Chapter 49

Dean’s POV

"Alvarez is here."

"What?" Dad's already spinning toward him. "Here, here? At the venue?"

"Jesus." I feel my whole stomach drop. "Are you fucking serious right now?"

"I wish I wasn't," Luke mutters, wiping sweat from his forehead.

I'm moving before he replies. Dad's right behind me, Luke already leading the way out through the back of the venue, past the caterers, past a bunch of guests laughing about something as they sip their drinks.

"Where?"

"Tree line. East side. He's just standing there."

We come around the last row of cars and there he is. Alone. Hands in his pockets. Watching the wedding like this is just a nice afternoon out for him. He's not even hiding.

"You've got some nerve," Dad says, stopping a few feet off, hands balled at his sides. "Showing your face here today.&qu