The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[SICARIO]

"Sebastian and Alex handed over Jer, to save their two siblings. That debt was long paid, and given the remaining siblings never once committed a crime against Sicario, there are no laws that demand their prosecution," Elodie began after a long silence.

She had been watching Hudhayfah and his interaction with the Russels and her heart was full. It was like she was seeing the possibility of life blooming in their team again despite the wild werewolf queen and her antics to make their lives hard.

Forgiveness was not supposed to be hard with the determining Russels because they hadn't been in the direct path of hate and firepower that was directed at Sicario or the Savasci knights anyway.

"What does that mean?" Amina asked, clearly wanting to get this over with.

She had been dragged back to Sicario because her brother was desperate to find Hudhayfah and now it seemed like the couple she had been forced to come and watch was slowly fading.

It was crazy how much hate would cost lives and happiness, but then this was something that was beyond Amina. She had to wait and see for herself what they would try to do and then protect her younger brother no matter what decision was made here.

"You and your brother are free, Amina. We have nothing to hold against you. You didn't pull the trigger on the war that lasted longer than our whole lives. You all were just trying to survive and you were kids. No one blames you for that.

"Your siblings already paid the price for it, and well, Hawi said to let go. She didn't want us holding on to hate to the point that we forgot what was right and what was wrong," Elodie said as she looked at the two siblings who had just come to Sicario.

This could have gone wrong in so many ways and if they were being honest with each other the Savasci knights had been a little terrified of what they needed to expect. It wasn't like both siblings were the most stable of them anyway.

They were just as unhinged as their dead siblings, but they hadn't committed any crimes against Sicario. Forgiveness was something that they didn't even need to earn unless they had other people they powered it to.

"Now what I expected, but I'll bite," Amina said emotionlessly as she looked at Elodie and then at Malika. The protector didn't have any spit in her eyes and Amina wondered what was going on in that head of Malika.

The women were always thinking of something, always ready to do more than possible and ready to protect their own. As she sat there, Amina couldn't help but wonder where Mbali was. She already knew that Hawi had left the team to go on some adventure, but she hadn't heard shit about Mbali.

Oh, but Amina wanted to ask about it, she wanted to know where her erasthai was and she wanted to know what the fuck had happened. She could see Malika staring at her, knowingly, almost like Malika knew what was going on in her mind.

Well, it wasn't that hard to guess why she had come back to the one palace that didn't have anything for her. Sicario was a dead zone for the Russels. Most of their family members died right here in this pack.

Hell, they had been murdered in the worst of ways, which was why it made no sense for them to just be there acting like all was just rainbows and sunshine. But at the same time, it wasn't so easy to be what they were right now.

"What about the healer? Will you punish him for falling in love and accepting the mate bond you all have? Will you ostracize him for the mate he was given as if he has a choice in who becomes his and who doesn't?" Amina asked, her voice cold and threatening.

It was like she was ready to jump in front of the blade for Hudhayfah Karim which was one of the strangest things that could ever have happened.

"What are you talking about?" Zaniel asked as he looked at Hudhayfah and Trey. Trey was more than ready to fight for the man he loved. He was willing to do whatever it took to make sure Hudhayfah was alright.

"Oh, please. Let's spare each other the games alright? You heard him when he walked in with my brother. He was ready to take whatever punishment you'd decide was fit for him even though he was one of you.

"He is one of you. And he will always be one of you. So, tell me, Malika, will you punish the most loyal warrior of Greyson for the longest time just because he finally found the one his heart yearned for?

"He spent years doing what was good for the bunch of you. He protected Rukiya with his life. He sacrificed a lot of things for you. He sacrificed his youth and took age progression pills just to fit the profile of the healer of Greyson.

"He still wears that face even with his mate. Your healer friend stopped aging at twenty-six and we won't sit here and lie that none of you has ever seen him like that. He changed so my brother, his mate would find him.

"He dared to love, just like all of you dared to love. Will you judge one of your own because his heart beats for someone you don't approve of? Is that what your logic pines for? He gave up everything for your cause, so you will ostracize him for having a mate?

"You all are monsters on the normal scales. You have committed sins worse than him. You have murdered more than he ever has in his lifetime. Hell, who am I kidding? You alone, Malika.

"You have murdered millions of people; the hands that you use to hold your mate, the hands with which you serve your mistress. You might cover it up and deny it, but you all are devils.

"So are you going to judge one of your own for that? Is this what love is meant to be like? Will you force him into a rejection when he just found a reason to keep going? Or will you throw him in the dungeons for daring to have that which you all have?

"Is that what this is? Is that why you walked away and left him outside? Was it why you told the wolves to go back to whatever they were doing like it wasn't important? Will you hurt him for the crime of loving and daring to feel loved?" Amina asked, her questions tearing through the room that had gone silent.

They were looking at her like she was the height of shit, literally. It was almost like the world was going by and all they could afford right now was the insanity of having Amina Russel on the same table as them.

Then again, her questions were right. She was right to want to know what the fate of the kind healer was. Amina knew Hudhayfah on so many scales and she knew that the man had a heart of gold.

Hudhayfah had sacrificed everything for Rukiya and her family. Hell, he had given up everything for the sake of Greyson, and that surely had to count for something, right?

Oh, but Amina was ready to fight for Hudhayfah, something that everyone in the room had seen, and one that got Hudhayfah wondering what in the hell had gotten into Amina Russel. Surely the woman couldn't be that insane, right?

"You seriously think we could abandon one of our own for loving someone else? We are not saints and Hudhayfah deserves happiness more than we all do. Why the hell would we take that away from him when he just found his happiness? Read exclusive chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

"You're crazy, Amina Russel. You need to get your head out of the gutter and see clearly what has happened. We didn't leave, to lock him or your brother outside. We sent people away because Hudhayfah deserved his privacy with his mate.

"He deserved love just like us. We didn't close the gates because we never close gates on our own even if they mated with the enemy. Love doesn't work like that," Sherry said and Hudhayfah released a sigh of relief.

Hudhayfah had been so sure that they would banish him, that they could convict him for loving Trey. He was not sure what they had wanted to do, but damn was it a scary moment for him.

He had been overthinking so much that his head hurt, but hearing Sherry talk like that and the other knights agree was something else. He couldn't believe that this was real and so he just stared at Malika and Elodie, like they had the final say on what happened.

Of course, they did.

"Then what was that silence earlier?" Amina asked angrily.

"We were just teasing him. We didn't know he could be that serious and when he spoke earlier, we didn't know what day we had to leave it to the adults to speak on our behalf," Adolf said looking at Malika, and Hudhayfah chuckled.

"Don't tell me he forgot what we had sworn to do to him when Trey came," Rio laughed.

"Holy shit," Hudhayfah let out with a laugh.

"Thank you, Hudhayfah, for making me ten thousand gold bars richer!" Adolf added with excitement as he brought out his phone from his pocket and played the part where they had made the promise to Hudhayfah.

"I can't believe I fell for that," Hudhayfah sighed and Trey smiled cheekily.

"Does that mean I get a kiss, angel?"