the necklace

Alice's POV

Ok. We have everything in place and ready for our ball this evening and most importantly, my first time without a mask around Alpha's of other packs. Ever since our pack has been attacked and my father lost his life just like many other of our wolves, not once did I leave our territory without a mask on my face.

Our community was still patriarchally oriented and that meant that not many accepted the fact that I was our Alpha. So, it was better if I stayed hidden behind a mask even though they suspected I was a woman since everyone called me the ruthless princess, but they had no proof, until tonight. Tonight, everything will change. And I did not like the fact that my mate was here because he would pull my attention from everything. And that was a bad thing because I knew how the Alpha males were thinking. And once they realize I am really a woman, they would see me as an obstacle to claim and as an opportunity to make their pack bigger and stronger, but sadly for them, I w