The Lunar Curse: A Second Chance With Alpha Draven novel Chapter 194

Chapter 194: Abduction Sounds Like A Plan

Draven.

I stepped closer until we were face to face. "You were never close," I said bluntly, ignoring whatever emotions that would come next from her.

Shock and anger flared in her expression.

"You keep fighting to hit me once. You forgot your defence. You forgot everything I taught you. You left yourself open every time," I said, my voice cold and measured.

She swallowed, but didn’t look away.

"If I were your real enemy, you’d already be dead. Over and over. A blade to the gut, a claw to your neck—you leave too many openings."

Her shoulders sagged slightly, but she kept her chin up.

"You can’t fight to prove something," I continued. "That’s how you die. And worse—how you get others killed."

Silence stretched between us. I watched her carefully: Her pride was wounded, her breath shaky, but she was still holding my gaze.

I let out a short breath, my decision firm in my mind.

"Enough for today," I said.

Meredith’s eyes widened. "But—"

"Enough," I repeated, tone final. "Go inside. Rest."

She hesitated, then turned and walked away, her fists clenched at her sides.

I watched until she disappeared into the house and kept my arms crossed, having concluded that she wasn’t ready.

"She actually needs to face someone who wants to hurt her," I said to Rhovan.

Rhovan’s low voice answered back. "It will indeed force her to see what real danger feels like. But we are not prepared for her reaction after that."

I hardened my gaze. I didn’t care about Meredith’s feelings at the moment. It was a secondary matter.

Tomorrow, Wanda would train her.

She needed to feel real fear and real pain—needed to see that an enemy wouldn’t give her time to think.

If she hated me for it, so be it.

I turned and left the yard, my mind already on tomorrow’s plan, with my jaw clenched in cold resolve.

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Dinner felt longer than usual.

I barely tasted the food on my plate; my gaze kept drifting to Meredith, who sat stiff as stone at my right. She didn’t speak. Didn’t look at me, either.

She moved her spoon in slow, deliberate motions, and though her face betrayed nothing, I could read the resentment in the set of her jaw.

She was angry about earlier—about the harshness in my words and how easily I’d pointed out her flaws.

I didn’t blame her.

But I had no apology to give.

One day, she would see it: that every word, every decision, even the hardest ones, were for her sake.

For her survival.

When dinner ended, I rose without glancing at her.

Dennis and Jeffery fell in behind me as I left the room boots echoing softly on the marble floor.

In the quiet of the hallway, I finally spoke.

"Their security isn’t like before," I said. "After my threats, they are expecting something. They will be prepared. And if they suspect we’ve taken one of them, it’ll bring down a hammer we can’t afford yet." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

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