Chapter 638

Aiden grabbed Willow's hand and turned to leave, only to be pulled back by her. The girl cleared her throat softly and said, "Aiden, don’t speak to your... grandfather like that. He really didn’t know—he was deceived by Jude. Last night, it was only thanks to his guards that we were rescued. Otherwise, Jason and I wouldn’t have made it out alive." At her last words, the cold fury on Aiden’s face softened slightly. But then, he caught the key detail in her words. "Grandfather?" Willow pressed her lips into a faint smile and dangled the jade pendant Old Garcia had just returned to her. "Jason and I only just found out," she said quietly. "Mother was Old Garcia’s daughter. You and Jason... you’re his grandsons." Aiden stared at the pendant, his pupils contracting sharply. ... It had been a long, long time since Aiden had thought about his mother. That woman whose face never held a smile, whose eyes were always shadowed with pain and sorrow. She had taught him so many things, held him gent