Alek lets out a breath that carries relief of his own, before he nods in agreement.

"It's complicated, but at least in my world, there was only six of us. I never met the guy - " Alek is never calling him a father, because he wasn't, " - but I know for a fact he wouldn't have been interested in having more children."

It's hard to admit, but it's true. He wasn't born into a loving family. His two parents weren't married, and they weren't looking to raise a big family. Alek and his brothers were made, because Lucien decided one day he needed a werewolf army of his own, made by his own design.