The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

Chapter 381 One Of Them, Karim

[HUDHAYFAH]

"You–" Hudhayfah tripped over his words as he looked at the woman before him. He had been hoping that she really was the person he was looking for but as he looked at her and the discomfort that had suddenly perched itself on her face, he knew she hated it.

"Are you done?" Farida asked boredly.

"But... why are you in Sicario then?" Hudhayfah asked and Farida sighed. They were currently on one of the benches in the Sicario field where parents would sometimes sit to check on their kids as they ran across the fields and the set-up parks.

"I needed a place to live and Sicario was taking in strays at the time. Can we please not make a deal out of this? How about I tell you who your mate is and then you don't tell a soul who I am or that I came to seek refuge in Sicario?" Farida stated.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

It was more of a question with an offer that she knew Hudhayfah wouldn't ever be able to refuse. And even as Hudhayfah looked at the woman, he couldn't help but wonder what had happened to her to get her into this particular state.

Most people who came to Sicario under the refugee program always had their memories wiped, but Farida had kept hers. That in itself put her in grave danger, but where she was, offering the healer an offer Hudhayfah wouldn't refuse.

"How should I know you will be telling the truth?" Hudhayfah asked. Farida was a creature of the old religion, and it was something that would be useful to many, including the bastards they were hunting.

So, if she let Hudhayfah see into her memories, surely there had to be a reason for it, otherwise she would have chosen to not give into Hudhayfah's request for her hand, right?

She had to have known Hudhayfah was hoping for more but perhaps fate was a bitch as usual, yeah? Maybe this was her chance at a normal life and she wanted to keep it as sane and as simple as she could when she still could.

"Because you are seeking your mate, the man you met at Halloween seven hundred and forty-five years, nine months, three weeks, and three days ago," Farida stated casually and Hudhayfah stepped back.

"What?"

"The people you hunt so dearly. The people you and your friend group hate with a passion. Your mate is one of them," Farida said and Hudhayfah let out a lonely laugh. There was just no way the universe was this cruel to him, right?

"My Perihan?" Hudhayfah asked, his voice shaking as he tried so hard to imagine anyone else that they were hunting or even Anyone that he and his friends were doing their best to hunting.

The more Hudhayfah racked his brain and tried to find an answer, it was still the same and boy did he hate that possibility. Everything all came down to the one family Hudhayfah had sworn to burn to the ground without thinking twice.

"Impossible," Hudhayfah said as if that was supposed to make his life a little better. That family was a menace to society and his Perihan surely couldn't be that, right? His Perihan couldn't be the monster that that family was, yeah?

His Perihan couldn't be one of the people who had made the little girl he cared for go through so much, yeah? Surely the universe wasn't that harsh to him, right? He had been a good person all through.

Hudhayfah had followed every rule in the books. He had done everything right and never ever let herself get angry no matter how tempting it had been. Surely that couldn't sum up to this cruel fate for him, right?

"You were the one who asked for a starting mate, remember? When you were down with the fever eight hundred years ago. You begged for a strong mate, and at the time, that family was the only place to get what you wanted.

"If you want to blame someone, blame your prayers Hudhayfah. Your prayers led you to this point. Your prayers were answered and you got one of the strongest. You had been hurt and angry at the time.

"You wanted the pain to stop. You wanted someone who could defend and fight for you if you were too weak to defend yourself like that time. You wanted the best of best, an untainted one, didn't you?

"Well, your prayers were answered at the time. He is one of them, Karim. He is your answered prayer, if you must... I have to go now. I gave you tour answers, I hope we never meet again," Farida said as she started walking away.

However, Hudhayfah stopped her with his magic.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?!"