Bernardo “Where is Harlyn?” I let out. He looked at me in confusion. “I don’t know, I came out because I heard the commotion. What happened?” He looked genuinely confused and that meant he didn’t know where she was. I let him go and turned away, trying and failing to calm myself down. Harlyn is missing. Something happened to her. I shouldn’t have left her alone.“She is missing, I can’t find her anywhere.” I told Hillan. The set of guards I sent to the gates came back and I rushed to them. “What did they say?” I yelled at them. “She left the palace in one of the royal cars. They let her pass because it was her majesty.” “That’s it? So where is she now?” I yelled at him and pushed him. She left in a car? To where? Why would she leave her phone behind? “Ben calm down. We aren’t going to get anywhere with you shouting at everyone. Maybe she went to get something.” I turned to Hillan and had to resist the urge to rush at him and punch him hard in the face. Did he not know the
Bernardo“So, you are telling me that you have no idea where my mate could be? That you don’t have a hand in what happened to Harlyn? I swear to the moon goddess that you w---“ “For fuck sake, I don’t fucking know what you are talking about, why are you bitching about her when you failed to protect her? Isn’t it your job to keep her safe? Why would I take her when I can’t even use her right now?” He yelled at me. Right, he couldn’t have taken her. There was no way but those who worked for him might have done it to gain favors from him. That could be it. They might have taken her without telling him and they might plan to call him soon. “If you find out anything, call me.” I told him even though I knew damn well that he would never call me. His laugh after I spoke pissed me off so much but I held myself back.“Do you really think that I would do something like that? I might not know where she is right now but I am glad they got her away from you. You don’t deserve her. You don’t de
TheoI wanted to laugh in his face. If I knew where his mate was, I would have had a good time laughing at him right now. I could feel the tension and the fear in his voice. It’s the first time ever that I have sensed any kind of fear in the bastard and I honestly wanted to capitalize on it but I don’t know where she could be.I haven’t called anyone from the Crimson Moon or interacted with anyone at that. I have been locked up in my room, trying to come up with a plan. A way to win against the bastard.“If I find out that you had anything to do with this, I w—“ “Oh shut the fuck up. You can’t do anything. You can’t even find your mate. What can you fucking do?” I fired at him and laughed when he went silent. Ha, I should have thought of this. I should have fucking thought of taking her away from him. She was all I needed to get him to submit and I missed the opportunity.I didn’t know that he loved her so much. If I knew, I would have used her. That’s why I had people everywhere,
TheoI had the worst childhood and it’s all because of the loser who was my father. He used to punish me so fucking much for little things until I stood up for myself after I shifted for the first time and he never touched me again. Since then, I refused to take orders from him. I gave out orders and his job was to listen.“If you hear what I have done, you will thank me.” He said and that got my attention. Could it be? Really? Could it be him? It would be so much easier if it was him.“What did you do?” I asked him. I didn’t want to get my hopes up. For all I know, it could be the most basic thing ever. The loser never does anything right. “I got her.” My heart skipped a beat at his words. He got her. There was only one her that I am interested in right now. If he really has her then I might actually look at him with a little respect. “Who? Who is her?” I asked, I did my best to act as uninterested as possible. I know my father, if he senses my desperation, he would use it agai
HarlynI knew immediately I opened my eyes that something wasn’t right. It took a while for me to adjust to the darkroom I was in. I felt weak and out of it. I couldn’t figure out where I was and how I got there. Not to mention that, my hands were tied. That was my first clue.I tried to remember what happened but was hit with a banging headache that drove me crazy. I shook my head and closed my eyes. The room I was in was pretty dark so closing my eyes didn’t make any difference.“Don’t panic.”I whispered to myself and tightened my eyes. It slowly started to come back and I started panicking. I remember getting into the car with those guards because one of them told me that my mate got hurt. And then that bastard covered my mouth and nose with something that made me pass out. I can’t remember anything that happened after that. “Bern.”I whispered and tried to connect our mind link like earlier but it was so silent. It was worse than before. I couldn’t even feel his presence at all.
Harlyn“You killed her!” I yelled at him and that made him laugh even more. I hated it. I felt angry but my anger wasn’t enough. I wanted to break free of the chains that were holding me but I couldn’t break free. I felt so helpless and hopeless and I really hated it so fucking much.“How could you do something like that? How could you have been so wicked? You killed your own brother and your mother!” I yelled at him. Yes, she didn’t birth him but I knew she raised him. She raised both of them. Both the former king and this murderer caused so much pain to the royal family.“What do you even know? What? Mother? That whore wasn’t a mother to me, I never once saw her as my mother. She ruined my family and stole my place in my father’s life. She didn’t stop there, she stole my throne.” “She didn’t steal anything from you! You didn’t get the throne because you didn’t deserve it!” I yelled at him. I didn’t know the full story but I am damn sure the elders then saw through him and knew t
Harlyn“Who told you that I am here to ask for your permission? You will do as I say if you don’t want trouble for the people who you care about. I mean, there’s a lot of them. From your vampire siblings to that stupid traitor to his sister who is mated to Damien who stupidly refused to accept my offer.” He let out. Wow, I didn’t even know he tried to make Damien an offer. Knowing Damien, he might have kept it a secret even from Bernardo.“Why did you ever think that the alpha king’s best friend will betray him?” I questioned.“Right, I was stupid to offer twice. I did the same for your loser father but he chose to die with that bastard just like Damien has chosen to die with your mate. Too bad, because he has something that would help in building the kingdom that I want.” The kingdom he wanted.“You still want the throne too? You are not doing this for your son but for yourself?” I shouldn’t be surprised. I should have expected it but I was still surprised. I mean, the signs were
Bernardo“What the fuck do I pay you all for if you can’t find my mate?” I couldn’t believe it. Hours later and no one still had an idea where my mate could be. The whole fucking security team, the deltas, and everyone else were useless. Why do I even invest so much in security when they can’t even do their job? One woman, no one could find one woman in a car with two fucking losers.The two losers that have been identified and their photos sent out to the various divisions. Still, nothing. No one knows where they could have taken her. It was as if she just disappeared. There’s no trace of the car that took her or the idiots who kidnapped her. Nothing. I had a terrible night. Didn’t sleep at all neither did Hillan, Harry, and Damien. Every one of us has been trying to track her down but nothing has shown up.Last night, all through the night, we tried. Damien has done everything and is still doing everything. He didn’t step away from his system all through the night. It was as if a
Harlyn “You are not going to blame yourself for this, too. Tell me how you think you were supposed to know that your traitorous cousin got the power to shift souls. I can’t believe that that’s even a real sentence.’ I let out. It was still so unbelievable to me. “He told me, and I took his words for granted. I should have known. I should have had an idea.” I moved closer to him and made him look at me. “You are blaming yourself for something that you had no control over. How were you supposed to know that he was literally going to cheat death? You didn’t know! Stop blaming yourself!” I let out in a commanding voice that I have only used a few times and like those other times I used it, it worked. His face cleared up immediately. The guilty look gone in a twinkle of an eye. My gaze softened then I leaned forward and kissed the side of his face. “You are doing well, Bern. I don’t think anyone else will ever outdo you. You have so many people who look up to you and admire t
Harlyn “You won’t believe the fun I had today,” I said in excitement and practically threw myself at Bernardo, who dutifully and lovingly wrapped his arms around me. I wasn’t kidding when I said I had fun today because I did. I have never had a girl’s girls-only date before. To be fair, I haven’t been on a lot of dates. I can count by hand how many dates I have been to, and most of them were with my mate. Today, I experienced what it was like to have good and beautiful women around me. It was fun from the moment we all got into the vehicle that took us to Sophie’s mansion. Every second we spent there was well spent, and by the time we got back into the vehicle to leave, we were all a hundred times closer to the point that we created a group chat. I even added Julia, even though she wasn’t on the date with us. She was one of us, too, and I know she won’t miss our next date, which we were already planning. “I am glad you had fun. I missed you today.” Bernardo told me. I s
Bernardo “That will do, it will also give me time to gather everyone.” I told him. “Yeah, also, you should rule out everyone older. Like fifty and above. Octavia said that knowing Theo, he won’t choose someone who will easily get tired. We should be looking at young people between the ages of eighteen to thirty-five. Preferably males. That bastard had a hate boner for women and saw them as beneath him, so there’s no way he chose a woman.” That bastard. He has always been mean to women and was known to treat them poorly, even though I warned him so many times. “You are right, he might not have intended it, but he has made it easier to catch him. His hate for women will be the end of him even in death.” I let out. “Yes, I agree. Good thing no woman has to suffer the fate of being possessed by that demon. Anyway, I will bring Octavia. You just make sure not to tell Harlyn, I don’t want her to worry.” I have agreed with everything Hillan has said until now, but I am not going
Bernardo “Octavia did try to explain to me as much as she could on the phone, and I will explain to you too.” “I am listening. I need to know because it doesn’t make any sense to me right now. How can he cheat death like that?” I asked him. “The spell he might have used is an old spell that witches were taught for centuries to protect themselves, just in case they are in some danger that they can’t escape from. According to Octavia, it has helped them live longer than any other breed. Well, she kind of taught Theo the spell when she thought they were in love. Just to keep him safe because he told her about the danger that he was facing.” Wow, I didn’t know what to say. “So, she taught him, and now he is out there somewhere within the pack, and there’s no way we can identify him?” I let out. I didn’t want to overthink things or get mad but I couldn’t stop myself from feeling enraged. Just when I thought we were finally free from him. just when I thought my kingdom and I fin
Bernardo “What are you talking about, Hil—“ “I am talking about your cousin Theo.” He said even before I finished asking him the question. His answer made me even more confused because he knew that Theo was no more. I made sure to update him right after Theo and Sean were taken out. “Hillan, Theo was beheaded two days ago.” I reminded him just in case he forgot. “Yeah, I know, but we are not over him yet! Remember what he said to you before he passed?” Yes, I didn’t even need to think. I remember what he told me, and I also remembered telling him that whatever plans he had for me in the future, I would defeat him. Hillan was making it look like a major emergency. I already had plans in place. Already spoken to the right people, no one sent by Theo will ever be able to get into the Crimson Moon, not to talk of being able to do harm to anyone. “I remember everything, but that’s not even an emergency. I already told you that I will handle it.” I let out. “Yes, will you j
Bernardo “I can’t believe we are stuck here together while our mate and the others have fun.” My wolf grumbled for an uncountable amount of time today. I have totally lost count of how many times he has grumpily reminded me that my mate was having fun today with my siblings and I couldn’t be there with her. No, it wasn’t because I didn’t want to or because I couldn’t skip work to be with them but because they said it was a girls’ only gathering and none of the guys were invited. Not even Leah's baby was invited. I found some peace knowing that I wasn’t the only one missing my mate. Surely, the others were missing their mates too, especially Harry. I saw him watching the girls leave the palace and honestly, I could tell that he wanted to pull Sophie back and hide her away. Good for Sophie, she found her Mr. Perfect. I do hope my other siblings find their mates too. I smiled when my phone buzzed with a text from Harlyn. It was a selfie. They decided to have the girls’ only day at
Harlyn “It’s good to have every one of the royal family here today, I can’t remember the last time we were all in the same room together and now here we are. What’s more, we have very important new additions to the family.” Bernardo said with so much excitement in his voice. He reached for my hand and pulled me towards the table with him. I greeted the others and they said hi back. It was pretty noisy in the room with everyone saying hi and getting introduced but I loved the noisiness. It was refreshing in a lot of ways. The room was bubbling with so much love and excitement. Even while we ate breakfast, everyone just kept talking and there was no end to our conversations. It was so easy for us to communicate. It felt like we had all known each other for a long time. Okay, yes, I may have known the royal family for a very long time but I only saw them from afar and never thought of them as nice people who are easy to talk to. Now, they were all my family too and treated both me a
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