“Wh—what?”

Ciara thought she heard wrong until Scott repeated his words. “I will break off my engagement with Hayley.”

This was heartening news, at least for Ciara, but she didn’t know what response to give. Jumping for joy is certainly not one of them.

“Why?” That’s the only thing she could ask after a few moments of awkward silence.

Scott turned off the stove. “I know I don’t love her,” he muttered.

“Then why are you engaged to her?”

“Because I need her to become an Alpha.”

She didn’t understand what he meant at all. “I don’t get it. Why her?”

He stared at her, long enough to make her...