Chapter 5

"Alpha, I have found her," Peter says as soon as he enters Ethan's office.

Ethan sprouts to his feet and walks to meet him halfway. "Where does she stay? What's her name?"

He has not been sleeping ever since he met his mate the night of his birthday. Her scent lingered on his nose long after she had run into the night like a damsel in distress.

Though he was angry the moon goddess has giving him a thief and an arrogant person as his mate, he couldn't be more grateful that she was beautiful and he has indeed met her already.

"Tell me, do you know where she stays?" He repeats.

Peter folds his long arms across his chest as he watches his friend and Alpha with amusement. He has never seen Ethan, a renowned bad boy in the states, act this way about a woman. She must truly be his mate.

"Slow down my lord. She isn't going to appear in front of you in a minute with those questions." Peter snickers.

Ethan glares at him. He doesn't say rds and Peter knows he isn't playing, he wants answers and he wants them fast.

"She stays a few blocks from the central hospital." He walks around Ethan and reaches the mahogany desk behind him. He places a blue folder on the top and turns back to this position.

"The file contains every other bit of information you need to know about her. If there is anything more you need, you can always call me."

On hearing that the folder behind him had all the information he needs, he makes a sharp turn and returns to his desk. He snatches the folder up and tears the seal open.

He needs to at least know her name. That is the first thing on his mind as his piercing gray eyes scan the document for the name of his mate.

His eyes land on it and he smiles.

Camilla Louise Tailor.

"Camilla..." Ethan tries out the name and it feels like he was born to only call her name.

Peter shakes his head in amusement. "I have to go now!" He says, giving Ethan a quick salute of his hand.

Ethan doesn't even notice his departure as he is still lost in the image of the woman, he now knows as Camilla, his mate. Her red hair flashes in his mind's eye and he closes his eyes wishing he could feel it between his fingers.

Despite her shortcomings, Ethan can not deny being madly in love with Camilla. He needs to have her and that means he needs to let Jessie go. He never loved her anyway. He did try to keep her around for company but the woman repulses him whenever she gets too close. Only Camilla can run her fingers over his skin and he will feel tingles. The simple contact their skin made that night in the forest almost sent him to overdrive.

Good lord!

He has to see her. He needs to see Camilla.

Picking up his car keys, he leaves his office building and enters his Lamborghini Sian car which is parked right in front of the seven-story building he owns.

As he drives, images of the beautiful red hair taunt him, and the cravings he has of her get even stronger. He presses his leg on the speed pedals and goes even faster.

He needs to see her, even if it's for a few minutes.

He reaches the address and stops his car. He parks it at the empty parking lot and steps out of the car. He scans further down and finds her exact address. He puts on his large dark shades to hide his face and enters the building.

He walks to the door and rings the bell. The place looks unkempt and not fit for people to live in. It is a small corridor with blocks peeking out from some part of the walls. The paint is chipped off in so many places Ethan lost count. He rings the door a couple of times again and no one answers.

"Pff maybe she isn't home," he tells himself.

Small rat skids past him and Ethan decides to go wait for her outside. He can't stay here in this infested place waiting for his mate. When he finds her, he will not let her stay here for any minute longer. She will have to move in with him or stay at any of his several apartments if she doesn't feel comfortable enough to stay with him.

Once out, he stands beside his car, staring into the surrounding streets looking for any sign of a redhead. Whenever he spots one, his heart skips a beat but when he follows he finds, he is looking at a different person entirely. Refusing to give up, he seats on top of his car's booth and waits.

She has to return home at some point, he tells himself.

Not long after he thinks of this, a commotion breaks out in the distance. A police officer is running, probably after someone but he doesn't see the person.

His heart tugs and he feels drawn to the matter, he reluctantly raises his head from his phone again and that's when he sees her, she is running away from the police officer!

A pang of anger shoots through him as he watches his mate belittle herself into committing petty crimes in the states. She probably stole again! The way she is running, that has to be the case.

He jumps down from his car and starts walking to the road so he can cross over to where she was. But as he moves. Camilla dashes into the road without looking and a small car hit her.

Ethan sees the action in slow motion.

He watches helplessly as her body is thrown viciously into the air. His heart squeezes in pain and he can't bring himself to understand why he is feeling such pains. He holds his chest and bends over in pain and it is at that moment Camilla's body lands on the floor.

Ethan's wolf takes control of his body and rushes to where Camilla's body lies helplessly on the ground in the pool of her blood.

Ethan fears he has lost her and goes down on his knees with trembling fingers to check her pulse. He finds a small pulse and hope returns to him. Jumping up he carries her bridal style into his arms and runs to the car.

The police officer that was chasing her runs after him.

"Sir, I cannot allow you to take her away. She is a criminal!" He says, moving to touch Camilla.

"If one finger of yours touches her skin, I swear on the laws I will rip you apart!"

Ethan's voice booms with power as he speaks to the police officer. He removes his large shades and turns to the man.

"Get out of here!" The policeman immediately recognizes Ethan's face and quickly bows in respect.

"I am so sorry sir. I didn't know she was a friend of yours! I am sorry, please forgive me!" He begs, joining his hands together as if saying a prayer.

"Get out!" Ethan barks using his Alpha's voice.

The police officer scurries away in fear and Ethan rushes to his side of the car. He starts the ignition and zooms off from the place.

Since he isn't too far from Central hospital, he takes her straight there. As soon as he reaches the hospital, everyone hurries to attend to him as he is recognized everywhere as the powerful and notorious businessman and ruler of the werewolves despite his young age.

The doctors connect all kinds of machines to Camilla's body and they start stitching up her wounds. Nurses clean off the blood on her skin and others just try to make themselves useful to satisfy Ethan.

"Is she going to be alright?" He asks the doctor in charge for the hundredth time.

His heart keeps squeezing in pain as each second passes. He can't afford to lose his made after just meeting her a few days ago. The moon goddess can not be that cruel towards him. He is a good leader, he cares about his people and even the humans. She can't take his mate away!

"Mr. Ethan, she will be fine. Thankfully she only received a fraction on her forehead, but we need to ascertain her mental health is good and well." The doctor explains.

"Then do that! What are you waiting for?"

Ethan can't believe some of these so-called doctors sometimes! A patient is brought into your care and you know what to do, yet you decide to Irrelatively just waste time for no good reason.

"I have told you, Doctor! If something happens to her I am going to destroy you and this entire place! If there is something you can do about her health do it! Don't tell me stories about how you are ascertaining! I need her fully recovered!" Ethan screams.

"Mr. Ethan, we are doing our best here. Like I said we can only tell if her mental health is intact when she wakes up. People with fractures like hers, tend to experience a bit of memory loss."

Ethan stumbles back in pain as the doctor's words reach him. What if she becomes too cold and rejects him?