The Alpha King And His Chosen Luna novel Chapter 189

The first lesson

(Caius)

I didn’t interrupt her thoughts.

She’d spent so much of her life without the space to have them that I wasn’t about to fill every silence

now.

She walked beside me with her head a little higher than she once had.

Most wolves wouldn’t have noticed.

I did.

I’d watched fear slowly become confidence, one day at a time.

It hadn’t happened because I’d rescued her.

It had happened because she’d chosen, over and over again, to keep moving forward despite everything that had been done to her.

I couldn’t have been more proud of her if I’d tried.

I thought about the woman she’d become.

Not different from the one I’d found in Ashcrest.

Just free to be herself.

There was an important difference between those things.

Ashcrest hadn’t created her strength. It had only tried to bury it. Wraithbone hadn’t given it to her either. We’d simply given her the chance to uncover what had always been there.

She’d done the rest herself.

I’d never forget that.

Vorak stirred quietly.

‘She doesn’t see herself the way we do yet.”

‘Not completely.

‘She will.‘

I believed that.

Every day she grew a little more certain of herself, a little less willing to carry the lies Ashcrest had forced on her. It wasn’t happening quickly, and I was glad for that. The strongest changes were usually the quiet

ones.

They lasted.

The first lesson

Just like this one would.

She was quiet for another minute before looking over at me.

“I’ve been thinking about something.”

“What?”

She took a slow breath.

“I think it’s time.”

“For what?”

“To learn.”

I waited.

“I can’t have this much power and keep pretending I don’t need to understand it,” she said. “I’m a Celesti wolf, Caius. I’ve seen some of what Vaela can do, but I don’t understand what any of it means yet. I don’t know what’s possible or what I’m supposed to become.”

I looked at her for a moment.

“I was hoping you’d say that.”

She smiled.

“You were?”

“Yes,” I said. “And I know exactly where we’ll begin.”

She was quiet for a moment before speaking again.

“I know what Vaela can do.”

I looked at her.

“I know I can read intentions. I know I can feel things other wolves don’t. I know there are abilities I haven really explored yet.”

She drew a slow breath.

“I’ve been so focused on everything else that I haven’t really explored any of it.”

“You’ve had other priorities,” I said.

“I know.”

She looked at me.

“But I don’t want to ignore this anymore.”

“You won’t,” I said. “We’ll learn together.”

She smiled, but there was determination behind it now.

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The first lesson

“Where do we start?”

“With control,” I said.

She frowned slightly

“I thought you’d say power.”

I shook my head.

“Power without control has never helped anyone. You already have the power. What you need now is to

understand it.”

She thought about that for a moment.

“And after that?”

“We’ll discover what your abilities can really do. One step at a time.”

She nodded.

“I think I’m ready for that.”

“So do I,” I said.

I looked toward the training grounds.

“We won’t be rushing any of it,” I said. “The strongest abilities aren’t the ones used the fastest. They’re the ones understood the best.”

She followed my gaze.

“So this won’t be like ordinary training.”

“No.”

“What will it be like?”

I smiled.

“We’ll start with the things your senses are already trying to tell you. Then we’ll learn how to separate instinct from ability. Once you can do that, everything else becomes easier,”

She nodded slowly.

“I’ve spent enough time guessing.”

“You won’t have to anymore.”

She looked toward the forest beyond the training grounds.

“Has anyone ever trained a Celestial wolf before?”

“Not in our lifetime.”

She looked back at me.

The first lesson

“So we’re figuring it out as we go.”

“Some of it.”

She was quiet for a moment.

“Does that worry you?”

“No.”

“Why not?”

“Because the most important part isn’t finding someone who has all the answers.” I smiled. “It’s making sure you never have to look for them alone.”

She held my gaze for a second before nodding.

“I think I can do that.”

“I know you can.”

I looked at her for a moment.

“You know,” I said, “there’s one advantage we have.”

“What?”

“No one knows exactly what a Celestial wolf can become.”

She smiled.

“I thought that was supposed to be the difficult party

“It is.”

“Then why is it an advantage?”

“Because it means no one gets to decide your limits before you do.”

She was quiet for a second.

“I like that.”

“So do I.”

I offered her my hand.

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