The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[SICARIO]

"...She made sure her mate would stay out of the battlefield so that she wouldn't have to worry about Mbali being used against her. But the only question is, why did Amina go to such great lengths for Mbali?" Rukiya asked while Elodie listened intently.

They all had their suspicions about everything that was happening, but this had to be the greatest of them all.

There hadn't been anything like this for the longest time and no matter how hard they tried to make it make sense, the more they realized that maybe, just maybe, the enemy was never the one wearing the fur coat at all.

It didn't matter how long it would take them but then the answers were staring right at them. This shit also made them wonder what the price was and why this had to happen like this.

It wasn't what anyone would consider normal and even the blind could tell that there were layers and layers to all of this. Would they get to the answers through?

"What if she is an ally? What if this entire time she wanted what was best for Mbali and that included saving how Mbali would give her life for Hawi? What if that is the reason she made Mbali stay behind?" Elodie asked.

She had been thinking on overdrive since Rukiya turned up in Sicario through the uncouth ways and frankly, this was the first time any of the things that were happening in Sicairo was finally making sense to her.

The past three days had been literal hell and she couldn't deny the fact that regardless of how they wanted things to turn out, there was only so much they could all contribute at individual levels.

Life was never going to be the same and they were already aware of it at the moment. Perhaps they just needed to figure out a way to make things better, but how long was that supposed to take for them?

What were they supposed to deal with before shit went sideways for them all? Would it ever make sense to them at the end of the day?

"That could also be a reason, or she didn't want her feelings for Mbali cloud her judgment in war. Think of how Hawi threw me back home because she knew I would try to appeal to her humanity. The same for Malika.

"She easily let you stay behind in Sicario when she knew Theo could be the Alpha and keep the pack alive, not to mention the healer could keep the reign alive. Whatever is going on on the sacred island;

"…Only the goddess can make it better for them now because one thing is certain. Someone is going to lose and we don't know which side just yet," Rukiya explained frustratedly.

She hated how things were turning for them and she hated that in the middle of all the possible messes, their mates were still considering them people to be protected. It just didn't level the playfield seeing as they were also equally strong.

But even in the face of the hardest choices love would always have a solution. Emotions were a distraction and they could make both sides make the worst decisions that would impact everyone around them.

By eliminating the emotions, they had been left out there as soulless creatures who had nothing left to lose but their lives. That in itself was a reality so cold, but they had to come to terms with it regardless.

"Goddamn. That sounds like the most dangerous battlefield in all of history, don't you think?" Elodie sighed.

She was trying to keep her cool but each word that came from Rukia's mouth was enough of a reminder that they were dealing with crazy psychos who wouldn't fall back no matter how they had to deal with the chaos.

"It is. Without you and Mbali, Malika is a killing machine. Without me and you, Hawi is a crazed death master. Without Mbali, Amina doesn't have a reason to keep hope for her people. And without Mbali, Amina's siblings don't have any leverage on her.

"Think of what I was when I lost Adolf. Everything was suddenly black and white and my mind was fixed on the dark side. Hawi did help me get out of it, the same way the Savasci knights helped Hawi snap out of the first blood rain;

"…And the death of her father," Rukiya explained as she grabbed a chair to take a seat. This wasn't ever going to be normal for them and yet at the same time, it was the kind of normal that they would have to deal with along the way.

"Let's go talk to Mbali then," Elodie said as Rukiya watched her keenly. She knew Elodie meant well but then there were just some things that didn't make sense to her too. They had been at this for the longest time, and yet never once had Elodie asked about Malika.
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Was she supposed to be worried about that or was she supposed to assume that maybe the responsibilities were a little too much and that they just needed to figure out a way to make it all better?

How was she even to make assumptions when they were not sure what the fuck was waiting for them? Then again, Rukiya knew Elodie was loyal. At least that would be the only thing at the moment. But she still hoped Elodie would ask about Malika.

"aren't you worried about Malika?" Rukiya asked, breaking her line of thought. She knew just what Malika meant to Elodie and it was strange that she was this nonchalant. Someone had to try and make sense of the madness they were dealing with.

"I am, but even if I worry about her, it won't make her firing tray easier. I just want her back and making her worry through the mate bond, even if we haven't marked each other isn't something that I want to put her through.

"Besides who knows if she will come back years after my werewolf lifeline is over and I will just be part of her painful history? I don't want that for her, not like this. Come on, let's go to Mbali.

"Maybe we might find a way of understanding everything that happened here," Elodie said as she got up and headed for the door. She didn't want to answer any questions about Malika because if she did, she would be depressed.

She knew Malika was meant to protect Hawi and she knew that Malika's life would forever come second if they were with Hawi. While that was the same for Elodie, this didn't make it any easier for her.

She just wanted their little band of misfits back home so they could at least experience what life looked like away from the chaos that had been following them like a damned curse the entire time.

Maybe if she pretended like she didn't miss Malika so much it was hurting her heart, maybe she would be okay, right? Maybe time would go by so fast and her love interest would win the war alongside her sister and then come home.

They had to win, there was no other way out of this, because if they didn't win, the Russels would descend on them like never before and it wouldn't be a walk in the park anymore.

"Alright, as you say," Rukiya said, unsure of what she was supposed to respond to.