The watchers were the royal spies of our time. They were nosy little brats who never knew what space was, but then no one could even identify them in a crowd. Technically, anyone was a watcher. Gaviria and I could sense them because of who we are.
They had eyed Zayn and they wanted him to go serve in the royal guard. My son would be vulnerable and I knew it. He was just a human and while that never discriminated him from the rest, I knew Karolina would use him to control me.
She wanted power so bad that she was willing to use anything to ensure the strongest Falci of all time was on her side, and what better way to do that then use her son? Being the only human in Alexei had its downsides.
I knew I wouldn't always be there to protect my son, and also, while Carl was strong, he was still a kid, and I never wanted to burden my son with that. I never wanted him to grow up thinking his whole life was meant to be used to protect his brother.