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 familiar,

continued, his voice was gentle, even vulnerable. "I'm so sorry about what happened. I've

my heart. I collapsed into his strong arms, holding

forgive you,"

light in his eyes. "I really am sorry," he said softly, then turned to address

chest. Her jaw was

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

"Angelica-"

that again... And you can go ahead and live your sad, lonely life in that mansion all by yourself." The room was silent,

firecracker, Angelica," he murmured. "A real firecracker." My mother scoffed, but I could see the light dancing in her

the sidelines, smirking at each other. It was so unlike our mother

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