Chapter 21

Garfield Lagrange inhaled deeply from his cigarette until it filled the maximum capacity of his lungs before exhaling it out into the air. 

He gazed at the city's night sky, filled with night fog and a few traces of stars, with a wistful gaze.

"Rachel, you were really great..."

He spoke in a hushed tone of voice. The silence of the night in the neighborhood made his voice sound louder than it should have, but he didn't care. He glanced behind him, looking at Aiden's closed bedroom door before his gaze returned to the sky.

Patrick Schmidt, Aiden's biological father and Schmidt clan alpha, was known to be brutal. The man's head was filled with nothing but strength and power. His desire to fulfill the promise of the ancestors by subjugating the werewolf clans permeated Patrick's mind, making him uncontrollably brutal.

When Rachel was alive, he repeatedly warned her not to get too close to Patrick. But Rachel still insisted that Patrick was the only ma