Avery closed her eyes, hoping the person she saw appearing right in front of her eyes would be just a figment of her imagination. She slowly opened her eyes, focusing her gaze on the person standing beside the first table on her left, in the first row, but to her sadness, he stood there. His eyes locked on Avery, but what broke her wasn’t her brother standing there. No. The pain written all over his face together with the deep regrets hidden behind those two sky-blue eyes stabbed her straight to the heart. Alex took a deep breath, breaking his gaze on his little sister, chained to Alpha’s throne. Now he finally understood why his father insisted on attending tonight’s event. His father felt nothing towards his own daughter. He didn’t miss his mate, the only wife he ever had after her unfa

