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Phenomenal Alex Cole Chapter 156 - Come in when you are ready.
The mist clung low to the earth like a forgotten veil, drifting in wisps between the slender trunks of the ancient trees that stood as silent sentinels around General Earlton’s secluded estate. Dawn had only begun to breathe over the horizon, and the sky wore a faded palette of violet and gray, cut through with the slow awakening of golden light.The gravel crunched under Thea Walton’s boots as she walked up the winding path to the main house, shoulders stiff beneath her military jacket. She had always been punctual, but today, she had made sure to be early out of both habit and curiosity. General Earlton had summoned her with strict orders to report before sunrise. No details. No explanation. Just come.As the main house came into view, Thea slowed her pace. The silhouette of a man stood at the edge of the porch, hands in his pockets, posture relaxed like he’d been waiting for a while.Alex Cole.He was wearing a simple black long-sleeved shirt rolled at the forearms, paired with l
Phenomenal Alex Cole Chapter 157 - Breathing exercise
The floor of the dojo creaked softly beneath their feet as Thea followed Alex into the training space. The dim amber light of morning filtered through the paper-paneled windows, casting long rectangles of golden warmth across the tatami mats. Incense from an earlier offering still lingered faintly, curling in wisps near the rafters.Alex walked calmly to the center of the room and turned to face her. His expression was unreadable, calm but not cold. There was a certain serenity about him in this space, as if the dojo answered to him more than the other way around.Thea, however, stood with arms crossed, one booted foot tapping with restless irritation."We start with breathing," Alex said, voice low but firm. "Three rounds. Inhale, hold, exhale. Center your energy."Thea rolled her eyes. "I didn’t come here to chant and do yoga, Alex. Let’s get to the part where I wipe the floor with you."He ignored the jab. "Your core isn’t balanced. Your last two battles showed that. You lead with
Phenomenal Alex Cole Chapter 158 - When you are ready
Alex watched Thea’s chest rise and fall as she struggled to hold her stance. Her arms were tight against her sides, her breathing shallow, impatient. She wasn’t used to standing still. Her body screamed for motion, for action, but Alex gave no command to strike.He circled her slowly, hands folded behind his back, observing every muscle twitch with a detached calm that made Thea grind her teeth."Focus on the breath," Alex said."I'm focused enough," Thea snapped."Then you wouldn’t be shifting your weight like a drunk soldier," he said without raising his voice.Her nostrils flared. She straightened, forcing her heels to root into the ground as he had instructed earlier, but her mind raced ahead to the sparring she expected. She wasn't here to meditate. She was a fighter, not a monk."Again," Alex said.Thea closed her eyes and tried to inhale as slowly as he had demonstrated: steady, filling her lungs from the diaphragm, not the chest. It felt unnatural. It felt wrong. She could be
Phenomenal Alex Cole Chapter 159
Thea was still leaning against the far wall of the dojo when the door slid open quietly. She straightened instinctively, wiping the emotion from her face as General Earlton entered. The older woman moved with a calm, powerful grace that made it clear she didn’t need to raise her voice or brandish a weapon to command respect. Her gaze flickered briefly between Alex and Thea, as if weighing the temperature of the room.Without a word, Earlton walked to the center of the mat and stood there, her hands clasped lightly behind her back. Thea noticed the faint bulge under her robe, but said nothing.Alex, always observant, stepped forward first. He moved into position without needing to be told, standing a respectful few paces from Earlton, his posture straight but relaxed.Earlton smiled slightly, the kind of smile that held more warning than warmth."Stand still," she said to him.Alex gave a slight nod, his face expressionless.Thea folded her arms, skeptical. Whatever this was, she doub
Phenomenal Alex Cole Chapter 160 - Jealousy
Thea was already in the dojo when Alex arrived.She stood in the center of the mat, arms crossed, foot tapping impatiently against the wooden floor. Her hair was pulled back into a tight ponytail, and her eyes narrowed the moment the door slid open and he stepped through.Alex moved with his usual lazy grace, one hand tucked casually in his pocket, the other swinging a water bottle loosely at his side. He looked refreshed, relaxed, and completely unbothered by the fact that he was several minutes late.Thea's eyes narrowed further."Nice of you to finally show up," she said, her voice sharp enough to cut glass.Alex raised an eyebrow as he tossed the bottle onto a bench against the wall. "Morning to you too."She didn't smile. "Let me guess. Late because you had a busy night?"Alex tilted his head slightly, pretending to think. "Define busy."Thea scoffed, the sound sharp and bitter. "I saw you yesterday. With her. You were too busy playing chauffeur for your girlfriend to bother show
Phenomenal Alex Cole Chapter 161 - Late night practice and Chicken
The door to the dojo slid open, and General Earlton entered with the authority of someone who didn’t need to announce herself. She carried something wrapped tightly in dark cloth. Thea straightened without thinking, the exhaustion in her limbs forgotten the moment she saw Earlton’s face.Alex stood not far away, loose and at ease, but he still shifted a little when the general scanned the room with her eyes.Earlton crossed to Thea and unwrapped the cloth with a flick of her wrist. A set of throwing knives shined in the dim light, their sharp edges catching every stray sunbeam that slipped into the dojo.Without a word, she handed them over.Thea took them, feeling how heavy they were as they settled into her palms. These weren’t training toys. These were real, deadly tools.Earlton’s voice broke the silence. “You will throw at him.”Thea’s head snapped up. “At him?”Earlton’s eyes didn’t waver. “Stand in place. Throw.”Alex didn’t protest. He just walked to the center of the mat and
Phenomenal Alex Cole Chapter 162 - Lord Thor Walton’s health
Two weeks later, the training came to an end.It had not been marked by any grand announcement, no ceremony or formal dismissal. It simply faded away, as naturally as the sun giving way to the stars. One morning, the dojo felt different. Not empty, but finished. Thea stood on the mat after her final sparring session with Alex, her body humming with the familiar ache of exertion, her breathing steady and deep.She still hadn’t beaten him.Not even once.No matter how fast she moved, how sharp her instincts grew, Alex stayed ahead of her, always calm, always just out of reach. It used to enrage her, that casual mastery, but now it stirred something else. A challenge, yes, but also a quiet, deep respect.Thea knew exactly how far she had come.When she first stepped into this place, her strength had been a hammer heavy, wild, effective only when brute force was enough. Now, her strength had edges. It cut clean where before it only crushed. Her movements were no longer reactive but int
Phenomenal Alex Cole Chapter 162 - What Doctor?
Morning sunlight spilled into Thea’s room, warm against the crisp sheets she hadn’t bothered to untangle during the night. She sat at the edge of the bed, staring at the floor, her hands resting loosely against her knees.Dr. Nelson’s words from the day before still rang in her ears.Her grandfather’s condition had improved. More than expected. More than medicine alone should have allowed.She trusted Dr. Nelson’s skills, but he wasn’t easily impressed. If he said something unusual was happening, it wasn’t just politeness. It was a fact.Thea ran a hand through her hair, her fingers snagging against a knot. She needed answers.Her mind turned, slowly at first, then faster, piecing things together. There had been another visitor before she left for training. Someone Reed had brought, someone important enough that even Thor Walton had agreed to meet him.Master Roman Reigns.Thea frowned slightly, trying to remember every detail Reed had given her at the time. There hadn't been much. Ju
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The early morning mist blanketed the path leading to the Imperial Palace of Mericania. Beneath its billowy shroud, marble steps stretched endlessly toward a towering gate crowned with golden dragons and pearl-laced carvings. The palace loomed above all a structure of celestial grandeur with vermillion columns, crystal-tiled rooftops, and murals of the founding emperors glinting in the sun’s newborn light.Alex Cole stood at the base of the steps.Clad in a plain black robe with a wide hood that concealed his face, he looked nothing like the man who had shaken the foundations of Trim City’s elite. Here, stripped of noise and identity, he appeared to be just another visitor. Yet in his chest pocket rested something far older than the empire itselfan ancient seal, gifted unknowingly by the quiet Freya of the medicine village.His steps were steady, silent, resolute.As he approached the first line of guards flanking the eastern gate, the air around him shifted. The guards wore obsidian
Chapter 166 - Pathetic
The laughter had reached a fever pitch.The rich men slammed their glasses against the table, howling with amusement, slapping each other on the backs like they had just witnessed the world’s greatest joke.Alex let it wash over him without blinking.He sat there, unmoving, the picture of calm.Then, without a word, he reached into the inner pocket of his jacket.The mocking slowed slightly, a few men noticing the movement, curiosity flickering through their drunken haze.Alex’s fingers closed around a thin, solid object. He drew it out smoothly and set it down on the table between them with a soft click.A golden card.The lighting in the bar caught the surface instantly, throwing a sharp gleam across the polished wood.It wasn’t flashy gold paint or cheap shine. It was a deep, rich luster a card that spoke in a language no ordinary man would dare counterfeit.Silence fell over the nearest tables like a switch had been flipped.One by one, heads turned.The man with the rings froze
Chapter 165 - Payment Declined
The tension was thick enough to choke on.Alex stood calm in the middle of it, hands still tucked casually into his jacket pockets, every muscle in his body ready to move the second they gave him a reason.The first guard squared his shoulders, clearly preparing to escalate, when the heavy front door of the bar swung open behind them.All movement froze.A man stepped out, flanked by two more guards who hung back respectfully, almost blending into the shadows. He was older, somewhere past fifty, but moved with the easy, unhurried grace of someone who had commanded respect for most of his life.He wore a tailored grey suit that probably cost more than most cars on the street. His hair was slicked back, silver at the temples, and a heavy ring gleamed on one hand as he adjusted the cuff of his jacket.His eyes, sharp and assessing, swept the scene in a single glance.The guards stiffened instantly.The first one dropped his aggressive stance and took a half step back.The man’s gaze land
Chapter 164 - Rejection
Thea sat at her desk, three heavy envelopes laid out before her, each bearing the crest of the Smith family the intertwined black and silver sigil that carried weight across the country. Each envelope was slightly different. Different handwriting. Different thickness. Different energy.They were invitations.Polished. Formal. Calculated.But no matter how fine the paper or how elegant the phrasing, Thea knew exactly what lay beneath.Marriage proposals.The Smith brothers had made their move.Thea leaned back in her chair, studying the envelopes like a general studying the battlefield. She had seen this coming. Felt it in the way their interactions had shifted from rivalry to alliance to something heavier, more dangerous.Affection.Ambition.Possession.She tapped her fingers lightly against the desk, thinking.It wasn’t anger she felt.It was... regret.Because if things were different, if her world was simpler, if her heart hadn’t already tilted somewhere else without permissio
Chapter 162 - What Doctor?
Morning sunlight spilled into Thea’s room, warm against the crisp sheets she hadn’t bothered to untangle during the night. She sat at the edge of the bed, staring at the floor, her hands resting loosely against her knees.Dr. Nelson’s words from the day before still rang in her ears.Her grandfather’s condition had improved. More than expected. More than medicine alone should have allowed.She trusted Dr. Nelson’s skills, but he wasn’t easily impressed. If he said something unusual was happening, it wasn’t just politeness. It was a fact.Thea ran a hand through her hair, her fingers snagging against a knot. She needed answers.Her mind turned, slowly at first, then faster, piecing things together. There had been another visitor before she left for training. Someone Reed had brought, someone important enough that even Thor Walton had agreed to meet him.Master Roman Reigns.Thea frowned slightly, trying to remember every detail Reed had given her at the time. There hadn't been much. Ju
Chapter 162 - Lord Thor Walton’s health
Two weeks later, the training came to an end.It had not been marked by any grand announcement, no ceremony or formal dismissal. It simply faded away, as naturally as the sun giving way to the stars. One morning, the dojo felt different. Not empty, but finished. Thea stood on the mat after her final sparring session with Alex, her body humming with the familiar ache of exertion, her breathing steady and deep.She still hadn’t beaten him.Not even once.No matter how fast she moved, how sharp her instincts grew, Alex stayed ahead of her, always calm, always just out of reach. It used to enrage her, that casual mastery, but now it stirred something else. A challenge, yes, but also a quiet, deep respect.Thea knew exactly how far she had come.When she first stepped into this place, her strength had been a hammer heavy, wild, effective only when brute force was enough. Now, her strength had edges. It cut clean where before it only crushed. Her movements were no longer reactive but int
Chapter 161 - Late night practice and Chicken
The door to the dojo slid open, and General Earlton entered with the authority of someone who didn’t need to announce herself. She carried something wrapped tightly in dark cloth. Thea straightened without thinking, the exhaustion in her limbs forgotten the moment she saw Earlton’s face.Alex stood not far away, loose and at ease, but he still shifted a little when the general scanned the room with her eyes.Earlton crossed to Thea and unwrapped the cloth with a flick of her wrist. A set of throwing knives shined in the dim light, their sharp edges catching every stray sunbeam that slipped into the dojo.Without a word, she handed them over.Thea took them, feeling how heavy they were as they settled into her palms. These weren’t training toys. These were real, deadly tools.Earlton’s voice broke the silence. “You will throw at him.”Thea’s head snapped up. “At him?”Earlton’s eyes didn’t waver. “Stand in place. Throw.”Alex didn’t protest. He just walked to the center of the mat and
Chapter 160 - Jealousy
Thea was already in the dojo when Alex arrived.She stood in the center of the mat, arms crossed, foot tapping impatiently against the wooden floor. Her hair was pulled back into a tight ponytail, and her eyes narrowed the moment the door slid open and he stepped through.Alex moved with his usual lazy grace, one hand tucked casually in his pocket, the other swinging a water bottle loosely at his side. He looked refreshed, relaxed, and completely unbothered by the fact that he was several minutes late.Thea's eyes narrowed further."Nice of you to finally show up," she said, her voice sharp enough to cut glass.Alex raised an eyebrow as he tossed the bottle onto a bench against the wall. "Morning to you too."She didn't smile. "Let me guess. Late because you had a busy night?"Alex tilted his head slightly, pretending to think. "Define busy."Thea scoffed, the sound sharp and bitter. "I saw you yesterday. With her. You were too busy playing chauffeur for your girlfriend to bother show
Chapter 159
Thea was still leaning against the far wall of the dojo when the door slid open quietly. She straightened instinctively, wiping the emotion from her face as General Earlton entered. The older woman moved with a calm, powerful grace that made it clear she didn’t need to raise her voice or brandish a weapon to command respect. Her gaze flickered briefly between Alex and Thea, as if weighing the temperature of the room.Without a word, Earlton walked to the center of the mat and stood there, her hands clasped lightly behind her back. Thea noticed the faint bulge under her robe, but said nothing.Alex, always observant, stepped forward first. He moved into position without needing to be told, standing a respectful few paces from Earlton, his posture straight but relaxed.Earlton smiled slightly, the kind of smile that held more warning than warmth."Stand still," she said to him.Alex gave a slight nod, his face expressionless.Thea folded her arms, skeptical. Whatever this was, she doub
