The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

Chapter 72: Let Me Nurse You, Love

[AWUOR]

"Hawi... Alpha Sicario, was murdered," Luna Clarkson choked out sadly and Hawi looked at her like it was a lie. Surely, it had to be, right? A part of Hawi wasn't sure how to react, while the other was in denial. She had been feeling unusually antsy at the wedding, and now her father had died.

For a moment, Hawi looked around her, the faces that were sitting next to her bed so heartbroken, so serious that she knew they weren't lying. What was she supposed to do then? Her father was gone, and she wasn't sure if it was grief that had caused it.

Then again, Luna Clarkson just said that her father was murdered. There was only one set of idiots that would want the alpha dead, and Awuor was willing to bet on the fact that her father had been opposed to the remarriage of the Sicario alpha.

It was all so clear and out there for the world to read through, only that this time the world that could read through, was just Hawi.

"I'm sorry, Jaberna," Rukiya added defeatedly, her head bowed in sadness.

Hawi didn't have much to look forward to, even now, but damn, hearing that her father was gone was something out of this world. This wasn't how her father left her, not before she was done showing him that what he had done to her had been unfair.

However, would it matter this time?

Would it make any difference to know that despite everything, she had still managed to lose the one man she hoped to prove her innocence to? Her father had died knowing that she was the one who had killed her mother, and his mate.

There was nothing that could ease that up, no matter how Hawi tried to live it through.

The universe was a bitch, but none more than the bastards at Sicario.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, I need some air, I'll be back," Hawi said stiffly, as she pushed the covers off of her, before rushing off the bed. She had insisted that she needed air, but it seemed like there was more than they could begin to fathom.

Hawi had had a good relationship with her father up until the last day that she had left home. She hadn't wanted him dead, but then she had lost, again. She wasn't sure what life would ever be like anymore because, in the end, she always found herself on the losing end.

Defeatedly, Hawi ran off in her wolf form. She didn't know where she was headed but she needed to feel like there was a break from all her pain. She didn't know how to start mourning her father and that in itself broke her heart even more.

There should have been a way out, there should have been a warning, and yet as the wind blew through her fur as she raced against it, Hawi felt broken and trapped, more than she had planned to. It hurt a lot and she couldn't deny it.

The woman looked like nothing could scare her anymore despite the fact that she was alone with the wildest woman she had ever met. But what was Rukiya to do? Give up on her heart's greatest desire, or live like shit wasn't about to hit the fan literally?

"Are you okay? I noticed your paws were bleeding. Seems like it was so intense because you have scratches on your legs," Rukiya voiced worriedly as she walked towards Hawi who seemed determined to ignore her.

Well, that wasn't new to Rukiya, she just wanted Hawi to be okay, even if there was a higher chance that Hawi would push her away, again.

"No shit Sherlock. Mind your damn business, will you?" Hawi retorted but Rukiya just stared at her with a smile and loving eyes.

She had known that falling in love with Hawi had to be the craziest of things that she'd ever done, but she wasn't going to complain about that, because each time Hawi pushed her away, Rukiya wanted to get closer and closer.

Maybe Hawi was challenging her, to see how long she would hold on in the pain, but damn, she needed to make a decision real fast, because Hawi wasn't going to be as nice and as forgiving to her.

The woman was detached from everyone except for Malika anyway.

"Oh but I am, even if you hate me and want to kill me," Rukiya said with a light laugh, even though the pang in her heart wasn't making her life any easier.

She hated this, the way things had turned out and she hated that in a span of less than two years, Hawi had lost the parents she loved more than life.

Rukiya wanted to avenge Hawi but she also needed to be in a position that would let her be on the same side as Hawi, because otherwise, the wild woman would have considered her an enemy, and that wasn't what Rukiya wanted with Hawi.

"You're hurt, love, and it might get worse. Let me nurse you, Hawi. You can cuss at me later, please," Rukiya Greyson, the woman who had the pride of a hundred Alphas gently pleaded with Hawi, as if her life depended on it.

"I can do it myself," Hawi retorted, and once again, Rukiya smiled at her.

"I know. But you're tired and need a break. Just this once, let me take care of you," Rukiya pointed out softly.

"Fine. But this doesn't mean shit. I still hate you."

"I know, baby, I know."