*Erik’s POV*
I stared at Vanessa, my mouth dropping open.
Her engagement to Falcon was inevitable, and something that didn’t surprise me in the slightest. Vanessa was always one to social climb, and what better way to do that than with my brother who was to be king?
It made sense that her father, our pack’s Beta, would even have the sense to approach my father about the arrangement. The match would be the best political move for both sides.
But for Vanessa to come down here and beg me to help her get out of it?
What kind of world was I suddenly living in?
“You… want me to… what?” I asked, still in disbelief.
I could see tears collecting at the corners of her eyes. She twisted her fingers together tighter. “I don’t know what to do. My father told me tonight at dinner about it. We’re to be married in two months time.”
I frowned at that. “So? Isn’t that what you’ve always wanted?”
