The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

Chapter 488 Break My Heart, As Always [6]

[RUKIYA]

[FLASHBACK]

[Still, The evening of Malika and Jer's Wedding]

"Don't you even try hiding your face, because I will smack the life out of you myself," Malika warned angrily when Hawi opened her eyes. She and Rukiya had broken from the hug, but the pain in Rukiya's eyes was still obvious.

'Nope, I'm not facing them today,' Hawi thought as she tried to shift into her wolf but she only heard a few growls around her. Of course, she knew who they belonged to, but maybe if she played stupid for a while, she would be able to get out of this, right?

"Yeah, try me, Mistress," a furious Malika voiced when Hawi stared into the lake with a glint in her eyes.

Hawi tried to smile at her, but Malika was grim this time.

And Rukiya looked heartbroken and disappointed at the same time.

Was that even possible in one sitting?

"I'm fucked, yay," Hawi sighed before they all fell into a deafening silence.

"Malika... I promise, I wasn't trying to—" Hawi began and Malika rolled her eyes at Hawi, making the woman feel like she had a lot to do today. How the fuck had she ever gotten here? Maybe she wouldn't have attended the damn wedding, right?

"I know you aren't that stupid. The only question I have is why the fuck would you call out to me and disappear underwater. Were you trying to teach yourself to be a fish or what?" Malika asked with a clear displeasure as she stared at Hawi.

Hawi conceded and so she looked at Rukiya who was also glaring at her. She hadn't even changed clothes, and she looked like she had had the worst pain in the past few hours. Surely it couldn't be because of Hawi too, right?

She was used to the rejection but hearing Hawi talk like that about her was affecting her and she couldn't deny it. However, right now they had more important things to worry about than what she was feeling when she heard Hawi threaten her indirectly.

Rukiya hated being on this side of things but maybe once they were done today, she would go back to being the alpha her people needed and not the woman who was pining after a crazy woman with anger issues and a lot of baggage, right?

"It was a setup, Hawi. It was a setup to see if you would show up. They had planned it to see whether you were alive or not, and Alpha Sicario was in on it too," Malika said.

"What?" Hawi breathed out defeatedly as she looked at Malika like she was hoping that it was all just a lie to discourage her from going back to Sicario. She wished it was just a bad message and that she hadn't been betrayed again by her father.

"I'm sorry, Mistress," Malika said defeatedly as she watched the betrayal register with Hawi making her wince again. She had been played and betrayed by the one person that she cared for in Sicario. And it seemed like they were out to really get her.

"They faked Father's death because they weren't sure I was alive or dead. They tried to lure me because they always knew that I would always show up for that old man after what happened.

"They used my love to play with my emotions again?" Hawi asked angrily, though this time, her tone was low and she was feeling like running things.

"He... He played me, Ruru," Hawi whispered subconsciously as she held onto Rukiya's arms and set herself up. She hadn't expected that her father would be that cruel and it was breaking her heart once again.

"I'm sorry, love," Rukiya said, ignoring the flutter in her heart when she heard Hawi call her Ruru like they had been friends for the longest time.

Maybe that was a sign that Hawi cared about her, right?

Rukiya gently stroked Hawi's hair in reassurance, like she was telling the mad woman that she was always going to be there for her. It was frustrating, but then it wasn't like Rukiya could find it in her heart to walk away from Hawi.

"I have to go, Mistress. I can hear them coming. Please don't hurt yourself, as for what they were hoping to get, I'll find it out. Until then, be good to yourself mistress. Take care, Hawi," Malika said before she disappeared, making Hawi realize that all this time, only Rukiya had been real and Malika was just a reflection.

"Why is everyone always out to hurt me? What is so wrong with me? D... Do you think I'm damaged too, Ruru?"