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,

he continued, his voice was gentle, even vulnerable. "I'm so

words dissolved the last bit of defenses around my heart. I collapsed into his strong arms, holding him

you," I

said softly, then turned to

mother paused, her arms folded across her chest. Her jaw

that," she hissed, her eyes narrowed. "You

"Angelica-"

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

scoffed, but I could see the light dancing in

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

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