HarlynI made my way towards the room I shared with Bernardo because I saw him get back on the helicopter and watched the helicopter leave again so I knew I would have the room to myself. It was past four am in the morning and I didn’t want to disturb my sister nor did I want her to see me crying.I closed the door behind me and dropped to the ground and let the tears flow. I felt sad and angry. We have been together for more than a month now and still, we couldn’t talk or disagree on something without fighting.This fight wasn’t my fault. I just wanted to know why Bernardo had bad thoughts about Hillan. He refused to let me know what he met by what he had thought and shut me out of his head. I hated that we were fighting but I couldn’t let him paint Hillan as a villain. No way did he think Hillan wasn’t showing his true self. The man literally saved me when he didn’t have to.He gave me a home even though it was only for a week. He was the first person that showed me kindness after
Harlyn “Fine, don’t tell me.” I said and he laughed. Nothing changed. I still felt just as comfortable with him as always. His tone didn’t sound different and he still had his sense of humor so Bernardo was out of his mind for thinking Hillan would be a villain.“Why did you call me?” He asked me.“Nothing, Bernardo is away and I just wanted to hear your voice. Do you have a problem with that?” I asked him.“Not at all. I am glad you can call me whenever you feel like it. Don’t worry, when I return, I will give you a present.” He promised.“I will wait. Take care of yourself and don’t find a woman while you are there.” I warned him. I didn’t want him to come back taken. I wanted him for my sister. He would be the perfect man for her.“Why? Do you have a woman ready for me?” “Hmm, what if I say yes?” I responded. There was a moment of silence.“I don’t want a woman right now. The only woman I want can’t be mine and I am okay with that. Don’t worry about me.” I don’t know why h
Harlyn“Are you sure that we are going in the right direction?” Harry asked, I resisted the urge to roll my eyes because it wasn’t the first time that he asked the question. He has asked more than three times already. Helaine warned me that he was good at playing around and I shouldn’t take his goofy questions seriously. “Harry, shut up and drive. The GPS says we are in the right direction. We should have left you at the palace with your mate.” Helaine scolded. It took a lot of effort to get Harry to separate from his mate. We initially wanted to surprise but he kept saying no to our offers so we had to spill why we wanted him to come with us. He finally agreed when he found out and offered to drive.We took one of the king’s cars. I didn’t bother to call him to ask for permission, if he has a problem with me using the car then he should take it up with me when I get back. I waited to hear from him or Damien before my siblings and I left the palace but neither one of them was back
Harlyn “It’s okay, Lyn, you were just a child then. You don’t have to force yourself to remember.” She assured me.“Yes, she’s right. We barely have any memories of our mom. If we didn’t find her diary and if our relatives didn’t show us her photos, we would probably have forgotten what she looked like too.” Harry added. We strolled together to the front door. Whoever has been taking care of the house must have been really dedicated because everywhere was clean and even looked like someone recently tended to it.“Here goes nothing.” Harry said and inserted the key into the front door. It worked at once and he pushed the huge door open.“Whoa.” Helaine said, we both looked at each other. Harry stepped in first before beckoning us to do the same. The first thing we noticed was the huge family frame on the wall of the entrance. “Our mom and dad.” Helaine whispered. We were still holding hands. I looked at my mom. I have seen her from the photo Helaine had shown me but she looked m
Harlyn “What do you think happened to them?” Helaine asked, for the first time since we met yesterday, she sounded sad and emotional. I could feel myself tearing up too just looking at the room my father had set up over twenty years ago. Frozen in time. It was an emotional sight to behold because it just showed that my parents wanted our family to be together but they couldn’t stay together for reasons that we still have no idea about.Seeing photos of me from when I was literally a baby, knowing that I once knew the love of my father and once had a mother who constantly thought of me but couldn’t be with me made me teary.“Whatever happened, they clearly hated being away from each other.” Harry responded. I wish we would be able to find a clue, anything that would lead us to know what happened and why it all happened. I don’t know but I couldn’t stop the feeling that everything is connected somehow, the reason our parents separated, the reason my Dad and Bernardo’s father were k
Harlyn“What did you find?” I asked when I got to the room but I didn’t see her or even Harry. “We are in here.” Helaine called out from within the photo room. I entered and looked around only to find that there was a hidden door. “What’s this place?” I asked when I got in. Helaine had her phone light on but the place was still relatively dark so I turned on my touch too.“A secret room.” Helaine said. I already knew it was a secret room but I wondered why there was a secret room inside the photo room of all places.“How did you open it?” I questioned. Harry was too busy looking around so I only had Helaine to answer my question. “I moved the big portrait and saw a push sign. I pushed and viola.” She explained.“I found something.” Harry said. We both looked at him. He waved something at us.“What’s that?” I asked and walked towards him. “A recorder. Not just that. There’s a bunch of papers in here too. Plus, that safe over there, I think there’s something in it. I will o
Harlyn “I promised that I would give this to you guys when you grow up but I don’t think I will be here by then. I am so sorry that I couldn’t bring our family back together.” Our dad said. He sounded like he had been crying. “This might be the last one. I enjoyed leaving these notes even though it got really sad. I wanted our family back together and was working hard to get that to happen. Alpha even promised to lift the ban on vampires for that to happen but they keep coming at him. They don’t want him on the throne. They keep trying to take him out and now we are going to war.” Dad’s voice broke. Helaine looked at me in shock. I nodded. “The alpha king wants me to step back and leave the kingdom but I can’t do that. It’s my job to protect the Crimson Moon from intruders and I refuse to back down so I am going to fight to the end. Even if it means I won’t get what I want the most. To be with my family.” His voice broke again and a sob escaped from me. I covered my mouth
BernardoI heard Harry’s words before the line went dead and I panicked. Whatever he found out must have been bad for him to sound so angry.I quickly dialed Harlyn’s number again.“Please, please pick up.”I let out, pacing around the room I was using as my temporary office since Sean bugged my main office“Harlyn, you and your siblings should come back to the palace.”I let out as soon as she took the call. I couldn’t let Harry act on his anger and approach my uncle. I will deal with him myself. I didn’t want to get Zeta Ross' children involved in the fight against my enemies. It was bad enough that I got Harlyn involved. “We are trying to get Harry to listen but he is angry and he won’t tell us what he saw. Only that your uncle is the reason our parents separated and the reason our fathers died.”Harlyn explained. I clenched my hand in a fist.“Give him the phone.”I told her. I heard her telling her brother who wasn’t ready to listen at first but he soon did.“Your majesty.”I le