**Hunter**
Hunter didn’t bother knocking. He pushed the heavy door open and strode into his father’s office, tension written in every line of his body. Privacy wasn’t a luxury they had time for—not tonight.
The Alpha looked up from his desk, startled for only a second before he caught the look on his son’s face. He rose to his feet. “Hunter. What’s happened?”
“She’s coming here tonight,” he blurted out, already pacing. “We need to tell her." Hunter ran a hand through his dark hair, breath shallow. "She’s piecing things together—she knows something’s off. And if we don’t tell her now, she’ll find out another way. She’ll know we kept it from her.”
His father’s eyes sharpened, but he stayed quiet, letting him speak.
“She said she feels like something’s watching her,” Hunter went on, voic
