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 make you come so hard that you will forget your name,”He went on, trying to invade my personal space, I tried to push him out of the way but he was persistent“I am sorry, please ignore him, he is drunk and out of his mind,”Another man said, coming to get the man who was trying to get me before I could say anything. I bowed to him and walked away from the both of them as fast as I could. I didn’t realize just how far I walked away from the hotel area until I started walking back and the further that I walked, the fewer people I saw, and soon, it was just me walking in the dark streets. I started walking faster and looking behind my back at first, there was nothing out of place but then I could suddenly feel someone behind me, I increased my pace, thinking it might be the drunk man but when I looked back, there was no one there. I continued walking while berating myself for thinking it was a good idea to leave the hotel when it was already late. I should have ordered their food, no matter how expensive it was. It would have been better than this.My fear increased when I felt even more presence, I knew for a fact that whoever was following me wasn’t human. I could feel it. I felt more presence around me and realized that whoever was following was not alone. At this point, my heart was beating so hard in fear, that I broke into a run but the more I ran the more they followed. As I reached the alley that I passed earlier, I came to a halt, considering my option which wasn’t much. I could risk going through the alley and arrive at my hotel in five minutes or run in the other direction and probably get lost because I didn’t know my way around. I chose the former and ran into the alley. Bad idea. As soon as I entered, I noticed a lot more presence. It was too late to turn back because when I did, I finally saw the ones who had been chasing me. There were four of them, I turned and saw another four.“God,”I cried. I already knew this was the end for me, I stood there waiting for the worst to happen. I couldn’t help myself in any way and even if I could, they outnumbered me and they were males. They started circling around me, not so close that I could see them but close enough that I could feel their presence around me.“She is mated,”I heard one of them say, they knew, even though I already bathed twice, I still carried his scent. The scent of the one who rejected me and sent me out of the pack. Suddenly dying didn’t feel so bad. it was the end of me anyway, I carried his mark and all shifters would know at once that I was already mated, if not by his scent that he left on me, they would know by the mark he left on me. He made sure to ruin me before he sent me out of the palace and the pack. I didn’t even offend him in any way, I didn’t seduce him. He did everything and still, I was the one that was being punished for it. If he hadn’t called me into his chambers that night, I would have been sleeping in my small bed by now and my only problem would have been not being able to shift and Princess Sophie and her stupid friend Ava.“Yes, his scent is strong on her. must be pretty recent,”Another voice said.“Must be a crazy mate, he let her out of his sight, this is why I hate wolves, they act all mighty but can protect their mates,”Another said. I turned to where the voice came from, I couldn’t make them out but their eyes. I knew what they were. Panthers. My fear increased when I realized what they were. Panthers hated werewolves as much as vampires did, even more, if I was being honest. Why did I have to be so unlucky? Dying at the hands of the Panthers was the worst possible way to die. I looked around trying to see if I could find my way out of here but who was I kidding? There was no way out.“She is ours now, his loss our gain, we are going to have so much fun tonight, I can’t remember the last time I had a wolf.”Fuck, they were not just going to kill me, they had other plans for me and none of the plans were good.“Let me go, please,”I pleaded looking around as they finally started revealing themselves. They were huge, and they didn’t look like they were going to show me any mercy.“We are not going to hurt you, okay? We are just going to make you feel good, I know you know how good it feels because you were recently mated but we will make you feel even better,”One of them, who might be the leader, said as he walked close to me and grabbed me, I let out a loud scream before he covered my mouth. I struggled to be free from him but he was stronger.“She said to let her go, why are you still holding her?”I heard another voice say as I continued to struggle, this voice was different, he wasn’t one of them but that doesn’t mean he was any good either.“Fuck, we saw her first so she is ours, look around, I am sure you will find another unsupervised female wolf, this one is ours,”The leader who held on to me said and the others with him growled in response. They looked like they were ready to fight.“What to do, she is one of my kind and I can’t let you fuckers take her,”I let out a small cry when I heard it was a wolf that was talking, maybe I wasn’t going to die after all. The one that held me growled even louder and refused to let go of me, his hold on me got even tighter.“You will have to fight us, and look, you are outnumbered,”He growled and before I knew it, I was dropped on the ground with so much force that my head hit the ground and I felt dizzy. I tried to get up as they started fighting around me but I couldn’t, I felt the darkness taking me away, and I tried to fight it. to try and run away while they were distracted but I couldn’t and slowly, I gave in to the darkness…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
Bernardo I was slowly losing my mind as the days went by without any sign of Harlyn. I have looked everywhere. I found the guards who took her away and questioned them. I sent them to the hotel with other guys with my jet and they came back empty-handed, she was no longer at the hotel. I didn’t believe them so the next day, I got on the jet and went by myself. I met with the hotel management and we checked their CCTV but nothing. She left the hotel and never came back. I left there in a very bad mood. There was no lead, I didn’t know where to start looking for her. She had a phone but she left it in the palace because my sister had sent her away without letting her pack. Sophie knew better than to let me see her in the mood I was in. I was surprised when I asked about her and the guards told me she left the palace. She did well because I don’t know if I would have been able to stop myself from punishing her. I got to know all the things she and her friend Ava have been doing to Harl