Ryder’s POV . I just look at her and …I don’t know but , damn it! She doesn’t need to make such an effort. What the hell? I have more money than I could spend in ten lives and now she, being my mate…I can help her. “But she is brave, man!” Rock tells me. “To her real growth she knows that she must put in the effort by herself. This is the way she will be respected. You know what, Man?” he asks me and I know that he will start again to explain to me how wonderful his mate is. “Our mate!” Rock growls at me, “And yes she is wonderful!” I know how bad her schooling grades are. She could be considered as the most stupid student in her high school, so what is the point of struggling? She simply can’t do it. “She is not stupid!” Rock growled at me. “You saw her! That is not how stupid peo