The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[HAWI]

"I didn't mean to scare them. I thought they were alone," Nik said and Malika stared at him like he needed to explain more.

He looked like he wanted to make a run for it and at the same time, he was worried she would drag him down to the pits of hell. Now that he was apologizing, maybe he could apologize for the reason he had trashed the elderly man's hop as well, right?

Maybe that would buy him favor with Malika, no? Well, it was going to be a little hard given the circumstances, but then he needed this, for the sake of his sanity.

"Who?" Malika asked, staring at Nik who was still shaking, he looked like a deer caught in headlights and he looked so terrible that Malika almost felt bad for him. She knew he was tired from all the work and cleaning he had done.

But then it had been his fault that he had fucked things up.

He wouldn't have ended up thoroughly cleaning the entire shop if he didn't try to screw them in the first place right? He would have been on his way, but he just had to try and phoebe himself to everyone and look where it landed him.

"The Greyson and psycho alphas. I didn't mean to scare them," Nik said and this time, Malika laughed at him with all she had.

She looked like a maniac, even as she sat on the veranda of the shop. Like she didn't have anywhere else to go. but then listening to Nik was more entertaining than actually killing him… At least for today, right?

"I mean it… I didn't want to scare them," Nik insisted, and Malika pat the space beside her as if to tell Nik to have a seat.

Anyone passing by could imagine that they were just two friends who had gotten drunk and were having the time of their views on the streets without bothering anyone. It was interesting and scary really but then that didn't matter to Malika.

She handled that much fun in a while and frankly, she wanted to hear what Nik had to say. Maybe it would be equally as entertaining.

"You didn't mean to scare the woman that scares even me? Goddamn, you must have been high, or she had to have been in an excellent mood. You should thank your lucky stars that I was the one who came to stop you, because she could have ripped you apart and patched you up at the same time.

"If you think I'm the devil, then you should understand that she is the only one that scares the life out of me. And I never scare easily man," Malika said like she was talking to a friend about Hawi and her insanities.

Then again, she didn't have anywhere to go at the moment… well she did, but she wasn't in the mood to go out there and that's walking home.

Besides, she had told Elodie and Mbali that she would be on patrol to make sure Hawi and Ruru didn't get into trouble. Funny how she was the one who met a troublemaker instead of the ones she was used to.

But at least he wasn't as bad as the duo she had come to keep in check, right?

"She's that bad? I thought having the Greyson alpha beside her was supposed to make her more humane?" Nik asked, now that he was unable to reject Malika's offer. It wasn't something that he could do.

"Oh, she's humane… but only for her," Malika explained and Nik groaned in confusion. How the fuck was that even possible?

Well, it was hard to tell and explain to the man whose entire family was after Hawi even though their two siblings were either dead or captured. It was a risk they were taking and their belief was the one thing that was screwing them over every time.

There was no way they would win against Hawi… Surely they had to have known that already by now, yeah? Well, maybe it was the thought that would count eventually anyway.

"Well damn. No wonder they pretended not to see me. It was like it didn't matter. So, you mean to say they were saving my life?" Nik asked and Malika stared at him as if to confirm that he was as sheepish as he wanted her to believe.

And she almost believed it.

Though right in those eyes, Malika saw the same darkness that she had seen in Atticus and Razia. They were strong and clearly Nik had come to test Hawi's strength and had failed at it, when he interacted with the worst of the protectors.

Granted, there was no way that he would even defeat Malika Jabali. but then as long as Jeremiah was alive, there was a permanent loophole for them. Maybe he was here trying to figure out where his brother was or where Jeremiah was.

It was not something that god Malika worried about. It was useless because as long as Malika existed, the shadow warlocks would have to risk their lives and everything in between just to reach Hawi.

It was impossible to do that, even more with Rukiya Greyson, especially after what the shadow warlocks had done to Adolf and her wolves. This was an unwinnable battle. But she would humor them.

"Do you have a place to stay the night? I'm calling a truce on whatever the hell is going on just because you already suffered enough tonight. How about we head over to a hotel and get some rest?

"It would be creepy crossing over to the other realm right now," Malika said and Nik stared at her.

He knew she was testing him too. He knew she was trying to figure him out, but what he didn't know was that she already figured him out long before he was even a teenager. That didn't matter right now though, or rid it?

"Well, I was going to go home, but I have a feeling if I go to the portal I'm still going to end up somewhere you want me. So sure. Let's get some rest and call it a truce just for tonight," Nik said and Malika high-fived him, which he didn't object to.

After all, it wasn't like they were friends forever, right? Then again, there wasn't much to consider, seeing as they were out here alone. They could walk the streets and explore, but Nik had been overworked tonight he couldn't even feel his back.

It was like he had been in a kind of hell that demanded all of him while giving nothing in return.

Perhaps this was the return he would get? Perhaps a chance to hang around the protector would give him a hint of her weakness and get him the upper hand in everything, no?

"Come on let's get going then," Malika said and together they walked the streets and headed to the ASH Hotel, where Ruru and Hawi had gone earlier.

Maybe this was for them to meet, or maybe they were all playing some game that would involve someone losing their mind in the night. One thing that was certain though, was that Malika Jabali would be murdering three people tonight if they weren't careful.

But maybe they would be nice to each other, no?

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