Donovan's POV

'All pack members head to the main hall now for an emergency meeting'

Roxy groaned as it meant leaving just as Jack was letting go, I passed her some tissues before getting up.

"What do you think dad called the meeting for" Roxy asked as we walked out of her room.

"Beats me as far as I know there haven't been any rogue attacks" I said.

After a few minutes we arrived at the main hall, we pushed through the crowd and took our place on the platform aside our father. I noticed my father's hair was was sticking out in different places.

"I have just received disturbing news" Instantly everyone went silent.

"I just received a letter from The Forgotten, they will arrive in three days to collect a tribute" No one dared speak.

The Forgotten is the most dangerous pack in the world. Rumor has it the alpha has killed thousands of men, women, children and even his own family. Every year around this time a letter is sent out to a pack for a tribute also known as a sacrifice. Sadly this year it was us.

"Who will be the tribute, dad?" I asked breaking the silence, by asking the one question everyone feared to ask.

My father looked down in shame before looking at my sister with sad glassy eyes, my sister's lips started to quiver as she buried her face in my chest to muffle her cries. I wrapped my arms around her tiny body and placed rested my chin on her head.

The pack began to chatter as some cried for what will be a great loss to the pack. I looked at my father with a mixture of sadness, anger, and betrayal.

"You are all dismissed" Father said, slowly everyone left but not before glancing at Roxy with sorrow.

"I'm sorry princess bu-"

"Daddy" Roxy weeps as she unwrapped her small arms around me and hugged my father, as a way of letting him know that she too knew it had to be done.
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"Don promise me something" I looked over at Roxy who sat by the windowsill staring out into the forest.

"What" I asked, when we returned from the meeting father locked himself away in his study, while Roxy and I locked ourselves in her room.

"Promise me when I die you'll name your first baby girl after me, Roxy the magnificent. Yeah I like that idea." She said not meeting my eyes.

"You're not going to die Ro-"

"No one who enters The Forgotten pack and lives Donovan! You know the rumors they leave and all ties to their packs are severed meaning they are killed. Rumor has it the last female that went was shredded apart by their alpha and given back to her old pack. So you tell me that 'I'm going to be alright'." She said with gritted teeth.

"I-I promise, I'll name my kid pain in the ass, happy" I joked making her laugh.

"Very funny moron"

"Yeah it was cuz you laughed" She chuckled.

"You know i've heard stories about the pack, from what i've heard it was invaded years ago, and just a few years ago someone else came into power. They say no one has seen the new alpha, some say there isn't one, but that they hold the memory of the formal one because nobody will step up to the plate. " She said.

"Yea I heard that the alpha is cruel and has killed infants with his own hands, and bathes in the blood of his victims. Now no one dares visit the pack. From what I know not even the Alpha king knows who the alpha is and doesn't dare to start a war" I said in a low voice.

"Let's go to sleep. Dad said they'll be picking me up the day after tomorrow" she said before walking over and cuddling next to me. I wrapped my arms around her protectively, I stayed awake long after Roxy slept, thinking.

By morning I had made my decision.