Chapter 0680

Broad shoulders, jet black hair streaked with silver-

"Dad?" I exclaimed.

He looked much more tired than when I had seen him last, with more pronounced wrinkles across his forehead and around his striking eyes. He looked as if he hadn't slept in days. Those same eyes looked at me now with profound warmth and... was that regret?

"Hello, Nina. Tyler. Angelica." My dad's voice still resonated through the room with alpha authority, although today, it carried a softer tone than I had heard in a while.

"Aldric," my mother breathed, slowly rising from her chair with narrowed eyes. "What are you doing here?"

My father sighed. He glanced back and forth between all of us, and then his shoulders slumped a bit.

watched me, uncertainty clouding those

When he continued, his voice was gentle, even vulnerable. "I'm so sorry about what happened. I've been thinking a

bit of defenses around my

I forgive you,"

pulled apart, there was a newfound light in his eyes. "I really am sorry," he said softly, then turned to address

paused, her arms folded across her chest. Her

she hissed, her eyes narrowed. "You don't get to berate my daughter and then give

"Angelica-"

daughter like that again, speak to me like that again... And you can go ahead and live your sad, lonely life in that mansion all by yourself." The room was silent, the only sound that of the birds chirping outside and the portal still crackling behind us. The tension between my parents was almost palpable, but

"A real firecracker." My mother scoffed, but I could see

his broad arms. Tyler and I watched from the sidelines, smirking at each other. It was so unlike our mother to be this openly affectionate, at least

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