Ronan never disillusioned himself with the thought that one day his relationship with his father would improve. The more they saw each other, the less they could tolerate each other.
It thus came off as a surprise when his father picked him to be the next Alpha to the Infinite Eclipse Pack. Dane Silverback sired enough illegitimate alpha sons and daughters out there to make one of them his successor.
These sons and daughters were additionally more than happy to serve their father in that sense. Unlike those bastards, Ronan never once insisted on being the Alpha. His only qualm if any of his illegitimate half-siblings became the Alpha was that he would not feel comfortable enough to remain in the pack.
Then again, it didn't matter. Ronan always had the option to leave the pack and become a rogue werewolf.
Given the broken marriage between Dane Silverback and his Luna, the werewolf community might not even criticize Ronan.