Bernardo “I am not just another alpha. I am king. I am royalty,”I growled.“Just because you are royalty doesn’t make you any more than the rest of us alphas, have some respect, Bernardo”He warned. Not the one who is trying to steal my woman asking me to respect him, where was the respect when he brought a woman who already carried the mark of her mate to his pack? He wasn’t the one to be talking about respect and I wasn’t leaving until Harlyn came with me. She belongs to Crimson Moon and even though she doesn't feel welcomed now, I had plans of making her the most respected woman in the kingdom.“Have some respect? You are trying to steal my woman,”I fired at him.“No, I am not trying to steal your woman, I saved her, know the difference,”He responded. That got me and I unclenched my fist and sat up.“Save her? From who?”I asked, I was never one to fear but with Harlyn I have become a little weak, resulting in the fear. Here I was, mad at Hillan but what I hadn’t done was stop

Harlyn I couldn’t believe Bernardo was standing in front of me. Neither could I believe that he came because he wanted me back and what was even more crazy about the whole thing was that I wasn’t going crazy after all. The crazy man found a way to get in my head. All the times I thought I was hallucinating; it had been him. He somehow, I don’t know how but he got into my head. I tried to push him out and it worked. But I could tell that it was only going to work for a short while. I didn’t know what he did to me. “Why can you hear my thoughts?”I fired at him. He tried to come near me again but I raised my hands up to stop him. I didn’t want him near me because I was scared that I might give in if he touched me. I already made a fool of myself by being worried for him when Hillan had hit him. I should have let Hillan throw him out. Instead, I let him leave us to talk. I had nothing to say to Bernardo. “But you wanted him to come back,”My wolf chirped. She didn’t even hold a grudge

Bernardo The drive to the hotel where I was to stay until I could get Harlyn back with me was hell of moody. I was in a foul mood and it was all of my own making. I kept reminding myself that this was all happening to me because I let it happen. I was to blame for everything. Did I really expect Harlyn to just accept me back? Of course, she wasn’t going to just take me back after how I treated her. I got in her head for a few minutes after I left Hillan’s mansion only to hear her stay the reason she didn’t want to take me back. She was scared. Scared that I might get tired of her and send her away again. I needed to find a way to make her know that I would never do something like that again. that it was a mistake I had no intention of repeating. I may have failed to win her back today but I will not give up like that. I am never going to give her up and I told Hillan just as much. Hillan was a better man than I thought. He was kind of understanding after he got over the initial shoc

Harlyn“That’s the whole point, there was supposed to be something here and now there is nothing, you did it,” She let out turning away from me again and talking to my mirror.“JULIA!”I was forced to yell. She turned to me with the biggest smile ever. “I knew you were special. from the moment I saw you. I knew you were special. I can’t believe Bernardo thought it was okay to throw someone like you out. he must have been out of his mind,”She said, yeah, even Bernardo had said he had been out of his mind when he did what he did. “Now you are scaring me. What did I do? Why am I special? I don’t see myself as special though. Maybe weird but definitely not special. Special would be me having some kind of powers but I don’t have any power. I am stuck here without a wolf. sorry, I have a wolf, she just doesn’t want to surface,”I pointed out.“That’s what I am trying to say, baby, you got special powers.”Julia said. I shook my head, clearly, the alcohol that she had taken at the party

Harlyn “Well, that explains why you can’t do it yet. Once you mark him back, the ritual will be complete and the mate bond will be unbreakable. If you had marked him that night, he might not have been able to reject you,”She explained. “I didn’t know. everything happened so fast,”“It’s not your fault. Whoa, I wish I could find my true mate too,”She said wistfully. “I am sure you will find your mate soon,”I said.“I doubt, I am thirty now, I have been looking since I turned eighteen and no one is coming. I feel like my brother and I are mates. We have a twin bond and even though we can read each other’s thoughts, we definitely have a bond.”She said, They definitely had a strong bond because they sometimes finished each other’s sentences. “I am sure you will find him soon,”I repeated. “Well, let’s put me aside for now and talk about you. See, Harlyn, I know Bernardo was stupid and damn wrong for what he did to you but if you guys are real true mates then he must have realized