Chapter 17
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Stepping into the almost quiet room that belongs to him, Henry remembered the moment he shared with Camila again in the bathroom. And he smiled a little and walked towards his sitting room balcony to stare outside at their surroundings and farther away at the entrance gate, as their mansion is enormous.
He went back into the sitting room, but as he moved away from the balcony, he saw his mother standing in his sitting room and staring at him in her long yellow garment.
Henry gasped, "Mom..."
Henry looked surprised at seeing his mother standing there in his sitting room and smiling at him. She walked up to meet him and asked, "Henry, I heard that you are back home. So I decided to come and find out first if you have finally spoken to your father about the war that he's planning to launch tomorrow on the Eastern Wood packs territory."
Henry sighed and replied, "I have, mom. But Dad doesn't want to listen to me. I can only hope for the battle to be ours and for them to return home safely tomorrow." Henry said.
He knew that he hadn't informed his family yet about how strong Camila is, as to the reason her hands were still chained with cuffs.
His mother replied with an assuring smile, "We will triumph, Henry. The win shall be ours and likely the Eastern Wood packs too. So you have nothing to worry about. I am going downstairs now to have dinner with your sister and father. Why not come downstairs to join us for dinner first?"
"Alright, mom, I will be downstairs soon. But first, let me take my bath, as you know that I smell of forest trees."
Luna Ruth smiled and replied, "Okay. When you're done, the maids will serve your dinner. Goodnight, son."
"Goodnight, mom," Henry replied, as he stood watching his mother exit his sitting room.
He went into his bedroom and walked up to his bathroom door to have a quick bath. Later, he stepped out and changed into a night robe, feeling the cool evening breeze, as his bedroom window was open.
The evening wind was filled with forest grass scents that was fanning his nostrils.
Henry wore his white shirt and black pants instead, and he finally went downstairs to join his family for dinner. As they all sat around the long dining table.
He took his usual dining seat, just beside his sister, Madelyn, as Juliet sat after Madelyn, and they sat across from their parents.
His father was also there with them, and Henry decided not to ask about the war preparation again, but only hope for his father to return back with their troops safely.
Claiming another pack's territory isn't a small war battle. And from Henry's previous research about the Eastern Wood Packs, they might have reduced due to their ruthless Alpha's banishment, but they were still a stronger pack and the most feared packs, aside from the Western Woods.
"What's the matter, Henry?" Luna Ruth asked, as she observed her only son's uneasiness.
She couldn't wait for him to become mated and to give her a grandchild, even though she knew that Juliet would soon be leaving their house to be with her mate.
"Nothing, mom. When do we start eating?" Henry asked, as he wondered what they were all waiting for again before they resumed eating at the long golden dining table.
"Nothing, Henry. Let's start eating now." Luna Ruth blessed their meals, and they all started eating in silence.
Henry still had it in mind to inspect their packs' territory, as he does that every night after his dinner. So he finished up his meals fast and finally left the building.
He wanted to go and check up on Camila, but he knew that it would be strange for the Western Wood Packs' Alpha's son to be in the maids' quarters.
So he thought against it and went out to his car, as he uses his blue car to go on a night patrol.
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Camila was in her room, and she heard the whispering about the ongoing war's preparation to launch an attack on the Eastern Woods Packs.
She was not happy about it and thought of how she would stop the attack.
Ever since her hands were chained with silver metal cuffs, she hadn't been able to shape-shift, and the worst, she feels like a human.
She knew that she couldn't speak to Henry about anything, as she was like a servant in their Western Wood Packs.
She was scared about her father.
She knew that she was not supposed to be concerned if her father got killed or not, but he was still her family.
What worried Camila so much was that she heard that the attack was the following day.
She was scared, and she wanted to sneak out from her room to know if she would see Henry and speak to him about it.
But Lady Anna was there in the hall of the maids' quarters, and the woman sent her back to her room with a cold, stern voice that made Camila run back to her room and shut her bedroom door closed.
She could only hope that her family were fine and going to be safe after the following day's attack.
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Henry went out with his car to patrol their packs. Their pack was already developed compared to most other packs. And as the shops had closed, he drove his car ahead through the streets, and with the night sky fallen.
He could see some young lovers cuddling up, and that made him sigh as he drove past them and went to patrol the whole area.
After he was through, he went back home to their mansion and retired back to his bedroom to sleep for the night.
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The following morning, Camila woke up very early in her small room. She didn't want to starve like the previous day, so she quickly stepped down from her small bed and went to her room's bathroom to bathe quickly, since she uses the bathroom alone, as the other maids had their own separate bedrooms and bathrooms too.
She didn't want to be scolded by the head-maid, and as she was already familiar with her work in the mansion, she wore her blue maid's clothes quickly and set to leave her room.
She remembered her decision on speaking to Henry against his people and wolf armies launching a rogue attack on her former packs.
She was a slave in his pack, and she knew that she had no right to speak to him.
Camila stepped outside of the maids' quarters and met with the other maids that were also working in the Alpha's mansion.
She greeted them that were standing outside at the frontage and gossiping, instead of going about their work. But none of the maids responded to her greeting.
Camila walked away towards the mansion's frontage, as her duty was to still clean inside the Alpha's mansion.
And there, she saw a lot of armies that were preparing to leave for her former packs.
She quickly stared away and bowed her head lower as she went into the mansion. Shortly after greeting the Luna and her twin daughters that stood with authority and were bidding their farewell to all the armies that were soon leaving.
Camila went upstairs to the third floor where her cleaning duty was. The whole house was silent, and it was still very early in the morning, around 6 am.
The weather was still slightly dark, and Camila decided to hurry about her cleaning job.
She was still pregnant, and she really needed to be through on time with her job so she would be given something to eat.
While focusing on her cleaning task in Henry's bedroom, she had cleaned his sitting room and was cleaning his bedroom by changing his bedspread first, when she heard the sound of his bedroom door slide open.
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