In the quiet room on the top floor of Star Ring Building, thin smoke curled through the air. Fine sandalwood incense drifted from an exquisite little bronze burner. Elektra, dressed in a red-and-black bodysuit, knelt on a Japanese tatami mat with her eyes half-closed, carrying out her daily meditation.
This was one of the training routines Sean had arranged for her. Black Sky's power came from the Evil God worshipped by The Hand. Elektra had once been possessed by the Beast, awakening the darkness within her and turning her into Alexandra's killing machine. Later, with that man's help, she successfully overcame Black Sky's bloodlust and locked the will of the Evil God known as the Beast completely inside a cage in her mind.
From then on, Elektra followed Sean's advice and began meditating every day, tempering the power of her mind to tame the beast within. One day, she would make Black Sky's power entirely her own. Occasionally, she trained with Sean as well—both in bed and out of it. The rate at which that man's strength grew had reached a stage Elektra could no longer comprehend. After absorbing the Dragon Bone coveted by The Hand, he seemed to have crossed directly into a realm beyond human. Their initial evenly matched exchanges had eventually become one-sided beatdowns.
In what seemed like a very short time, Sean had undergone an explosive breakthrough. Sometimes, Elektra felt as though she were facing a humanoid tyrannosaur. Whether it was strength, speed, dynamic vision, or every other physical attribute, he had long since shattered human limits and become something like a superhuman.
Now the sole leader of The Hand, Elektra had delegated almost everything to Wesley. She merely enjoyed the thrill that power brought; she had no desire to bury herself in a pile of