The Alpha's Mafia Luna novel Chapter 74

Chapter 74

“You’re up early.”

Kael’s voice drifted across the open courtyard, low and unreadable as

always.

I didn’t turn around.

I was facing the foggy forest beyond his estate, arms crossed tightly around myself, sweat sticking to my back. I hadn’t slept much. Again. But something in me wouldn’t let me lie still. Not anymore.

“Couldn’t sleep,” I murmured.

“Nightmares?”

“No,” I replied flatly. “Dreams.”

That made him pause.

I finally looked back at him. He was shirtless, wearing nothing but black training pants. Golden hair slicked back from an early shower,

smooth but solid, or maybe a run. His body was built like a weapon every movement precise. It was like watching a storm bottled into

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“I don’t have claws,” I muttered.

Kael walked in a slow circle around me. “Not yet. But you will. Your body has more power than it remembers.”

“I wasn’t born strong,” I said bitterly. “I was the Omega. I never shifted. I was nothin

Kael stopped

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ing the staff. “Then unhide me.”

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Then a third.

This time I failed. The staff cracked against my shoulder. I hissed,

falling onto my knees.

“Get up,” Kael ordered.

I glared at him. “You’re insane.”

“Good. Embrace it.”

I rose again, furious. My body screamed from the effort, but my rage

silenced it.

I swung at him.

He dodged, elegant and calm.

“Better,” he murmured. “Do it again.”

We trained for hours. Or maybe just one

–

it felt endless.

He never once praised me. Never babied me. But he didn’t insult me either. Everything was about movement. Instinct. Energy.

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By the end, I was drenched in sweat, arms shaking, legs wobbling. But

I was still standing.

Kael looked at me, golden eyes sharp. “You’re driven.”

“I want blood.”

He nodded. “Then you’ll get it. But you’ll need more than that.”

I panted, wiping sweat from my forehead. “What?”

“Control.”

He moved toward me again, closer this time. “You can’t just run into battle on rage alone. If you want to kill someone like Damian, you have to become smarter than him. Stronger. Colder.”

I swallowed hard. “I can be cold.”

“No,” he said softly. “Not yet.”

He stepped back, tossing his staff aside. “Come back at sundown. We

start your sensory training.”

I blinked. “Sensory?”

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Kael looked at me. “What you hear. What you smell. How you track.

You’re more wolf than you realize. Time to act like it.”

He turned and walked away.

I watched him go, my chest heaving.

Later that day…

I stood in the shower for nearly twenty minutes, letting the water

scald my skin and soothe the aches. My thoughts were like knives —

sharp, unrelenting.

Kael wasn’t wrong.

I was angry. But anger didn’t win wars.

And I was going to war.

Against Damian. Against Taurus. Against everyone who let my father

die.

I stepped out of the shower, wrapped myself in a towel, and moved to

the mirror.

I didn’t recognize the girl looking back at me.

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She looked… dangerous.

Sundown

The sky was bruised with violet and gold. Kael waited in the field

again, this time seated on a wooden bench with a blindfold in his

hand.

“What’s that?” I asked, stepping onto the grass.

“You’re going to wear it.”

I raised a brow. “This is some kinky fantasy of yours?”

Kael didn’t even blink. “I don’t mix pleasure with business.”

He stood and tossed the blindfold to me. “Put it on.”

I sighed but did as he asked.

Darkness.

My breathing slowed. I could hear… everything. The rustle of trees.

The soft buzz of insects. My own heartbeat.

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“Now what?” I asked.

“Find me.”

I snorted. “You’re kidding, right?”

I swung wildly, expecting him to be near.

But he wasn’t.

Something flicked my ear.

I whipped around.

Nothing.

“Use your senses,” his voice said from somewhere to my right. “You’re

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