My jaw clenched at that. Sophia had been practically begging me to hire her as Lucien’s nanny since he was born, but I still didn’t trust her enough for that. And… friends? That notion felt so far-fetched I could have laughed if I wasn’t so exhausted.
“The ad has already gone out, and we’ve received dozens of applications,” I replied curtly. “At this point, I can’t just halt the process. It wouldn’t be fair to the qualified individuals who applied.”
Sophia’s face darkened. She was opening her mouth to say something else when a sudden commotion coming from downstairs caught our attention—glass breaking and raised voices. A moment later, Hunter burst into the room with wide eyes and disheveled hair and a cut across his cheek like he’d been scratched.
“Alpha, there’s been an incid
