The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

"What the hell is even this?" Adolf sighed as he looked at Hawi with a scornful face. He couldn't believe that he was going to deal with this again. He wasn't even halfway with Rukiya and now he was blessed with another one who was clearly going to drive him nuts than Rukiya herself.

"Heyy, I'm not worse than her. The old woman had refused to listen to her granddaughter. She's crazy for sure. Even with Hudhayfah's offer this woman is stubborn.

"Oh, I will bash her face in at this rate," Rukiya said and Hawi looked at her before lifting her stick again and this time trying to fight Rukiya only for her to fall into Hudhayfah's arms. It was like he was waiting for her to get to this side with him.

The woman was a stubborn mule and right now the only thing they could do was try and be nice to her. But then who would be nice to an older woman who was giving them trouble than she probably was worth anyway?

"Come on nana, you're embarrassing me in front of strangers. I shouldn't have come with you to Olyana. You're getting crazier. Wait, did you drink the medicine that man gave you?" Malika asked as she looked at Awuor who was glaring daggers at her and Rukiya.

It was almost like they would come in handy.

"Yeah, I drank it all," Hawi said proudly and Malika facepalmed.

"You grouchy old woman. He clearly said not to drink the whole bottle in one day, but you just had to go do it, no?" Malika asked before turning to Hudhayfah, "Sorry about my nana. She should be out any minute now, especially since she drank her portion of the drugs.

"She should have taken it in bits, but as you can see what I'm dealing with, I'm sorry again," Malika said sincerely, that Rukiya felt bad for her.

It was clear that the older woman was being a little bitch about the situation and her granddaughter was having to bear the brunt of her rudeness and all, but maybe they could find a common ground for her right?

"I'm not leaving this place. And if you carry me out when I fall asleep, I will curse you and tour generations. All of you. I don't know if you believe in curses, but try me," Hawi said and Malika just sighed.

"That's it. I'll drag her out myself. This woman is crazier than Rukiya and Awuor combined. Help me out here Hudhayfah. We need to be done with the Sicario prisoners in three days, and this woman coming here is making our life even harder than finding that goddamn alpha.

"So which is it going to be, Rukiya. The old hag, or information about Awuor?" Adolf asked, clearly not ready to take the old woman's bullshit anymore. He was so done and had gone through the five stages of grief in the few moments that the old woman had been here.

Maybe he was even rethinking his choices and probably the day he became Rukiya's best friend. But then again, Rukiya had made Adolf go through worse, so this was probably an act on the back, no?

"You have quite the mouth on you, don't you. I should really start with you. May your—'' Awuor began but Malika instantly covered her mouth.

"Stop it, nana! You can't go on cursing people just because they refuse to give you what you want. You're being an asshole right now, you know that, right? How the hell do you even expect them to help us when your mouth is faster than your legs?

"Goddess woman, can you just fucking shut up for a second, and let me think or even apologize for what you are doing?" Malika scolded her nana who was pointing at her, and yet so ready to take a swing at Malika with her wooden stick.

She was being impossible, but isn't that what they were supposed to be?

In the few minutes they had been in Rukiya's shelter, Awuor had scanned the room and knew that the mission was to find awuor, and even Adolf's rants, it was obvious that Rukiya wasn't looking for Awuor to make her surrender.

The woman had another agenda that Adolf obviously didn't approve of.

Adolf was never an affectionate man which could mean that he was here because Rukiya wanted him to be, but more importantly because there was a chance that Razia had begged him to look after her stubborn daughter.

Oh but Hawi was finding out things in the most interesting way.

"I want to sleep. I feel sleepy, malyshka. Help me out here," Hawi suddenly said and Malika figured that it was the 'portion' she had taken that was making her sleepy.

Granted, Hawi was really sleepy for the long journey they had taken, but then she had to make sure that they were on the same page.

"Let's go out, I'll build you a shelter myself," Malika said and Hawi just scoffed at her.

"You can't even take care of my knees, how are you going to take care of a shelter?" Hawi scoffed rudely, and Malika looked at her like she really was going to leave her here.

"In that case, I'll go back home. Good luck finding your way back, you ungrateful old woman. The next time you fall sick, I'm not taking you to the doctor. You will do that yourself," Malika said as she rushed out of the shelter, like she really was going to make a run for it.

She walked around the shelter in pretend anger as she looked around, and studied the structure to see if it was a permanent one or just a makeshift shelter. She wanted to know how long Rukiya Greyson and her wolves would be staying in the free lands.

That way, she could find a strategy that befitted Hawi well.

She was going to help Hawi get her vengeance against Sicario, but she needed to make sure that they were in a safe space for Hawi. Granted, they could fight, but Malika didn't want the woman to fight all the time.

She needed to have time to think and love herself too, because as much as this was all nice and great, a part of Awuor would always be haunted by how easy it was for her people to let her go.

It hurt her so much not that she was ever going to willingly admit that out loud anyway.

"Stupid woman won't let me go back home in peace, or maybe I should sell her to the traffickers. They could put her to good use— what the hell dude?" Malika asked when she saw Adolf looking at her with a bored face.

He looked like he was about to beg Malika to take her nana and leave the place, but he also looked like he understood Malika so well, given that they both were being forced to deal with the most stubborn of people. It wasn't the greatest job, but at least Sofdl already owns that.

"She's driving you nuts, isn't she?" Adolf said as he looked pitifully at Malika.