Riley I was itching to tell someone about what I was thinking of doing, but I knew Mike would frown and Susan would tell me not to do it. The renovations at the rogue house were moving along beautifully, and it had been three weeks since my date with Caleb. The day had finally arrived for the physical trials. I wasn’t excited about the mates. I was excited about possibly ending this entire ridiculous process we all had to go through. I still couldn’t understand why I needed a mate. I was the most powerful wolf, wasn’t I? I could take care of myself! I understood why the council were insisting, I just couldn’t see where my pack was going to benefit out of all of it. We arrived at the neutral grounds where the council planned for the three-day event to take place and my people rushed aroun