I kept the handkerchief pressed to my eyes, trying to steady my breathing. Honestly, I couldn't care less who was sitting next to me right now.
Then I heard my dad's voice, and it was weird how polite he sounded. He never was like that to anyone. "Alpha Matthias, you don’t have to sit there. We have a special seat just for you if you’d like to–”
“I’m good here,” he said, cutting him off with his calm, but firm tone that basically said not to push him.
Before my father could argue more, Sarah called for the parents of Laura to come to the front. Rebecca practically dragged him away by his shirt sleeve. I was just about to hand the handkerchief back to this Alpha when someone called out above everyone else, “Please welcome the woman who will preside over this mating ceremony, Aurelia Ba
