Harlyn
When the guards and the driver dropped me off, it was already dark.“I did you good by picking a hotel, just go in and book a room for the night and then from tomorrow, you can find your way. I should warn you that they are humans as you are currently in human territory. You can barely see any shifters around here,”The driver had said right before he zoomed off into the distance.Even though I wanted to get in another car and drive back to the pack, I couldn’t do it. it would only cause me trouble. If I go back, I might end up being thrown into prison and I didn’t want that. As much as I didn’t know how to interact with humans, I summoned a little courage and looked ahead to see the hotel that the driver had been talking about. I walked towards it in fear. My wolf was still silent, she hadn't spoken since we left the king’s room and not even on the long drive to where we currently were. I understood her but wished she would speak to me. It would be nice to know that I am not completely alone.I walked to the receptionist and told her I wanted a room, my voice sounded hoarse from the crying and it wasn’t the end of my crying. As soon as I got into the room I paid for, I sat down on the floor and cried my eyes out wondering what I did to deserve such an ill fate. I begged the moon goddess to take pity on me and take away my pains but nothing worked. I managed to take a bath and wash the clothes I came in because that's all I had, I wore the hotel robe and went to lay on the bed. The bed reminded me of a bigger bed, the one I had slept in the night before, the same one I thought would be my new bed going forward after my alpha marked me. What a joke it turned out to be. my finger went to where he had marked me. I could still feel a sting but I knew it already healed. I was mated without a mate and carried the smell of the man who rejected me. It brought more tears to my eyes.I fell asleep with tears in my eyes and woke up the next morning still in tears. Nothing could console me when my life was in shambles and I didn’t even know where to start or where to go. I spent the whole day in the hotel room, not like I had anywhere else to go. I didn’t want to interact with humans all that much but I knew I couldn’t hide in the hotel room forever, I needed to find cheap accommodation and not just that, I needed to find a job. But the problem was I didn’t even know where to start. I fucking knew nothing about the human world. Before I started working in the palace, I worked as a maid for one of the influential families in the kingdom and that’s where the queen mother had found me in one of her visits. Those people treated me so badly. When the queen mother had asked me if I would love to work for the palace. I had said yes without even thinking twice. It had turned out to be a good decision until the queen mother had passed away. Before she died. Princess Sophie and her friends were already mean to me but they never took it to the extreme like they started doing after she passed away.“I wish you were still here,”I whispered as tears flowed from my eyes. If she was still alive, I was sure she would never have allowed the alpha king and the princess to treat me the way they did or let them throw me out of the palace with nothing. More tears fell from my eyes as I thought about how I would live from now on.Since I couldn’t bring anything with me, I had nothing on me to start life so I was starting from scratch. I already knew I would never be accepted to any pack so that was out of the picture. If only I could transform, it would have been easier for me to find a new pack. I was submissive and easy to deal with. It would have been so easy but life was never meant to be easy for me and I already accepted that fact. I checked the time and got out of bed. I already checked the hotel menu and their food was too expensive, I couldn’t afford it unless I wanted the money with me to finish soon. I got dressed. I haven’t eaten anything since yesterday and was super hungry. I needed to find a cheaper place to eat. I checked my reflection in the mirror and almost started crying again as I looked so pitiful.“We will be fine,”I heard my wolf say for the first time since we got rejected. Her voice was so tiny I could have missed it if someone else had been in the room with me. She was hurting and still wanted me to know I wasn’t alone.“I don’t know if we will ever be okay, now I can even train to get you out,”I lamented, back at the palace, no one knew it but I used to train myself and we have been working together to find a way for me to transform. We were making progress but now I can’t even do that in human territory. I have read enough about humans to know that my kind would scare them and I might end up in a zoo or something if anyone found out about what I was and I didn’t want that.“Still, we will be fine,”She voiced. I hoped so too even though I had so little faith. My stomach rumbled. I needed to eat as I couldn’t keep starving myself. I took the envelope that the princess had given me and took out some money before keeping the envelope inside the pocket of my skirt. I got out of the hotel room and walked downstairs to the reception. I gave the keys to the receptionist and made my way out of the hotel after asking her where I could get cheaper food. She showed me a place that was a little far from the hotel.It didn’t take long for me to locate the place. There were a good number of people. All humans, the place was loud as hell. I sat down at an empty table. The waiter came over and gave me the menu. I picked rice and beef stew. I waited only ten minutes for my order to arrive and ate in silence. No one seemed to take notice of me or if they did, they didn’t show it. I was used to being ignored so it didn’t bother me at all.After I finished eating, I left there and instead of going back to my hotel directly, I took a walk, trying to get familiar with the place. A lot of people were walking by me and everyone was just doing their own thing without taking note of what others were doing which wasn’t really the case back in the crimson moon pack. Each time I leave the palace, I always have people looking at me weirdly and talking behind my back because they know I am different, they know I don’t have a wolf and some even go as far as making fun of me and calling me weirdo to my face. I shook the thought of the humiliations I went through in the crimson moon out of my head and focused on looking around.Harlyn It was late but people were still walking around. The only place I had a little fear about was the alley I passed when I was looking for a place to eat. Because of that, I retraced my steps and started walking back to the hotel. “Hey, beautiful, want to spend your night in my arms? I promise that I will treat you right,”A drunk-looking man said, stopping me on my track. I tried to avoid him and moved to the other side of the road but he followed me. “Don’t look so scared, I don’t want to hurt you I just want to pleasure you, I know you would love it,”He tried, I looked around and there were few people walking around and the man didn’t really look like he could harm me, he just looked drunk and out of his mind. Plus, he was human. I could tell because I couldn’t feel any kind of divinity in him that I would usually feel to distinguish between humans and shifters. I don’t know how I could tell but I just could. “Why? Don’t you want me to give you pleasure? I promise I will
Bernardo “Fool,”My wolf called out for the hundredth time that day, about one thousand times since I sent our mate away. I agreed that I was a fool. I hadn’t been thinking straight when I told her that I rejected her. how could I be thinking straight and say something like that? I regretted it almost immediately but still, I watched her leave my room in tears. I was an asshole who rejected the one woman that was made for him. “You are more than an asshole, find her,”My wolf growled. “You are not the boss of me,”I argued. I control my animal side because if I don’t, he would take over and do some shits that I would never approve of even though sometimes, he tries to fight me for control like right now. It was a war between the both of us and I wasn’t winning as it stands. I should have gone to see her. I shouldn’t have let her leave my room in tears. Grandma would roll over in her grave if she ever found out what I did to her goddaughter. Yes, before she died, Grandma had told m
Bernardo“But my king,”“Take me to Harlyn,”I let out. but fucker just stood there fidgeting. “What’s going on? Where is her room?”I asked impatiently. I tried to make out her scent but couldn't, which got me worried. “My kingdom, the young maiden hasn’t been in the palace since yesterday,”I stared at him in confusion. What was he talking about, why would she not be in the palace? For as long as I remember, everyone who works in the palace lives within the palace. “Yes, Your Majesty, the princess sent her away according to your command, yesterday, and I was told to find a replacing for her,”He was crazy. He had to be because what nonsense was he even talking about? I never gave any command. “What are you on about? What command? Why would I give a command to the princess?”I asked. “My king, the princess said you asked her to send the maiden away and she left yesterday, she didn’t even get to pack her stuff. No one could say anything because the princess said they were your wo
Harlyn It felt like my head was going to split in two, not just that, I felt like I had been floating and now I was starting to sink. I tried to open my eyes but I couldn’t because I felt like if I did, I would actually die. Also, I felt like if I kept my eyes closed, I could die. It was a war deciding what to do and my headache didn’t help the situation. I tried to remember what happened to me that my head was aching this much. But I couldn’t recall anything and slowly, I let the darkness swallow me again and when I got myself back, I was back in Bernaldo’s room. I looked around, wondering how I ended up in the alpha king’s room and on his bed. I was naked, I sat up just as he walked in. “Bernaldo,”I called out. It was the first time I would ever say his name out loud. I didn’t know what gave me the mind to call out the name of the alpha king and he didn’t look pleased about it. “What are you doing in my bed and why are you still naked?”He yelled at me. I quickly got up and out
Harlyn“Your brother saved me? The Panthers?”I breathed. Unless he was super strong, there was no way he would have faced eight panthers on his own and won but then again, he was an alpha, and alphas were known to be very strong and mostly unbeatable. “He did and I think I should let him explain what had happened because he didn’t really tell me much. He doesn’t speak that much. What’s your name?”She asked. “Harlyn,”I managed to say. She smiled and nodded. “While you speak with Hillan, I will have the chef make something for you. What do you like?”She asked. I didn’t really have anything that I liked, not that I had much choice in what I ate back in Crimson Moon. We always eat whatever the chefs make for the day. I didn’t have any allergies or dislikes. “Anything would do,”I said and looked down at my clothes, I was wearing a robe which meant someone had helped me out of the clothes that I had been wearing last night. Now I wasn’t even sure if everything happened last night.
Harlyn I cried in his arms, feeling sorry for myself as my mind went over everything I went through in the last few days. my life has never been great but it wasn’t as bad as it got the past few days. cried for what I had thought would happen once Bernaldo marked me but didn’t happen. I cried for the only home I knew that I might not be able to go back to. And the kind alpha who saved me and gave me a second chance to live patted my back softly while I cried. “I am sorry, I shouldn’t be crying on you.”I said and pulled away from his arms. “It’s okay, I figured what happened to you must have been bad for you to start crying because I asked. If you don’t want to tell me then you don’t have to. You haven’t eaten for two days, I think you need food,”He said and put some distance between us. I didn’t know him all that much but he was the first person to treat me like a normal person for the longest time. “Thank you, for saving me and for letting me stay with you. I promise, I will be
Harlyn“Thank you,”I whispered and took the spoon he held to me. My stomach rumbled for the lack of food. I took a spoonful of the rice and also took from the soup. I was so hungry that I didn’t stop eating until I finished the full bowl of rice that was given to me. “Do you want more?”Hillan asked when I finished eating. He watched me eat. I don’t know how I was even able to swallow with him watching me. I guess I was too hungry to think about that. “No, I am full, thank you for the food and for letting me stay here. For saving me. Heck, I have a lot of things to thank you for,”I said. “We are cool. Now, we need to go say hi to my mom and dad, especially my mom,”Hillan said and I nodded. I knew it was rude of me not to acknowledge her greetings and friendliness earlier. “Thank you for the food,”I called out to the chef who waved at me before Hillan reached for my hand again and we both exited the kitchen. “Mom, Dad? Helen? She wants to say hi,”Hillan called out when we got
Harlyn “Stop making things up, all I said was I am going to send the helicopter to the healer’s house if she doesn’t wake up,”He said. The fact that he thought of doing something like that for me even though he didn’t know anything about me just showed me how much of a kind alpha he was. The only kind of wolf that she should be an alpha. Someone who cares about everyone whether they can shift or not. “You didn’t trust me,”Helen chirped. “Well, do you blame me? You have a medical license to handle humans, not shifters. “I don’t shift,”I said in a low voice but they heard me anyway and all eyes turned in my direction. “That doesn’t make you any less of a shifter, darling,”It was their Dad that spoke. “In our pack, every shifter is welcome. It doesn’t matter if you shift or not. You are one of us and you will be treated as one of us. I don’t know what happened to you but know that you have a place here in Orange Moon.”He told me. “Thank you, sir,”I said. “Would you look at