Harlyn As we drew closer to the house, I started to fear what could happen. We picked Damien up on the way and Bernardo joined him in his car so that he could relate everything that happened to him and why we were going far north in cars instead of taking the helicopter. It took us more than three hours to arrive. I looked at the woman sitting next to me and she was shaking. “Hey, are you okay?”I asked, reaching for her hand. “I am scared. What if we can’t save them? Those men are dangerous. They don’t care. They are killers.”She whispered in fear. “Don’t worry. Our men are stronger and the alpha king is with us. No one will go against him.”I assured her even though I was scared too. We didn't know what kind of wolves they were. It couldn’t be the elite family that I came to work with years ago. They had been a nice couple whose kids were already grown and out of the house. surely the couple couldn’t be the one responsible. I met them over seven years ago and they were already
Harlyn I know Bernardo told me to stay in the car but the longer we waited with no sign of him or the women the more anxious I became. The only link we still had to the inside was the woman but even when I held her and tried to see if they were already where the women were, the women were still alone and all looking anxious. I couldn’t tell if I was seeing the past or if that’s what was really happening and it was slowly driving me crazy.“He went silent,”The woman beside me said and my heart skipped a beat again. It was her mate. If she couldn’t connect with him anymore, it could only mean something bad had happened. I closed my eyes and tried to feel Bernardo but there was no sign of him and the woman next to me was now so tense. “Fuck it! I can’t just sit here and wait. What if they need to be healed? What if they lost?”I asked out loud, I saw the fear in her eyes too. She was scared for her mate. I couldn’t just sit back and do nothing, I knew that I shouldn’t be going against
Bernardo Everything was going wrong. We greatly underestimated their numbers and we were greatly outnumbered. I felt like I had failed at my job for not knowing that a whole pack of rogue wolves was in my pack. Deadly stinking wolves. When Harlyn had told me it was wolves that were responsible for what happened to the pack and the missing women, I actually thought they were members of our pack but I just needed to take one look at them to know that they weren’t from the Crimson Moon and entered the kingdom illegally. They had a whole alpha among them and I had no idea. It was all my fault for not assigning a beta to this side of the pack because I was so sure they didn’t need one. They were rich people. People who would not appreciate taking orders from anyone except the alpha king and I let them have it. I couldn’t even remember the last time I addressed this part of the kingdom. They generated the most income. There was absolutely nothing to worry about until now. Now here I wa
Bernardo As I had expected, seven black wolves that I recognized ran towards me. Even though we were outnumbered, we still managed to beat them all. I smirked. They didn’t even wait for me to say anything as they leaped on the two rogue wolves who had the mind to stay and fight them. it didn’t take long for them to tear the both of them apart. I stood with my woman in my arms and watched my men do their thing. I smiled with pride. It was Damien who shifted back to his human form first and rushed to my side. “Is she okay?”He asked as soon as he shifted. He was as naked as I was but that didn’t matter. Nudity didn’t matter much to us because we always lost our clothes wherever we shifted. That’s why we had spare clothes. “She’s okay, I think she healed the women. They were no longer in the room when I got in. What happened to the other rogues?”I asked him. There were still a good number of them active when I left. “Half of them got away but a good number are currently lying in the
Bernardo I realized just how little I knew of the pack that I claim to rule over. Why did I ever think it was a good idea to take the Betas' words for it? they were clearly not doing a good job. Yes, I know this part of the pack had no Beta but that doesn’t change the fact that someone from the pack might have seen them. we fucking had people watching our borders. It felt like none of them were doing the job that they were paid to do. “What have I been doing?”I whispered to myself. I didn’t even know what to say to the women. If I had been alert and active, I would have known when the rogues entered the pack. I let out a breath and faced them again.“I am sorry for the traumatic experience that each one of you has been through. I am going to do my best and return each one of you safely back to your people. For the time being, a helicopter will be here soon to transport every one of you to the palace where you stay until I can sort out your families.”I told them. I knew we would ha
Bernardo “You are doing a better job at this,”I told Damien as the men walked into the mansion. He only smirked. We both walked to the women and led them to the place where the three helicopters were packed. They got in one after the other. “You and Harlyn can take the other one and then I will take the car with the others.”Damien said after the helicopter carrying the women flew off. “No, we can all get in. The cars can stay back for the men we are leaving behind. Besides, I need someone to sit with the illegal alpha,”I said pointing at the naked body of the alpha of the rogues. He finally transformed to his human form and he looked really young. Maybe twenty-five or probably less. He looked like the typical rebel and I could only imagine how he became a rogue and managed to find his own pack. “I might punch him to death if I sit near him,”Damien said and I didn’t for once doubt his words. I could have let the lad ride with the women but I didn’t because I didn’t want them to
HarlynWe finally arrived back at the palace after spending the whole day in the affected sub-pack and rescuing the women. Things were worse than I assumed. We came back to a commotion at the palace because the beta of the affected pack managed to escape from the palace dungeon and killed about three guards during his escape.“I am sorry that I have to leave you on your own,” Bernardo said when we got to his room. I thought I was going to spend the night in my old room at the staff quarters but Bernardo wasn’t having it. He brought me to his room and now he was leaving because he had to meet with the affected guards and also arrange for the funeral of those that died. I offered to heal them but Bernardo told me there was no need. I listened because I knew I already overworked myself for one day. I didn’t want to go above my limit. Heck, I didn’t even know what my limit was yet.“I am okay,” I told him. he had bigger things to worry about and I was tired anyway. I might fall asleep a
HarlynIt had to be him. The fact that he ran away when he realized that Bernardo had found out the hideout of the rogues further proved my suspicion. He had a hand in it. Either he was trying to start a revolution and try to take over power from Bernardo or he was collecting money from them.“But he isn’t the beta of that sub-pack,” I said to myself. I couldn’t forget the fact that the part where the women had been found was a part of the pack that had no beta. I still couldn’t believe Bernardo had left a part of the pack unsupervised. I still wondered where the old couple had gone and why their once beautiful mansion turned into the hideout of rogue wolves. Not just that, how come no one in the sub-pack suspected anything? Maybe because the mansion was on its own close to the mountains. Maybe the old couple moved and no one was living in the house.“I don’t know. I should sleep,” I let out and closed my eyes. Honestly, I had no business thinking about pack matters or what goes on