The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[HAWI]

"... We have a year on the road and if we tell them that we still have nine months before we can get to that side of the west, they might actually kill us in our sleep, don't you think?" Hawi chuckled amusedly.

"We are almost out of the tracking range. How about we activate everything else when we are past that range? They are angry and they have every right to be. Things are not looking so good and we are holding information from them," Malika tried to reason.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

She knows that there was only so long they could do this before Mbali and Ruru were fatigued. They were warriors, not people who traveled long distances, maybe they could go on other hunts and get more food instead of surviving on cherries.

They were living lives worse than rogues and it wasn't helping them either. Granted this was a necessary sacrifice but hell's done, they were losing their minds at a really fast rate. What were the chances that they would make it through?

"Or what if we tell them the truth? We have been hiding this from them for a while now like we are protecting them. What if they don't want us to protect them? What if they want to be in this?" Hawi asked and Malika snickered.

This wasn't the best of ideas and you would probably backfire on them, especially with the way they had traveled for almost three months, there had to be a negative relation to this.

"That is a dangerous mistress. We didn't tell them what we were going to do west, earlier. If we do that right now, it will come off like we are treating them like kids. What if they despise it and decide to take it out on us?

"We are all fatigued and might just lose our minds on the way with how helpless we are, shouldn't we consider some other option?" Malika asked and Hawi sighed.

She knew this wasn't going to be easy and she knew that she had to protect her people.

But then again the fact that they had all come to this mission like this had to mean that they were ready, hell, they already knew that they would probably go back home in more than fifty years. The least they could do was be honest with the team, right?

"You remember that spell we cast only during emergencies?" Hawi asked and Malika stared at her incredulously.

"Surely you don't mean THAT spell…"

"It's been three months; we all deserve a break. We can cast it and bring the band together one more time even if it's for a night. Look at them, they look so sad," Hawi said and Malika wasn't sure if the woman beside her was the white wolf or the woman who had lost her mind.

That one spell they were talking about was a dangerous one. It would definitely alert people to where they were and even worse bring so that they didn't want to this side. Wasn't this supposed to be a mission so scary? Since when had the script changed that fast?

"But what of Mbali… bringing the band together means—"

"I know. Bring her too. It doesn't matter what happens here. I will take responsibility for it. We have spent years working out asses off to save the realm and now the realm is safe. We deserve a chance to be together and make merry too," Hawi reminded like that wasn't the worst decision they were about to make.

Then again, deep down, Malika knew that they really needed a break from the madness. They were all fine with not being home for years about the loneliness that they were experiencing was top-tier.

It wasn't fair to them and Malika understood that so well, especially since she had been away from her sister for so many years even though she had been watching her from a distance.

It wasn't the easiest of things that she had done and if there was a time when she wanted to change things then she would have traveled back. Then again, this was a chance to not make the same mistake again, right?

"Okay. I'll use the four elements just in case," Malika said and Hawi nodded before she shooed Malika away to get started. Tonight, they wouldn't be sulking.

As Malika cast the spell that Hawi had taken off, as she combined through four elements of the universe to create the best protective spell and the one impenetrable spell, Hawi was acting another spell.

She knew that it would take them a while to get to the west, and they would face a lot of crazy situations along the way.

So, she had to be ready. It wasn't something that would be easy, but with Malika's powerful spell masking her spell, it would be as easy as writing the scrolls of life, right?

"Nik, Nik, Nik. The time has come for you to go home to the forest," Hawi stated, while leaning down to Nik's Level. The warlock was defeated and bound for a journey of no return. He disliked shit and was desperate to let all of this go, but then Hawi had to come this far with him just for him to be set free easily like that, right?

"I'll do you one better. I will send you ahead of us. Who knows, you might like it better there," Hawi said with a smirk before she increased the intensity of her spell.

It was also sudden and intense to the point that one moment, Nikolai Russel was tied up on the ground and the next, he was getting through a portal to the worst of places that anywhere could ever want to be at.

It was an insane choice for Hawi, but then she didn't have that many options waiting for her. She had a pouty mate and friend who were fatigued for the long journey.

Granted, they would still continue like this, but then she could at least make it better for her people, before things got even more intense, and she couldn't fix the messes along the way.

"You need help?" Hawi asked once she was done and she could see that Malia was still busy.

"Nope. I'll be fine, thanks."

"Alright. Wish me well," Hawi said as she looked at her mate who was still furious. Even when Rukiya Greyson was angry with her, she was cute as hell and got Hawi fighting against her sanity. Well, now that they had an agreed break, there was no point for her to hold back her affection, right?

"Make me bleed," Hawi suddenly said.

"What?"

"If you make me bleed, I won't test you and Elodie no matter what happens tonight," Hawi responded as she tried to strike a bargain.

She thought it was a dangerous one, seeing how Rukiya was always against anything that hurt Hawi, but then the white wolf didn't have a choice. She wanted to go get her mate, but she wasn't sure how to start the conversation.

They had been alphas and leaders the whole time and not mates and that in itself made Hawi wonder if her mate wanted to see her for real or if Rukiya wanted to smack her face into the sand for all the things they had gone through over the months.

This was a desperate attempt to make things right, and Malika was her way out.

"That's a really good offer, but you realize she might kill me for doing that??" Malika whispered as she tried to keep her hands steady.

She was close to being one with the spells and was only waiting for the portals to reach the intended audiences. It wasn't the easiest of things, but hell's damned, what could she do now?

"I won't tell her you wanted to mark Mbali in the neck, please, Malika," Hawi said and the protector rolled her eyes at her mistress.

For a woman pleading for help, she sure had the skills to threaten her with her mate. This was not home bargains were supposed to be struck, but then it wasn't like Awuor Hawi was the easiest to deal with, right?

For Malika, this was almost as good as a promise of life but goddamn.

"You drive a hard bargain, Mistress. You really drive hard bargains," Malika whined while she looked at her sister and Rukiya who were focused on the shore like there was something interesting about whatever they were sitting on. They looked angry and they were right to be but damn this was still a damned mission for Malika.

"Where's Nick?" Malika asked even though she knew where Hawi had taken Nik and what that shit would do to the Russel brother. The place she had sent him was the one place that had no trackers and what was considered a prison for most. It was dangerous for everyone including even Malika herself.

"You're stalling and my relationship is about to leave me with blue balls. I just told you I won't tell you to Elodie… help me or I swear we will both have blue balls on the one night we could get out release," Hawi said, and Malika fluid ether.

"Technically I can't get blue balls," Malika teased as she kept her hands steady on the spell that was still active.

"Girl you've gotta be fucking with me. Is that all you got from my pleading? Alright then, I'll tell her you insisted on marking your sister, and that you wanted it more than Mbali even wanted it and she was the weak one. How's that for you not having blue balls?" Hawi threatened.

"You wouldn't dare."

"Wanna bet?"

"Fine… that's mean though," Malika said before she used her spell to create a slash on Hawi's upper arm. It wasn't too deep but it was bad enough for Ruru to feel the pain too.

"Thank you," Hawi muttered… and then hell broke loose, while Hawi smiled sheepishly.