The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[HAWI]

"Well, this is awkward," Elodie suddenly said, as she carried Hawi's bloody crown and the royal clothes that Hawi had left home with four years ago. She looked like she had just been sent on an errand and was just coming from it.

At the moment, Malika couldn't deny that Mbali's suspicions were having a good starting point. Elodie Kane had fooled them once in the past, and she made them believe that she had switched sides and now, she had been missing.

It was all a little too convenient, but that still didn't mean that the woman she had fallen in love with was a traitor. That was something Malika wouldn't accept, unless all the facts were set straight.

However, until then, she wouldn't listen to the speculations of a sister she hadn't been with for years and years. There were so many things they didn't know about each other and with their attitudes, it would be a little too hard on them.

Then again, they couldn't deny the possibility of Elodie betraying them, but then faith was something they needed to have each other along with trust, because otherwise they would be on their own despite having each other to rely on.

And that wasn't good for any mission.

Perhaps they could think it over again, right?

"Ella!" Malika said as she rushed to the woman she liked and hugged her, ignoring the crown on her hands and the bloodied gown she had been holding onto.

She couldn't imagine what it was like for Elodie, being helpless like that out there when there were possible targets on her back, but then there were so many things they had to understand with the chaos that had propelled like this.

"You heard that?" Mbali asked and Elodie just shrugged casually. She knew that this was one of the hardest times for them and losing an entire army like that wasn't the easiest of things.

Granted, they hadn't needed the Greyson army per se, but they couldn't deny that the army would hasten most of the things. However now that it was just the five of them they had to make sure that they did what had to be done, even though they would be prone to more attacks.

It almost seemed like they were losing, given they had already lost a lot of people. Perhaps that was the last of the people they would lose, right? But what about Hawi and whatever the heck Atticus had promised Jeremiah Warner then?

"No hard feelings Mbali… I understand really. If it helps, when I first met Malika, she wanted to kill me and Hawi was just watching amusedly. So yeah, I understand how you feel. But don't worry, I wouldn't betray Hawi for anything, not even Malika.

"Don't get me wrong, I love her, but I wouldn't betray Hawi for her," Elodie said once Malika pulled back and confirmed that was all right.

Malika let out a breath of relief and while Mbali was shocked to hear that Elodie would probably ditch Malika, the protector herself knew what the odds were when she got in. If anything, even she would kill Elodie if that meant saving Hawi.

They all had their parts to play in the madness and they had learned to embrace it all so well. Perhaps that's why it was easy for them to get along.

"Anyway, there was nothing out there. Nothing that could point to the attack. This means that the person who thwarted the spell and was there when Hawi had cast it. It had to be one of the rogues. Enjoy exclusive content from m v l'e|m,pyr

"I hear the shadow warlocks have a thing for rogue children. Giving them false hope and sending them to dens that could kill them in the name of making their families live good lives.

"The good thing is they keep their promises, so no wonder Jer agreed to it," Elodie said disappointedly and Hawi just sighed.

She wanted to ask so many questions but this wasn't the time for that. However, she needed to know how the fuck they had gotten to this point. Surely Atticus alone couldn't have subdued an army of ten thousand, right?

"That makes sense, because one moment we were on our way to Sicario, and the next, everyone was falling dead suddenly. They had set us up. It was like they had been attacked by magic and none of them could resist.

"It was unrealistic, really. And that was why it took us a moment to react and when we did, everyone was dead, leaving only us immortals, which could mean that the spell was targeted at Rukiya.

"She still was a mortal up until Hawi marked her, which wasn't also made public. I guess the bastards missed the memory and came after her nonetheless," Mbali said as she looked at Atticus who was staring in confusion.

He looked like he had seen the devil himself, when it was just Malika and Hawi, the girl who was supposed to be dead. He couldn't be blamed though.

For years Atticus had kept his eyes on Hawi, but he hadn't done anything, but seeing the woman up close, he revealed why it was hard to get to her. She had so many battle scars even though she could heal herself and make the scars fade.

The woman he was looking at was proud of war and she loved the pain from the battles that she always won. It was a little too late for Atticus to come to that realization but then what else could he do other than hope to the goddess that things wouldn't be so bad?

If anything, he already knew Malika would kill him, no matter what happened, but seeing Hawi the queen of torture here Atticus was certain that was screwed. He could as well start dancing to welcome the pain he was about to experience anyway.

"Well then. Atticus is here and we just learned that he and his family are always going to come after Hawi. Not to mention Jer who is also coming after all of us because he suddenly feels like a vengeful lover boy. How pathetic.

"The little shit is determined to avenge his Malika. He believes that I am a fake and the one that died was real. Whatever it is, I don't know what he plans on doing but it's not anything good.

"So far we have two of the seven shadow warlocks, not to mention their little brother, Kurt, an autistic human – a very dead one, but not to worry. I'll revive the little shit over and over until I get the location of all seven dipshits.

"In total, the addition of that human makes the shadow warlocks a family of eight. We also need to keep in mind that they are dangerous, and they will keep coming, at least that much obvious," Malika explained and the team sighed.

They had known there would be no breaks in between but this wasn't it for them. Whatever the hell had changed along the way had to be very in hanged, because how the hell had a mission to kill Jeremiah unraveled to this?

He was supposed to be an easy target, but then it turned out he was just a puppet and they needed to get to the source of the madness, to uproot the evil itself.

This really wasn't going to be easy for them, but that was okay, right?

"Well, we should get going then."