The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[RUSSEL]

"Now what?" Amina asked once they were out of the cage and she held the Sifir in her hand. She could tell that this thing was of more value to them than it ever was for Hawi even though the mad woman had left it out there for them.

Awuor Haw didn't care what they wanted to do with the Sifir, because she knew they couldn't hold her anywhere with it. She was born with the power to decide the fate of so many people and this time she had given the Russels a chance to choose.

They could either run away or stay and wait for Hawi to come back for them once she was done with her little adventures in the temple, which clearly could take Hawi longer than they could ever think to consider. Well, the woman was a psycho after all.

"We make the toughest choice," Sebastian said, his tone cold as he looked at his siblings who could tell that something was wrong here.

Usually, Sebastian used that tone with them when they were in the wrong, but here and now, they were on the same page, no?

"What do you mean by that?" Trey asked and Sebastian looked at him like this wasn't exactly what they had wanted or hoped for.

They had come here together and were supposed to leave together. And well it would have gone according to plan, if the fact that more of them were getting mated to their enemies wasn't a fear they had.

The Russels had long been shaken by that same group of misfits and to think that they would be bearing the same cross with the Savasci knights was something that Sebastian considered so dangerous.

It wasn't easy for them and it was understandable, but even that was something that they had to hope would work in their favor.

This wasn't the time for them to start thinking about more than they would take in, but it was the only reality left for them at the moment. None of this would ever make any sense if they were being truthful.

The fact that they were being bested was the worst they had ever encountered in all of their existence and that was something that Seb clearly had tried to figure out along the way in the hope that it would yield better results, but had it?

"You know what I mean, Amina. You and Trey have become liabilities to the cause we are fighting for," Sebastian stared ever so calmly as he took the Sifir from Amina's hands.

He knew this wasn't what his sister had been expecting, but then they had been forced to lead lives they never wanted for the longest time, right?

The past five years had been chaotic for them because the girl they were scared of had finally found footing and couldn't easily be destabilized, because she was way unstable even with an entire day of the chaos in her life.

They had been thrown in front of the broken girl who had nothing to live for let alone die for. They were dealing with someone who didn't have any value for her life and that in life was the scariest aspect of nature at best.

"So, what? You want to kill us? Lock us away? What the fuck, Seb? We have been fighting the same war for years. We have been on each other's side for the longest time and now you just decide that we are suddenly not useful to the cause?" Amina asked.

Her frustration was clear on her face as she looked at Trey who seemed to be still stuck in the throat that he had a mate for real. He was still processing the fact that his Perihan was a real person, even if he was supposed to be the enemy.

It was a truth that haunted Trey more than he ever wished for, because for the first time, he wasn't sure he wanted to fight alongside his siblings anymore. Trey had lived to train for extreme sights just like this condition right now and he was the best warrior on the field.

They needed him, but Sebastian was right. They had no use for a warrior who would be distracted by his feelings for the enemy. It was a truth that they all despised but a truth they had to live through nonetheless.

"You took the words out of my mouth, sister. We are at the most crucial stage of the war at the moment. If we let you and try out you will be consulted on whether to fight for the cause or to save your mates.

"We all know that no one in their right mind can ever fight the mate bond. Even the inane ones who tried to fight never really got to the point of winning against their mates, because love is just like that.

"It is not easy to see your other half getting torn to pieces. And I don't want to put you and Maina in that state, because I know I would be conflicted if I had to meet with my mate on the battlefield.

"This is nothing personal, Trey and you know it too" Sebastian insisted and Amina sighed. This wasn't part of the plan, but then so much had been fought wrong lately that it was almost impossible to tell of they were on the right side or not.

It was something that they had to think over but just sign from the locks on Sebastian's face, it was pretty obvious where he stood with that thought. Seb had long decided and Amia knew that fighting her brother would be futile and pointless.

They may have fought so much as siblings, but on one end, there was her brother looking out for them and what they believed in. Mates were never as forgiving as siblings and perhaps Seb wanted to take that option away from his siblings.

He didn't want to put them in a predicament that would force them to decide on something that even needs that much decision-making either way.

"Where will you send us then?" Amona asked defeatedly. She wanted to fight her brother and tell him to wait until she knew where Mbali was, but then she couldn't. She wouldn't that long and she also knew that Malika and Hawi would find Mbali.

Granted, she had sent Mbali away and hoped that she was alright, but then even that was never enough for Amina. She missed her mate and wanted to be with her. She wanted to see the fierce warrior's smiles and her being so carefree even if it wasn't because of her.

She wanted to be able to watch over Mbali like she had done for the past three hundred years. It was a lot for them to handle and regardless of what the world looked like, there was just no telling how things would get for the both of them.

Life wasn't as easy and never came with a manual. So, they would have to try and make things right for themselves either way.

"The Cezaevi. It is not the best place for both of you, but I promise it won't be for long, I will come for you. Alex and I have to finish fighting a battle on our own. You held on and fought with us for long, but you have let us take care of you this time, yeah?" Sebastian said.

Trey sighed defeatedly. He had never wanted to punch his brother in the face so hard like he wanted to right now. He hated that this was what had to be done and he hated that it wasn't even the time for them to be making their own decisions.

Trey knew that Malika would always protect their own, so he was banking on Hudhayfah being safe until the time he officially met him. He hoped that if ever that time came, he would be happy.

They would be happy together and there wouldn't be a reason for them to stay apart anymore. Perhaps it was a long wish for a soul that had been used to this song, but they had to hope, right?

If anything, for their hope in the bonds that they had been granted, a bond so precious and one they had both held onto subconsciously for the longest time. they would be fine, it was the only thing they could tell each other at the moment anyway, yeah?

"Fine, if that is what you think is best," Trey sighed.

He didn't have the energy to fight his brother, because he was busy scouring brains for anything about Hudhayfah. He had heard the name one too many times in his time, but he had never imagined that he would be his Perihan.

He could tell that his sister had also had a hard time telling him about that particular truth because they had been born vines. There was never going to be a chance for them to have any happy memories together.

It didn't matter that they were trying their best to hold on, because, at the end of the day, they would always have to choose. Hopefully, when the war was over they would have to choose. But what if their mates did that to them?

What if they didn't have the strength to get things done for them? What if they didn't have that much energy left to even fight for their beloved? Would it all have been worth it?

"Do it," Amina said as she looked around. Perhaps in another lifetime, they would be happier and without constricting choices, right?

"See you soon, dear ones," Sebastian said as he cast a spell with the Sifir and sent his siblings through. Read new chapters at empire

However, before Amina could go through, she caught a whiff of Mbali's scent. She wasn't even able to ask about it because her brother had forced her to get into the Cezaevi.

Fuck.