Christian’s POV I sat in the dining hall at the head of a table with several other Alphas around me. It had been a week since the night by the lake with Riley, and even though I wasn’t 100% healed, I was doing a lot better and Riley was no longer keeping me locked up in our room. I knew I needed to call an Alpha meeting to assure our allies after what happened, and had invited all of our previous allies, as well as a few other Alphas to come to the Blood Creek pack so we could talk. All but one Alpha had arrived, and I wasn’t even sure if he was going to attend or not, so I decided to go ahead and start the meeting. I cleared my throat to stop the casual conversations from the Alphas and felt Riley’s hand grip mine under the table. She insisted on attending the meeting just in case somet