Jedrek's initial order for Maximus was indeed to kill the guardian angel, who would be Kace's mate. But then, the second order that the lycan king gave him changed into a mission of finding Kace, and his mate's whereabouts.
However, Maximus interpreted this order differently, that it made him go the extra mile. And all just to kill the youngest Donovan. Meanwhile, the truth was that Jedrek never ordered him to do so. In his long life, the king had never even once gave an order that implied a murder of his own brother.
"You have to kill Maximus, we must get rid of him," Killian said. "He has been nothing but a total bastard for all his life."
"No, we can't do that," Eaton rejected the idea.
"And why can't he do that, if I may ask? Also, I wonder why you didn't finish him off while you knew that his loyalty wasn't to you all along." Killian looked at Jedrek, asking for an answer to his question.
