Ryder She heard everything that King Christian stated to her and the Mate-less; an offer of proper training, but the problem was, could she actually believe it? That was exactly what her former Alpha had done: offered her the best training in the realm. Promised her that her years of service inside the royal military would allow her to gain experience, and she'd be able to make her way up through the ranks. Yet look at what that had gotten her. Starvation and living near death's door every day. The only training she’d gotten was before she came from her own home pack, or from Livia before she’d died. She’d learn on her own after that, learned from the vampires and defending herself and others within the camp. She stood staring at him, uncaring that it was very rude of her considering w