A gift

"Good." Alpha Larc nodded. "What do you think of him?"

Anastasia was once again stunned, asking her what she thought about a man whose portrait she had never seen, what answer do you expect?

She searched through her memory before replying vaguely. "He is a very strong Alpha..."

Her father nodded again and said. "I don't know if you know about the matter of territories expanding..."

The moment he said this, the look in Anastasia's eyes turned cold.

That was the cause of her mother's unexpected death.

Her father didn't notice the brief change in her expression as he continued. "During the territory expansion, Alpha Xander was one of the Alphas that didn't take action which led other Alphas to think he was a weakling, thus, they decided to eat this fatty meat. However, what they didn't expect was that this man was just a wolf in sheep's clothing. Alpha Xander didn't cause trouble, but that didn't mean that he couldn't afford one, and when this group of stupid Alphas barged into his territory, he didn't hesitate to fight against them, and what was the result? It was an undeniable victory!"

Her father seems a bit agitated and he hurriedly grabs the tea on the table and drinks some which calms him down as he looks at her and continues heavily.

"After defeating them, Alpha Xander didn't take any action, he didn't seize their packs nor did he detain them, he only told them to go, and never let him see them again..."

"However, everybody believes one thing, and that is, one day, this sleeping tiger might awake and decide to take over all the territories and merge them into one, becoming the King of Alphas."

"So..."

Anastasia raised her head when she heard this, she had a feeling that this was going to concern her, and the next moment, Alpha Larc dropped the bombshell.

"Just like other packs, we will gift you to him."

Anastasia's heart missed a beat when she heard this and she stared at him blankly.

"I believe that with your special identity as a white wolf, he will definitely treat you well, don't worry, some other Alpha friends I knew told me that he didn't mistreat their daughters."

"You should pack your things because, after the banquet that will be held in two days' time, you will be sent to him."

"Remember, this is your responsibility as a princess, alright, you can go."

Even if Anastasia didn't want to hear what he was saying, her hearing was sharper than his, and his every word struck her heart like hammer.

She? A gift? Responsibility?

She didn't know how she returned to her room, nor did she know if anyone saw her in this state for she didn't care about this.

She plopped down the sofa in her room and stared blankly at the wall.

From the moment she knew she was a girl, she hated being looked down upon, she felt that she was stronger than the males and whenever those friends of hers were talking about mates and how it would feel to have one, she didn't hesitate to send them out.

She hates it when people make it appear as if men were better than women, and detests it even more when they say they are learning to cook to please their future mate.

Why?! Why did men never say that instead, but women did?

How can she be with an Alpha who has over 100 mistresses and be touched by him, the thought irked her.

She released a frustrated sigh and her gaze landed on the calendar at the side, determination burning through her as she looked at it.

No matter what, she must escape!

In two days, she has to use the banquet as her cover and escape!

From long ago, she didn't have any sense of attachment to anyone in this pack except for her female cousin who was currently not around, and what her father said was the awakening she needed to know that she was nothing but an object of gaining power to them.

She felt a little bit disheartened but also excited and was currently wondering how fulfilling her new life would be when she left this place.

Her gaze landed on her bed and she walked towards it, crouching down, she extended her hand below and after almost her entire arm was inside, she dragged forward a box.

Taking it out, it was quite a big box and she opened it. Her pocket money of almost three years was kept inside.

Giving her pocket money was only a form of acknowledgment because she basically didn't have a need for this money at all. She had the clothes she might need to wear and the shoes were all specially made for her.

She locked her door and poured all the content in the box on her lap and started counting it seriously.

After over ten minutes she finally finished counting and the money summed up to be 1000 gold coins.

She didn't know how much value it would hold outside but it is better than nothing.

After that, she stood up and walked to her cousin's room which is the second house next to the Alpha's home.

Her cousin, Michelle, was a foxy female werewolf who was two years older than her and was still Mateless. However, she was notorious for her flirtatious character and countless sex mates.

Unlike her, Michelle has the freedom to do whatever she wants and she constantly leaves the pack to go to other packs for enjoyment and for new handsome faces, she is also strong too.

Upon reaching Michelle's home, she knocked on the door and the door was soon opened from the inside.

The person that opened the door was a good-looking man and his face bloomed into a smile upon seeing her.

"Your Highness, you are here." He made way for her, not asking what she had come to do.

Anastasia smiled back at him and entered. "Hmm, how are you guys doing?"

The man followed after her, and inside the living room were other men, and there were even some that didn't bother to dress and stood bare as they greeted her.

"We are good, Your Highness." They all smiled.

"I am here to take something from Michelle's room, I wouldn't bother you guys." Anastasia waved her hand and walked upstairs with familiarity.

The men nodded before departing to continue with whatever they were doing before she came.

Reaching the second room on the second floor, Anastasia gently pushed the door open and what met her eyes was a room decorated lavishly in pink and white.