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 I bucked my hips again eliciting the most delicious growl from him. He lavished all his attention on my clit, licking, sucking with varied intensity. Building that hot all-consuming sensation inside of me. my thighs quivered, and every nerve in my body lit up. all it took was the brush of his sharp canine against my most sensitive part and I came undone.Star-lights burst behind my eyes as I convulsed beneath him but he didn't let up. his fingers continued to plunge in and out of me and he licked, sucked, and fucked my clit, building my orgasm. I don’t think it ever ended yet I could feel the pressure building. My muscles coiled with a tension that needed to be released.The next explosion came so fast and powerful. It felt like I was dying but of pleasure. I gasp, trying to catch my breath. He finally came up for air and had a smug and satisfied smile on his face. He didn’t stop for a moment, just pushed me further into the bed and came on top of me. claiming my lips with hi
Harlyn “Sure, I will do that once I arrive. I can’t believe your mate’s family members are the ones against him. Don’t they know the importance of family? I can’t imagine our aunts and uncles hurting each other. Our family have lived together for decades and still care about each other.” “Maybe because there’s no throne to fight for.” I said even though I knew that wasn’t a good excuse.“We have treasures, fortunes that go way back to centuries ago. We have generational wealth too yet no one is fighting.” “Tell me about our family's generational wealth.” I said with interest and Helaine laughed before diving into a story that got us talking for hours on the phone. I didn’t even realize how much time had passed until Bernardo walked back into our room looking worn out and ready to crash for the night.“Laine, I have to go. His majesty is back.” I told Laine who made a face that made me smile.“Are you picking your mate over me right now? I am your sister. Your blood. We met in th
Harlyn“It doesn’t matter.” I told Laine.“I know. It doesn’t. You will be just as gorgeous. Wait, even more gorgeous. Once the pregnancy glow hits you, you will be more breathtaking. I should watch out for my brother-in-law.” I laughed at her words and she laughed too. We both went silent and just stared wordlessly at each other for a minute before she spoke again.“I went to see our relatives and we talked about you. They are all so eager to meet you.” Same. I want to meet them too. All of them. I wanted them to hug me and welcome me into the family.“Me too.” I told her.“I found out something from our aunt and would like to try it out once I arrive back at the kingdom.” Helaine told me.“What?” “Triplet power. Apparently, the birthmarks that we carry aren't just there for fancy. Something is supposed to happen when we join hands in the right order.” I stared at her with interest.“In order?” She nodded.“Yes, in the order that we came out of mom’s womb. Harry, me and you.
HarlynI don’t know how long I slept after Bernardo left me in our room but when I woke up, it was lunch time so I had lunch alone in our room and then went right back to bed. I felt exhausted and knew it was a result of the strength I used to heal that bastard.I fell asleep again only after a few minutes on the bed and woke up to my phone ringing loudly. I reached for it and picked it up without looking. I placed my phone on my ear and almost lost the ability to hear when Helaine shouted out my name.“It's a video call. Move your phone away from your ear, your majesty.” I sat up immediately and rubbed my eyes to clear the sleep off.“Hi, Laine.” “Hi sleepy.” She greeted me back. She was wearing a lab coat which took off immediately. She looked so much like me that for a moment, I thought I was staring at myself. Even her smile. “That’s us!” My wolf chirped in. glad, I wasn’t the only one who thought so. It must be the sleep getting into my head. Laine went off the screen and t
Bernardo “I can’t imagine my father’s brother or his children fighting me for my position as alpha either.” Hillan added.“I can. My father’s brother almost killed my parents. If not for our Luna, he would have succeeded.” Damien chirped in, reminding me of the good deed Harlyn had done for his family. I smiled proudly.“That’s fucking sad,” Harry said and both Damien and I nodded in agreement. It was sad because families are supposed to have each other’s back. I wanted so much for my family to be that way. That's why I did my best to keep a close relationship with Sean and his family but that turned out to be my biggest mistake.“Guys! I think we should take a break. You guys go to your mates and have a good time and we will come back tomorrow, refreshed and ready to hatch out a plan to end things fast and clean so that we can go back to our normal life.” Hillan suggested. It was a nice idea so I nodded in agreement and then felt bad when I remembered that he didn’t have a mate
Bernardo“Bastard,” He was truly a bastard in many ways. How could he be so ruthless? My grandmother took care of him after his own mom passed away. My father became alpha king because he was more deserving. It was a unanimous decision and not because they stole anything from him.I still couldn’t bring myself to accept that that bastard killed my grandmother after everything she did for him. Lyn told me how disrespectful he had been towards her from the beginning.“Hey yo! King!” Hillan’s voice brought me out of my thoughts. I gazed at him in confusion wondering what he told me. He snapped his finger in my face as if to wake me up.“What?” “Where are you? Why are you glaring at the screen? We can go check it out if you want.” Hillan suggested. I shook my head. We have been through enough today already. No need to rush into some hideout without plans.“Is Theo still coming over?” I asked, remembering that the witch had said earlier that Theo was heading back to the Crimson Moon.
Bernardo“What do you mean why? You are the king of the Crimson Moon and you got shit to do.”“Yeah? But I am your mate and I got shit to do here.”I said pointing from myself to her.“Whatever you want to do with me can wait. The kingdom needs its king during the day. I will take the nights for now.”Wow, I couldn’t believe her.“What if I don’t want to leave you? After what happened, I don’t feel okay leaving you on your own.”She sneered at me.“I am not a baby and what happened before won’t happen again. You have a lot on your plate. The sooner you are done; the sooner we can spend more time together without you worrying. I am doing this for myself. Small sacrifice for the bigger enjoyment. I love you.”She added the last part and I couldn’t argue.“You are literally driving me away and doing it lovingly that I can’t even say no.”“You are right. Now go be king. I love you.”She brought my face close to hers and kissed me. I let her kiss me for a while before I took over and kisse
Bernardo“Bern,”Harlyn whispered my name. I looked at her, my only reason for still being sane after everything that I had just heard from her. If she wasn’t with me. If not for her presence. If I had been hearing the things I heard from her from someone else, I would have lost my sanity.Heck, I wouldn’t have even believed those words if they came from someone else. The fact that he was so fucking close to me. We ate together, we did things together for years and all those times, he was plotting to take over.No, even before I was born, he was already plotting. From the moment he found out he wasn’t going to be the next alpha king after my grandfather, he started plotting. His plans worked. At least halfway. He took out my father and many other pack members just to get what he wanted.If Harlyn hadn’t come into my life. If I had let her go and stubbornly not tried to look for her, I would probably have died, and not just me. Every member of my family would have faced the same fate.
HarlynDenial.That was the emotion he settled for. He didn’t want to believe it and I really wanted to tell him that I was mistaken but I wasn’t. Sean said it himself and I saw the flashes of his plans too and how he went about it.“I am sorry, Bern.”I told him when I saw how the news affected him. He shook his head and held my hand again.“It’s not your fault. It's just that, I never thought he would go that far. Grandma didn’t like him. I was the one who went out of my way to get them to meet. I should have listened to her. She raised him. She knew him and yet I didn’t listen and because of me, he got close to her. Close enough to do something to her.”He lamented bitterly. I hugged him, wanting to give him all my strength and take away his pain.“It’s not your fault.”I tried to console him but he wasn’t having it.“You know damn well that it was.”“No, it wasn’t. I am sure he would have found another way. He had his eyes set on her and everyone in the royal family who wasn’t on
Harlyn I woke in a bed. I jerked up in fear. Two strong arms wrapped around me, holding me in place and I almost screamed out in fear until I heard Bernardo's voice.“Lyn, hey. It’s me, don’t be scared.”He told me and I breathed out in relief as the event that happened a while ago came rushing back to me. I fell asleep inside the helicopter and must have missed our landing. He must have carried me back to our bedroom.I didn’t get any sleep last night after what those bastards had knocked me out with fazed off. I leaned into Bernardo, feeling relieved that I was no longer in that place. His warm arms wrapped around me reassuringly. I felt safe in his arms and closed my eyes again letting the familiar feel of him envelop and surrender me.“Bern.”I whispered his name after a while. I have so much to tell him about the things I found out from Sean but I don’t even know where to start from. Where would I start listing the things that evil losers did? There was so much that he should be