The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

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[HAWI]

"Perihan?" Hudhayfah spoke and Amina could have sworn all the blood drained from her face.

There had to be a mistake somehow, there was just no way that this was real. There was no way that Hudhayfah was her brother's mate. Surely the universe couldn't be that cruel to her family, right?

Staring at Hudhayfah and with the history the man had, Amina knew this was a lost cause long before they even tried to make it all make sense. There was no way that this was real right now. They had tried their best to stay away from the Savasci knights.

For years they had tried to keep their focus elsewhere, especially to the woman of the occasion. But even that was slowly proving futile because if Trey found out Hudhayfah was his Perihan, then no one would stop him from claiming his mate; not the Russels and definitely not the Greyson alpha or the white world.

Trey was a determined rock, one who always trained harder because he wanted to protect his family and now, Hudhayfah was just that to him too. But then what if he was wrong this time? What if there was more to this than Amina thought of?

"Hello Hudhayfah, I am no one. Nice to meet you here," Amina greeted, extending her hand to Hudhayfah who was still trying to process the scent that he was getting from the woman.

He knew this was impossible because the way Mbali and Amina were looking at each other meant that they were mates.

Sure, there was an obvious disagreement, but then that didn't matter at the moment, because no matter what happened, he knew mates would always find a way. But why the fuck did the woman smell like his Perihan?n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Don't bother greeting her. She might look into your head for this, let's go," Mbali said as she rolled her eyes at her mate who stared at her softly. Even when Mbali was irking her, Amina had managed to watch from a distance.

She didn't mind really because this wasn't particularly easy for Mbali. She came from a friend group that valued loyalty and safety, and if she was being honest, her last name wasn't exactly the kind of thing to scream loyalty and royalty to her.

"She smells familiar," was all Amina heard before she knew her instincts were right. Oh, this would be really hard to explain to Trey, especially given how explosive everything would get if he found out. But then she had to hope that it would be alright, yeah?

With her mate and her brother's mate gone, Amina was left standing in the middle of the empty lot. She could hear them talking next to each other. She could smell them and more than a hanging she could hear how happy Mbali's laughs sounded.

That's what she had wanted from the very beginning and while it was going to take more than just a laugh to maintain that happiness, Amina was okay with watching from a distance.

Perhaps that was the best way for her to deal with whatever the hell was going on, because there was no denying that it was a lot, and they had to work together to make sure this was done and fixed. There was just no way out of it this time.

"Do you think they missed us?" familiar voices interrupted Amina's lonely thinking and she turned around to see the two head misfits tugging at their entangled clothes like they didn't know where the buttons were.

They looked messy and hilarious, with their lips swollen and their bodies still shaking. They had laid each other and it was obvious from their combined thick scent, so the tangled hair was not enough proof for that.

They looked like shit and yet something, they looked like they could command an angry war looking like that. It was hilarious, but seeing how the situation was Manina didn't say shit, or even show any emotion.

"I think someone's watching us, sweetheart," Ruru said as she looked at Amina who was staring at her with a blank face.

She didn't look like she wanted to fight so that was enough consolation for Ruru, besides, Ruru was always pro-Amina when it came to the mate bond with Mbali. Rukiya was a sucker for happy endings and maybe that would be her doom.

Then again, as long as she was here with Hawi, there was no denying that she would forever get her happy endings.

"I cast a camouflage spell, remember?" Hawi said subconsciously as she struggled with the buttons.

They were frustrating her but she couldn't rip their clothes off because they did have more to weaker as if they did conjure more clothes now that Malika was done with her spell, it would pinpoint the Russels to this pace.

Funny how they were worried about that in a time when they already had one Russel here with them. Life was just fickle, right?

"I may have triggered it to be undone when I… y'know," Ruru said and Hawi just shrugged before she raised that someone could actually see how roughed up they were. It was horrifying for a split second but after that, there was nothing, just emptiness.

"Oh, hi Amina, I see you got the invite. Shouldn't you be with Mbali?" Hawi asked, her voice a little more enthusiastic than she had needed for it to be. Then again, it wasn't daily that she got herself in a state with her mate tangled up like that.

She knew it was insane and there was no other explanation for this. But per chaos there was one, right? Maybe the world would be nicer to her and no matter what happened along the way, there would be more than she anticipated right?

"I can help with the detangling… and thanks for the invite. Mbali is with the others, I was just here thinking of what to bring to her. I assume since you know her better we could have a real yeah?" Amina said and Hawi chuckled.

She could see through the lies that Amina was telling and her heart broke for the woman who only ever wanted to be with her mate, but then a single last name was conveniently fucking that up for her.

Perhaps there would come a day when all of this would be better right?

"You have a deal… she likes white lilies," Hawi said earnestly and Amina nodded before she went to where the duo was standing.

They were on opposite sides yet at the same time they were on the same side. It was disheartening to think this to be what it was, but goddamn, it wasn't ever going to be easy for them.

Perhaps they would just have to wait and see what the fuck would happen here right?

"Alright then… stay still, both of you," Amina said as she looked at them, holding back her laugh as she helped detangle them.

They were insane for this and risk takers seeing as Amina could have easily used this proximity to rid the realm of the two of them.

But that wasn't her intention, not this time and not when the more she stayed with this lot the more she realized that they were bound to be closer than ever. It was disheartening in so many ways and a lot of thighs were going on.

Maybe when the sun went down, they would be alright, yeah?

"I'll pay you back if you don't tell them how you sound to us," Hawi began and Amina laughed at how incredulous the woman sounded. For someone so powerful he looked like she was about to shit herself from the chaos at the moment.

Perhaps she was insane for this or maybe she was just trying to make it all make sense for her; in which case it didn't sound so bad. A girl had to do what they needed to do right?

"And miss the banters? No thanks," Amina said casually, making the duo stare at her in surprise. They had been expecting everything from Amina but this. There was just no way, right?

"Sorry, what?" Ruru asked as if she wanted to confirm what she had just heard. Perhaps the woman had been with them enough times to see how crazy they could get and how they always bickered like there was no tomorrow, right?

"There, you're detangled, thigh if I were you, I would hurry and blend in before they all sit down, because it would look like a circus if you walk in like that," Amina reminded oh-so-politely before she walked away, leaving the two mates staring at her with disbelief in their eyes.

Clearly, they hadn't expected that this would happen, but on the plus side, they were simply glad that at least Amina was having some fun with them.

It was hard telling what would happen between tonight and tomorrow, but one thing was certain, they would get their much-needed break. Perhaps that was the only thing that had to deal with at the moment, right?

"Come, let's go," Hawi said to her mate as she smiled at Amina thankfully. She could tell that there was more to Amina being secluded here this time, it wasn't because of her being a Russel, but because the woman was worried about her mate.

"You too, come with us. She might be angry with you, but you came here for her, not to stay on the sidelines. Come along, and be there for her, even just for tonight,'' Hawi said when they reached Amina who was still skeptical.

"But–"

"If it helps, she won't send you away when you're with me," Hawi said and Amina sighed. It was obvious Hawi wasn't going to take a no for an answer anyway.

"Alright," Amina agreed.