate while we spoke but I couldn’t remember doing anything out of normal. We had a normal conversation and mostly spoke about my soon-to-be Luna position.Hilan assured me that everything would work out fine and that I had the best mate. Which was shocking since they were rivals before I came into the picture. I thanked him again for saving me and made him promise to come for my Luna coronation day. I don’t know when it will be yet but I wanted him to be there and he assured me that he would be.“Bern. When did you arrive?”
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