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suddenly replayed in her head, if Daegal had known… Not if Daegal
    knew . Did that mean he hadn’t known about Alexa’s parentage then but did now? Or was she reading too much into his words?
    To do something so drastic simply to destroy an offspring of a brother he considered an enemy seemed insane. But then, so many things involving Daegal seemed insane.
    And now that she thought about it, back on Earth, how would Daegal have known about Alexa’s Super-breeder status if it wasn’t even in their own files? Very little was making sense to her.
    “So you’re the one who told the Council about Alexa being a Super-breeder but you didn’t tell them about her relationship to you?” Braden asked, turning back to Laszlo.
    “Yes. I told them that I had received a tip regarding a possible DNA-compatible Super-breeder living on Earth who had an unknown genetic background. After your mother unexpectedly passed, Alexa, I knew the time was right. The Council was given the altered database info—your tracking chip signal code—among other data. I still made certain your files didn’t reflect your breeder status. The Council agreed for your protection. I saw to it that a lot of information remained sealed. I don’t know how Daegal found out. Kam only knew bits and pieces. I brought him into my confidence because I needed his help. He was told you were his half sister and believed at the time that the decoy—his father—was your father too. Once he got over the shock of thinking his father had mated with another, besides the woman he’d Branded, Kam became intrigued. He agreed to help me in whatever way I needed to protect you.”
    “Why didn’t you marry Kam’s mother?” Alexa asked. “I mean, Brand her. Didn’t you love her?” She glanced toward Kam a moment but then her gaze switched back to Laszlo.
    “Yes I did. Do. Very much. As I did your mother. However, it isn’t safe to Brand any woman as my own. It would be a death sentence for her. As well as for any children produced. Daegal would find a way. His evil and hatred are that great.”
    “Why?” Erik asked. “You still haven’t explained what I feel is at the core of all this.”
    “I will get to it.”
    “Well, get to it faster,” Torque replied.
    “It must be difficult. To be condemned to a life alone,” Alexa responded, a compassionate look on her face.
    “One makes adjustments. Life isn’t always as we would wish. Myself, another and the Warrior now mated to Kam’s mother initiated her. He fell in love with her too, so I stepped aside…eventually.”
    “After she got pregnant?” Alexa asked.
    “Yes. He raised Kam as his own and then stepped in when I needed him to, after I found out your mother was carrying you.”
    Brianna didn’t know whether to feel sorry for Kam or not. He had been partially informed but also used and manipulated. Blamed, maybe somewhat justifiably by his friends, but at the same time he’d tried to remain loyal to their leader as they’d all been trained to do. And now he was struggling to be loyal to his friends, his family and his duty—all at the same time. A hard position, she would imagine.
    Braden shifted in his seat. “I understand Daegal wants all Xylons destroyed, so he can take over this system, as well as others, without interference. Eliminating or sterilizing all Super-breeders and any fertile remaining singular breeders would eventually guarantee that. Especially given his longevity, if what you’ve said is true.
    We’ve known that to be his goal for years. But why is Alexa so special? It has to be more than her being a Super-breeder or just an offspring of yours that he might want revenge on, if that bastard would go to any length to destroy her.”
    Laszlo paused before responding, then nodded. “Yes it is more. Alexa is special.
    The daughter of one of the siblings in our Triad of Power was destined to give birth to another Triad of Power. For many years, I didn’t know from which of us the