The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

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[HAWI]

That evening, while Sicario was busy taking in the new reality of their new alpha, Mbali and Elodie had sent fore messages to all the pack, acknowledging the reinstatement of Awuor Hawi Sicario as the alpha.

The letters were clear and they reminded everyone of what they owed the Sicario pack and of what they were told by Sicario. They also summoned the leaders of all the seventeen packs in the realm, along with the human leaders.

They were invitations that came once in a lifetime and anyone who ignored them would most definitely be ignored by the Sicario pack when their time of need came. It was a long afternoon, but it was one that the Savasci Knights enjoyed.

Malika, Hudhayfah, and Sherry were in charge of the cleanup and the smooth transition for Hawi to take over. They didn't even complain about the amount of work that they would have to do, instead, they did it seamlessly.

It was almost like they knew that Hawi would sit on the Sicario throne whether the sun rose in the south and set in the east. That was a given, and they clearly would have done whatever they needed to, to make it happen.

The only thing that excited them more at the moment was just how Rukiya Greyson had managed to find a way to get Hawi back home. That was pleasant and they couldn't deny it.

While everyone else was working, Hawi and Rukiya were cuddling on the couch in the former Alpha's office, where the entire team was.

The only difference was that instead of working, they were staring at each other, holding each other gently like they hadn't seen each other in a thousand light years. Anyone would think they were strangers who had just fallen in love.

Well, thankfully for them, their friends thought it was easier to have them focus on each other, because they were a disaster sometimes. And this time, the Savasci knights didn't want to risk the interruptions.

"Hey love birds, we are done. You guys wanna check to approve?" Elodie said to the cuddling up who hadn't even heard her, or maybe they had heard her but they weren't bothered by it, after all, they were having the time of their lives, right?

"I vote we pour cold water on them. We can't be breaking our backs while they get the afternoon off," Mbali whined as she glared daggers at the duo. You would think she was going to smack them herself.

"It was your idea to let them be and not give them work. Are you now complaining?" Sherry asked with a light laugh. She had grown used to the banters of these psychos so she wasn't even surprised anymore.

"I don't think they would be like that. They may not be fucking or sucking faces, but they could as well be doing that with how touchy they are at the moment. I will bring cold water," Mbali whined again and Malika let out a light laugh.

It had been a while since she had seen her sister pout like that and if they weren't so busy with their responsibilities, she could have taken the chance to hold onto that little memory of her happy sister.

Well, she would eventually but at the moment, she had a feeling that Mbali would smack her face into the wall if she so much as said anything that could show support for the mad duo in their own world at the moment.

"All you gotta do is mention food and they will be up," Hudhayfah suggested calmly.

"Damn, it's dinner time already?" Hawi asked, sitting up, with Rukiya following suit, only to see five knights who were staring at them with disbelief written all over their faces like they had done something that they shouldn't have.

"Do you think we're safe here with them?" Rukiya whispered to her mate when she met Mbali's glare. It was like Mbali had already killed them and even found a beautiful burial spot for them, the only thing that remained was dragging their asses there.

"I think we're in deep shit and we can't even run," Hawi responded, her voice low like she wasn't ready to face the wrath of their friends who were giving them bank faces, you would think the two were the poster children for disappointment.

"They said we could rest. Why are they overreacting? I say we make a run for it, besides, by the time they try to catch us, we will be long g—" Rukiya said as the five knights walked over to where they were, their faces still staring at them.

"Going somewhere, Your Highness?" Elodie asked, the bat in her arms reminding Hawi of the last time she saw her sister with a bat. It was safe to say that Luna Eniola had them take rage classes because of how they had destroyed the pack house.

"Nope. We are definitely not going anywhere. And all your work is approved. So, what's up, sister… very beautiful sister… My… dear sister," Hawi said, her voice getting awkward when she realized her sister wasn't about to take her side.

"Umm… We'll clean the room, without the help of magic... And… uhh… thank you for your hard work," Rukiya said and the knights looked at them before they nodded and began laughing at the duo that was flustered. Their friends were pieces of work.

"You should have seen your faces," Malika laughed.

"They looked like they were caught with their hands on the cookie jar," Hudhayfah added lightly.

"Hawi looked constipated," Elodie added.

"I think we should have run," Hawi whined when the teasing didn't stop.

However, in that moment, in that second when she looked at the people who had been with her in her journey, Hawi didn't have a lot of questions for the deities this time, no. It was like she had finally found her village, the people who would never leave her.

Growing up, she had never thought too much of anything, but the past four years had taught her things that no parent would ever wish for their child to learn on their own. She had experienced everything that was bound, and they had been with her.

Hawi was thankful for this team, she loved how they loved her. She loved how they never hesitated to make things right for her and she appreciated the little fact that no matter how many times the sun came up, she would never be alone.

Granted, they still had a long way to go and still needed to deal with the people who had killed her parents, this time, Hawi found herself a happy girl once again. She was loved and the best part of it was that she believed it.

Over the years it took her a while to understand what love looked like, but at the moment, she had it all and she would never lose it. She finally had the one thing that had evaded her over the years. The kind of happiness that came with family.

Tomorrow had a lot of things for them to do and would need them to get back to their mission for revenge and retribution, but today Hawi would reign in happiness. This, this here was home.

And it was with this home that they would bring down Jeremiah and the shadow warlocks. They would find justice for the people they had lost, together, that was what family did, right?

"Who's famished? I'll cook," Hawi suddenly offered, forcing the entire group into silence like she had just suggested that they go to the moon and find the goddess and kill her. That was the kind of face everyone was giving her, including her mate.

The sheer horror was something she hadn't almost expected, but a girl could just hope, right? Besides, what was so wrong about having a family dinner, one in which she actively participated in, right?

"With or without magic?" Elodie asked everyone to burst out laughing, even though she was dead serious.

"The last time I cooked you loved it!" Hawi said as she looked at her best friend, like that was supposed to make Elodie side with her on this. Surely her sister couldn't be the one throwing her under the bus this time, right?

"Only because I swapped it with the meal Luna Eniola had cooked. Listen, Awuor. I love you. I love you so much, but the kitchen is where you don't really belong, sweet sister. Besides, we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow with the elders.

"Surely you wouldn't want us reeking of diarrhea when we get there right? Especially since we are the ones who demanded the meeting. Come on sweet sister, you and I know your skills in the kitchen are meant to torture prisoners,," Elodie said lovingly.

The Savasci Knights stared at Elodie, some with their hands muffling their laughs while others with pure shock and disbelief, even though there was an element on their faces as they watched Elodie Kane slaughter her sister's cooking skills.

"But you said—"

"Trust me, I learned that day the hard way, why you never taste your food. Let's leave the kitchen to the pros, sister. We have Sherry to do that for us. Even with magic, you might just poison us all," Elodie said and the knights gasped while Hawi pouted.

"I think what Elodie means, baby, is that while you are good in the kitchen, you are still a student who needs more practice, my love. We can practice with the prisoners we will capture alright?

"But until then, let the adults take care of you, baby," Rukiya explained and Hudhayfah snorted, earning muffled laughs again, while Hawi just pouted at them.

They would have a long and interesting evening.

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