Christine's POV I first want to do the Alpha Ceremony before going to the Thunder River Pack with my mate. It is the best I can do for my pack now. When Michael is ready, he will become my mate. I know Ryder and Clara do not trust me. It is all my father's fault. He has always been hard-headed and never wanted to listen to what I had to say. I always thought that Ryder would one day become my mate. I was wrong. He was not to be my mate for the first time. I know how it feels to have a mate. It was also because my father always put the idea in my head that I would have to go for the most potent Alpha around here to protect our pack, as our pack has never trained to be warriors but money-making machines. They had to work in offices and invest money because my father wanted to become one of