The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[RUKIYA]

[FLASHBACK]

[Still, The evening of Malika and Jer's Wedding]

"Don't you even try hiding your face, because I will smack the life out of you myself," Malika warned angrily when Hawi opened her eyes. She and Rukiya had broken from the hug, but the pain in Rukiya's eyes was still obvious.

'Nope, I'm not facing them today,' Hawi thought as she tried to shift into her wolf but she only heard a few growls around her. Of course, she knew who they belonged to, but maybe if she played stupid for a while, she would be able to get out of this, right?

"Yeah, try me, Mistress," a furious Malika voiced when Hawi stared into the lake with a glint in her eyes.

Hawi tried to smile at her, but Malika was grim this time.

And Rukiya looked heartbroken and disappointed at the same time.

Was that even possible in one sitting?

"I'm fucked, yay," Hawi sighed before they all fell into a deafening silence.

"Malika… I promise, I wasn't trying to—" Hawi began and Malika rolled her eyes at Hawi, making the woman feel like she had a lot to do today. How the fuck had she ever gotten here? Maybe she wouldn't have attended the damn wedding, right?

"I know you aren't that stupid. The only question I have is why the fuck would you call out to me and disappear underwater. Were you trying to teach yourself to be a fish or what?" Malika asked with a clear displeasure as she stared at Hawi.

Hawi conceded and so she looked at Rukiya who was also glaring at her. She hadn't even changed clothes, and she looked like she had had the worst pain in the past few hours. Surely it couldn't be because of Hawi too, right?

"Don't tell me you're mad at me because you think I—" Hawi said as she looked at Rukiya curiously.

"Why would I, when you told Malika to seek me out for you? I just don't understand what's going on in your head. You're confusing me and it's pissing me off. Reject me already so I can move on instead of pushing me away and bringing me close.

"I hate it, and I can't even hate you for it, so please do what you do best," Rukiya said angrily as she stared into Hawi's eyes which seemed to be calling out to Rukiya. Funny how they could manage to both be in their world even when they had Malika around them.

However, was that even enough to explain whatever the fuck had just happened?

"I did what now?" Hawi asked as she ran a frustrated hand through her tangled hair.

Hawi winced out in pain when she felt her fingers pull a little too hard at the roots of her long white hair which had somehow managed to remain white despite the fact that the woman looked like she had been fighting the water insects and fish.

She looked like a lost Nemo or whatever the fuck sharks went to find under the deep seas anyway.

"As much as I would like to hear you reject Rukiya for the hundredth time and break her heart despite the obvious pull you both are experiencing, we have a bigger problem than you being stupid right now,'' Malika said and that got Hawi's attention.

She wasn't sure what it was but the tone that Rukiya had used was enough to tell her that something had happened that shouldn't have happened and it needed Hawi's instant attention.

"What is it?" Hawi asked as she tried to sit up, and once again failed.

"Your father isn't dead, Mistress," Malika said slowly like she wanted to make sure she heard her right. It was like there was something in the air that was making Hawi look like she was about to lose her chance at humanity today.

"Explain," Hawi said stiffly and Malika looked at Hawi and then at Rukiya, like she wasn't sure she could say this around Rukiya. Then again, it was quite hilarious since she had seen the bond and knew that it couldn't be denied.

"She won't do shit, don't worry about her. And even if she does I will kill her with the blood oath. So, what the fuck do you mean by my father isn't dead?" Hawi said coldly and Rukiya flinched at the tone the woman was using. Your journey continues at empire

She was used to the rejection but hearing Hawi talk like that about her was affecting her and she couldn't deny it. However, right now they had more important things to worry about than what she was feeling when she heard Hawi threaten her indirectly.

Rukiya hated being on this side of things but maybe once they were done today, she would go back to being the alpha her people needed and not the woman who was pining after a crazy woman with anger issues and a lot of baggage, right?

"It was a setup, Hawi. It was a setup to see if you would show up. They had planned it to see whether you were alive or not, and Alpha Sicario was in on it too," Malika said.

"What?" Hawi breathed out defeatedly as she looked at Malika like she was hoping that it was all just a lie to discourage her from going back to Sicario. She wished it was just a bad message and that she hadn't been betrayed again by her father.

"I'm sorry, Mistress," Malika said defeatedly as she watched the betrayal register with Hawi making her wince again. She had been played and betrayed by the one person that she cared for in Sicario. And it seemed like they were out to really get her.

"They faked Father's death because they weren't sure I was alive or dead. They tried to lure me because they always knew that I would always show up for that old man after what happened.

"They used my love to play with my emotions again?" Hawi asked angrily, though this time, her tone was low and she was feeling like running things.

"He… He played me, Ruru," Hawi whispered subconsciously as she held onto Rukiya's arms and set herself up. She hadn't expected that her father would be that cruel and it was breaking her heart once again.

"I'm sorry, love," Rukiya said, ignoring the flutter in her heart when she heard Hawi call her Ruru like they had been friends for the longest time.

Maybe that was a sign that Hawi cared about her, right?

Rukiya gently stroked Hawi's hair in reassurance, like she was telling the mad woman that she was always going to be there for her. It was frustrating, but then it wasn't like Rukiya could find it in her heart to walk away from Hawi.

"I have to go, Mistress. I can hear them coming. Please don't hurt yourself, as for what they were hoping to get, I'll find it out. Until then, be good to yourself mistress. Take care, Hawi," Malika said before she disappeared, making Hawi realize that all this time, only Rukiya had been real and Malika was just a reflection.

"Why is everyone always out to hurt me? What is so wrong with me? D... Do you think I'm damaged too, Ruru?"