Moonlight lovers, bonded by fate

Chapter 2

"What are you doing here?" one of the two guards at the Western Wood Pack's gate asked Camila as they noticed her white nightgown clinging to her bare body, accentuating her feminine shape provocatively.

"Please, can you let me in?" Camila begged, staring downwards. She used her right palm to wipe the raindrops from her forehead, trying to avoid meeting the guards' gazes.

"Thompson! Who's there?" the second guard at the gatehouse asked the first guard attending to Camila.

"I don't know, Jack, but she doesn't look like a member of our pack," Thompson replied, continuing to stare at Camila and reluctant to let her in.

"Open the gate for her," Jack replied. Thompson knew it was best not to disobey Jack, fearing he would be reported to their Alpha for failing to welcome a foreigner.

Camila walked carefully into the Western Wood Pack, even though it was already very late, and she didn’t know what time it was.

Thompson used his flashlight to see her face, but Camila continued to look downward, her blonde hair scattered and covering her face and neck.

"What’s a young lady like you doing out here at this late hour?" Thompson questioned, his eyes narrowing at her. Camila replied, "I was..."

"Thompson! What are you still doing there with her?" Jack asked, finally stepping out from the guardhouse built beside the Western Wood Pack's entrance gate.

Camila shuddered in fear as she saw the tall, muscular man walk out of the guardhouse, holding a flashlight as he approached her.

"Who are you, young lady? And why are you out here at midnight?" Jack questioned, his yellow eyes raking over Camila’s appearance.

Camila didn’t look her age; she seemed more mature and a little chubby for an 18-year-old.

"I… was sent away from my pack," Camila didn’t want to lie, knowing that mentioning her father's name might anger the two guards.

Camila was aware that there were four territorial packs in their werewolf kingdom. The Western Wood Pack and the Eastern Wood Pack were the two superior packs, while the others were beneath them.

"Which pack are you from?" Jack finally asked Camila. He wore a guard uniform resembling an army uniform, and seeing how seductive Camila looked, he wanted to take her to bed, doubting she was telling the truth.

"I'm from..." Camila stammered, taking steps backward.

With the heavy rainfall soaking her body and the pain from her father’s punishment still fresh, Camila’s eyes were wide open, and her wolf, Ivy, was alert and ready to flee if needed.

"Can’t you speak, young lady? Or do you want us to send you away tonight?" Jack asked, his yellow eyes burning into Camila.

Camila looked around, knowing that if she ran, it wouldn’t take long for one of the two men to catch up with her, as she was still healing.

"I'm from the Eastern Pack," Camila announced, making Jack angry.

"Let me see your face," Jack commanded. Camila, sensing danger, shapeshifted and immediately ran away, following the streetlights as fast as her legs could carry her.

"s**t! Run after her, Thompson, and make sure you catch her and bring her back here!" Jack ordered. Thompson quickly shapeshifted into his wolf form and chased after Camila.

Camila ran as fast as her wolf could carry her, but just then, a fancy blue car was driving toward the Western Wood Pack's exit gate. Inside the car was the Alpha's son, Henry Dominic.

Henry was a dark-skinned young man, 21 years old. His father had just assigned him the position of overseeing their pack. Henry was happy with his new status, and every midnight, he patrolled the pack to ensure their safety.

Although Henry was strong because he was the Alpha's son, he trained hard and possessed healing powers that made him difficult to defeat in battles. No one in the Western Wood Pack dared to annoy him.

"s**t!" Henry cursed as he immediately stepped on the brakes, causing Camila to roll onto the floor in fright. His blue car had almost knocked her down, so he stepped out to check if she was alright and why someone was chasing her at this hour.

Henry shut his car door and rushed to the front of his vehicle, fearing he had knocked Camila unconscious. However, Camila quickly recovered from the shock and tried to flee, but he caught her by the right hand. He felt electric sparks from touching her as he pulled her back to wait.

Henry's wolf, Matt, whispered internally, "Mate."

Camila felt nothing for Henry and turned to stare at his face, still afraid of him as he held her right hand in a tight, possessive grip.

Henry inhaled Camila's fruity scent, while Camila could smell the smoky scent emanating from him. She desperately wanted to pull her right hand away from him.

With Henry's car’s front lights still on, he noticed the rising sun tattoo on her forehead and immediately realized she was from the Eastern Pack.

"Let me go! Please don’t hurt me!" Camila begged, slightly afraid of Henry and the way he was gripping her hand.

Just then, Thompson arrived and was breathing heavily; he hadn’t expected Camila to run away so fast.

"Alpha! You're here!" Thompson said, trying to catch his breath. He knelt on the sandy ground, and bowed before Henry.

Camila was stunned that the young man holding her hand was the Alpha.

Her blue eyes narrowed angrily at Henry, urging him to release her hand. Just then, Henry snapped out of his trance and looked back at Thompson, ordering, "Rise."

Thompson stood up, and Henry immediately asked, "What happened?"

"Alpha, we saw her at the gate. She was soaked from the heavy rain, but she refused to tell us who she was and only said she was from the Eastern Pack."

As Thompson spoke to Henry, Thompson noticed that Henry's eyes remained locked on the pretty young lady he was holding, not shifting away until Thompson finished speaking. Henry replied, "That's alright. She will have to come with me as I will be taking her back as one of our refugees..."

"Refugees?" Camila exclaimed in shock, her blue eyes widening at the mention of refugees. She had thought foreigners were allowed to live peacefully in the Western Wood Pack, as her father had told her.

"You heard me, young lady. Now stay calm, or do you want me to torture you?" Henry warned slightly, not wanting Camila to know how much she affected him. He chained her hand and handcuffed her as he led her to the front passenger seat of his car.

"Okay, Thompson, you can return to the gate. If you see anyone suspicious again, make sure to arrest them before you start questioning to avoid mistakes like this one," Henry warned.

"Okay, Alpha," Thompson replied, bowing apologetically before leaving. Henry got back into the driver’s seat of his car.

Just before he started the engine to drive off, he heard Camila crying. Henry wondered if it was one of her tricks to make him fall for her. He couldn’t see her crying face clearly in the dark with her blonde hair covering her features.

Henry started the car. Since it was already late, he decided to drive back home to his father's mansion first, as Ex-Alpha Collins' mansion was the largest in the Western Pack. Many foreigners believed it was fraudulent for them to own such a magnificent white building.