The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

It was the cruelest of things that the man had ever seen and the fact that he was still chained to the thorns, drove him nuts. There was just no way that this was real.

This had to be some illusion because the amount of cruelty was too much for an evening, much less under the moonlight that was watching them like it was the greatest aspect of life itself when he had lost more than he had bargained for.

"You promised nothing would happen to Malika!!!" Jer cried out, when he saw Mbali smirking at him, before she cast a spell on Elodie and Theo, so they were transported into the pack house, where they wouldn't be able to set foot out of.

It was cruel, and even as Jer mourned the innocence of the woman he loved unconditionally, the world was still staring. Everyone was watching him mourn and the misfits were cheering for it.

"Well, she lied to you. This is what you get for trying to harm someone way more powerful than you. Goodbye, Jeremiah. I hope to see you a week after the burial. You can only hope that it's not burials, seeing as there's just a fetus out here.

"Hope that your warlock can fix your wife or you will cost your wife her life. Don't worry, though, this isn't the last of lives from your kin we will be taking. One by one, your family will drop and we will enjoy every last bit of the blood from their bodies.

"Until next time," Mbali promised, as she stared blankly at the woman who was unconscious with an open wound. It wasn't going to be easy to see her like that, but this was just karma coming for Jer, taking away everything that he beheld dear.

When the mission had begun, no one had imagined that Jer would be this hopelessly in love with Malika. Sure, they assumed they would be together for the pack, but the progress had been perfect.

Perhaps it was the universe's way of protecting the girl who had been wronged by many.

Maybe at the end of the day, life wouldn't stay as bland, right? Especially now that Sicario was filled with the stench of their dead fallen and those who died because their injuries were not attended to time.

"Nooo!!!" Jer cried out, as he watched Mbali, Malika, and Rukiya walk through a portal and disappear leaving behind a trail of bodies in their wake. It was messy and crazy but more than anything, Jer was losing and that was the best thing that could have happened.

"Please, save her. Please," Jer begged helplessly, his eyes swollen from crying too much and begging, only for no one to listen to him.

The Sicario Alpha was having migraines from the prison and he could feel herself giving in to the darkness, but he had to stay awake for his Malika.

While Jer was suffering for a woman who wasn't even his, Malika knew she had to keep up with the act. She knew there was still work to be done and seeing as Hawi hadn't lost it with her earlier, she was glad they were making progress.

Maybe that was why she didn't hesitate to change into what she had been working with, ready to take over the chaos at Sicario.

It was the only way for them to keep up with the game of hearts, but goodness, it was a cruel game, a game that broke even the hearts of those who were leading the plays.

"Are you sure about this, Malika?" Hawi asked for the hundredth time. She was all for Malika's protection, but she could tell that all of this was taking a toll on her and it was just a matter of time before Malika was down with fatigue.

Malika had been working overtime and in just one day she had had the best sex of her life, went to a damning hotel for a date only to be abandoned because of an attack, came back to war, killed at least three thousand Sicario wolves, and was told she was pregnant, now she had to go back and be the woman without a fetus.

It was a lot and Hawi felt terrible for her.

Then again, Malika had to do her job otherwise Hawi would be in trouble and they had all agreed to do the heavy lifting for the woman, since they were determined to let her heal from her pain first. It was quite the healing formula though.

"Yes, Mistress. I need to be back before midnight, because at midnight, I should be fast asleep, otherwise, I'll be useless to you for the next two weeks," Malika said and Hawi looked at her with a raised brow.

Two weeks was a lot of time and for Malika to say it so casually, she'd have to have done something to make it that long.

"You did it. You two actually did it!" Hawi said, the realization dawning on her before she began running around excitedly, like she wasn't covered in blood or hadn't come from a bloodbath. Perhaps she was losing her mind this time, right?

At Hawi's excitement, Rukiya, Adolf, Hudhayfah, Riley, and Mbali rushed into the tent that Hawi was in to see what this was about. Meanwhile, Malika was staring at Hawi like she wanted to disappear, even though it was impossible now.

"Yes, she did it!!" Rukiya and Mbali joined in, ignoring Malika's eye rolls like this was the best thing that happened to the woman.

"Hold on, she did what?" Riley asked, confused by the chaos of the tent. The excitement was a good thing, but without an expansion, they seemed like lunatics, especially Rukiya and Mbali who were simply joining the bandwagon.

"I don't know, but seeing Malika this distraught and Hawi happy, something food must have happened to Malika," Rukiya explained, before she realized how that sounded. And then she grabbed Mbali's hand and stopped her from jumping around.

"I think… I think we should not… Umm.. I think we celebrate Malika's devastation," Rukiya said, shaking her head as if to explain to Mbali that it wasn't the time for it. Then again, Hawi was still smirking at Malika.

"Yeah, that seems like a good idea… Yup, very good idea," Mbali said as she gave Rukiya an awkward thumbs up.

"Is it always this messy?" Riley asked Adolf who just stared at the tent ceiling as if there were answers there. Perhaps they would find a few in the end, right? Well, thanks to Hawi they are now too deep into Malika's business.

"This is better than normal, they are actually their best versions today," Hudhayfah said casually before he took a seat in the tent, paying no heed to the chaos that was going on right now.

It had taken him a while, but he had gotten used to this bunch of crazies, now he just had to wait it out and see what they would do.

"So, what are we celebrating?" Riley asked, seeing as no one was giving her good answers yet, or even reasonable ones.

"Malika and Elodie finally fucked," Hawi said excitedly while Riley stared like she was lost.

Surely there had to be a few loose screws in this squad, right?