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unique power.
    Aalexis was omnipotent.
    With just a twinge of thought, she could reduce any full-grown man to a sniveling dog, and never lay a finger on him. That had been the reason why Dr. Hirch had left instructions to Xaver to protect her at all costs.
    But Ellyssa had changed the rules when she’d destroyed her father and The Center. Aalexis loathed her sister.
    Hatred was an emotion Aalexis could understand. She, as all her siblings, had thrived on the emotion. It wove through her being, making her strong and sure…and vengeful.
    Ellyssa would pay for her indiscretions, for reducing the goals her father had worked toward in the name of der Führer to a pile of ash. Now, her father’s unfinished work fell on Aalexis’ and Xaver’s shoulders. A task she would see through.
    “Are you ready?” asked Xaver, his hand centimeters from hers.
    Aalexis could feel his warmth through the biting temperature. She moved her hand away. “Yes. Let us proceed.”
    Turning around, Xaver led the way up the stairs and through the door. He stepped aside so that she could cross the threshold. Warm air greeted her as soon as she entered, as did the sterile environment she’d encountered during her previous visit. The walls were made of cement blocks, painted white, with no d é cor to cheer the room. Grey metal filing cabinets lined the wall next to the entrance and matched the grey of the desk where the corporal stood. Off to the right, a door marked STORAGE was closed.
    “ Heil ,” said the corporal in his pristine, freshly ironed uniform.
    “ Heil ,” Xaver returned.
    “May I take your coat, Fräulein Aalexis?” The corporal started to walk toward them with his hand extended. He stopped when Xaver stepped in front of him.
    “Do not touch her,” Xaver said, his voice flat and emotionless. Aalexis could hear the implication behind the monotonous tone, though. Her brother was to protect her at all cost, and he took the task seriously.
    Halting, the corporal blinked, surprised at the confrontation. He looked lost for a moment, unsure how to proceed as he watched Xaver help her out of her coat. Finally, the corporal stepped back and waved his arm toward the Commandant’s door. Xaver handed him both of their coats.
    “Commandant Baer is expecting you,” he said, draping the outerwear over his arm. He opened the door, then stepped as far off to the side as possible, granting room for Aalexis and Xaver to enter. “ Fräulein Aalexis and Herr Xaver, Sir,” he presented.
    Aalexis entered first. As she stepped past the corporal, she glanced at him. His anxious eyes remained straight ahead.
    No wonder the Resistance still existed when such inferior humans were still allowed to walk. The civilians and military should have been subjected to the intense programming she and her siblings had endured. Not that it mattered. Even with such training, they’d still be substandard. They lacked the genetic makeup and the intelligence of superior beings such as herself and her brother. Ordinary people still possessed useless emotions.
    Her father had been right; they were weak, low-grade beings.
    Aalexis’ meeting with Colonel Fiedler had further confirmed her father’s teaching. The Colonel had been impressed when she’d demonstrated her ability—very impressed, indeed. Yet he hadn’t understood. He had tried to hide his awe behind a cool countenance, but he’d failed. She didn’t need Ellyssa’s power to read the greed and hunger for power lurking behind the Colonel’s gaze.
    Power without the work.
    Aalexis had thought a military education would’ve taught that borrowed technology without the effort only led to downfall. It seemed history was doomed to repeat itself amongst the flawed.
    Narren nicht erkennen , as her father had said time and time again. Fools do not recognize .
    She disregarded the male officer and turned her attention to the office where the more sterile environment of the clerk’s office met warmth and color,