The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

Rukiya let out a scoff.

Surely they couldn\'t be serious with her right now, yeah?

Who the fuck did they think they had come to take away?

This woman could easily fight and there wasn\'t much they could do, as this was the one woman they were never allowed to touch or fight. If she came at them, they wouldn\'t fight back.

They wouldn\'t lift a finger or even try to look at her differently. It was quite interesting though, because no matter how many turns this took, they would always have a way to find themselves on Malika\'s radar.

"If it helps, we are protectors from Olyana assigned to you for this particular evening trip," Dumi said and Rukiya let out a sigh. They really weren\'t going to tell her where they wanted to take her?

Their adamance was something else and she couldn\'t blame them. After all, it wasn\'t like they had come on a picnic to this side of the world. And them being protectors? That had to be some wild shit Hawi was pulling.

Ruru wondered what it was this time, though a part of her was silently hoping that this evening wouldn\'t be a disaster.

They had both spent their day well and along the way, even though they had to deal with the unfortunate reminder of the pain they had suffered, she wanted to believe that they could have a good ending to their day.

"Does Malika—" Rukiya asked the protectors who interrupted her before she could finish her sentence.

"She already approved of it," Kadiam said confidently.

Malika Jabali was the one person whose approval meant the world to the protectors. And the fact that she trusted them made them feel like they could conquer anything that came their way.

It wasn\'t as hard, but she was the ultimate representation of power and might. She was what they wanted to be but couldn\'t be, no matter how hard they tried to be like her.

Her standards were insane, her training sessions were out of this world and her skills were so hard to learn in a short time. And they had been working with the woman for over six hundred years. Maybe this was home for them, right?

"Where is Hawi?" Rukiya asked, changing the subject as she looked at the two protectors, daring them to lie to her.

Only Hawi would give her lilies and white ones. The first time Hawi had given them to her, she had said that the lilies reminded her of Ruru\'s love. A love so pure and untainted despite the tainted and horrifying lives they all lived.

Ruru was to Hawi what salvation looked like and what purity looked like. It didn\'t matter that they all had blood on their hands, one more than the other.

What mattered to Hawi was that she would protect the one person who gave her a reason to fight to stay sane. It was a beautiful thing really and no matter how things were, there was a nod that the both of them were good for each other.

"A gown for your evening," Kadiam said as he presented a red gift box, ignoring Rukiya\'s last question. He knew she knew and that she needed them to spell it out for her. But then that was more dangerous than them just standing there like minions on a mission.

"Where is she?" Ruru asked not buying all of this.

"All we have are coordinates. Please get ready so we can leave in thirty minutes," Dumi said and Rukiya rolled her eyes at them. Surely they did expect her, an alpha, to just follow them wherever they wanted, though?

Well, she was still going to go with them because this was obviously Hawi\'s doing and she was never the kind to say no to Hawi. But they didn\'t know that and she could make their lives a little difficult, right?

"I don\'t trust you," Rukiya said defiantly as she sat back not even bothering with them again.

She went back to reading her book, ignoring them like they ignored her question. If they wanted to play the long game, then they could as well get on with it, but until then they would have decided on what they wanted with her.

"This girl will be the death of us. I don\'t want my foot broken again," Kadiam whispered defeatedly to Dumi.

"Dude, my ears still hurt from how hard she pulled them. If we go without her we\'re dead. Not even Malika will save us. Maybe we can hide in Clarkson," Kadiam said, already considering their options now that Ruru was defiant.

"I\'m not going to stay with the Lycans dude. What if we cast a spell on her and get her ready and unconscious?" Dumi asked and Rukiya stared at them. They were really not planning on dragging her out unconscious, right?

"Yeah, really great idea. That should be fun telling the devil that we packed her mate like a packet of cigarettes, hmm?" Kadiam said sarcastically and Dumi sighed. Time wasn\'t on their side and the woman wasn\'t making their lives any easier.

"What other option do we have? She isn\'t trusting us, the clock is ticking too," Dumi said frustratedly.

"Maybe we can call Malika to help," Kadiam suggested, earning a glare from Dumi. It was almost like that was the most absurd thing that he had ever heard. But then they didn\'t quite have that many options either way, right?

"She already saved us in Greyson and you want her to save our asses because we couldn\'t take the queen consort to the queen. You must be nuts," Dumi said defeatedly and Rukiya just stared at them amusedly.

She was enjoying their existential crisis and while she wanted to know what more she was now sure they were not here with the Russel brothers.

It was strangely comforting because at the end of the day, she wouldn\'t have to walk on eggshells around strangers. At least she could get these two off the list of suspicious people, right?

"I\'ll go with you, only if you don\'t pack me up like a pack of cigarettes," Rukiya said after a long while and Dumi stared at her horrified that she had heard them. It could be a little hard explaining that to her, so he reported an apology.

"My apologies, I didn\'t mean to—" Dumi began and Ruru interrupted him.

"Never mind. Were you in Grayson with Malika?" Rukiya asked as she walked into the room behind the royal study with the red box, a room that was directly linked to Hawi\'s suite.

She wasn\'t worried about them hearing her because they were protectors and had more advanced hearing than the irregular creatures.

"What? No, we don\'t know what you talk of," Kadiam insisted.

"Are they okay?" Rukiya asked again.

"Who?" Dumi asked sheepishly.

"The gates were a little faulty the last time I left," Rukiya continued even despite their evasive answers.

"We fixed them up and set up extra security and let the wolves know. Only a dumb fuck would want to go after Greysin this time I hope we capture those pain in the ass Russel br— oww," Kadiam said only for Dumi to smack him in the head.

"Shut the fuck up, dude. You don\'t realize that she\'s tricking us?" Dumi asked as he looked at his partner, if there was something wrong with him. But even if that was the case, there wasn\'t much they could do.

The cat was already out of the bag, right?" She cares about her people. It\'s expected of leaders you big oaf," Kadiam whined

"And here I thought Malika was the last mad creation of the protectors hmm," Rukiya said as she stepped out in the long red slit strapless maxi bodycon dress.

Her hair was rolled and on her feet, she had high heels.

She was also wearing a black Birkin bag, not to mention Tiffany jewelry on her neck, ears and her wrist. She looked so damn pretty even as the protectors tripped on their words, not sure what they were to say to her statement.

"Apologies, Alpha. We didn\'t mean any disrespect," Dumi forced out, after a while, seeing as they looked like dumb fucks standing there speechless.

"Apologies will be accepted if I get to sit in the passenger seat," Rukiya said amusedly.

"Not possible your M— Alpha. Anything but that," Kadiam said.

"Pack of ice cream?" Rukiya asked.

"Anything but that too" Dumi insisted.

"You people are no fun. Let\'s get going then," Ruru said, making them look at each other surprised that she had gotten ready so fast.

"Yup," Kadiam said as he led the way and Dumi followed right behind Rukiya Greyson.