The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[HAWI]

"Get off of me," Mbali growled in warning as she fought against Amina who held her down so she couldn't hurt herself even more. but then Jabali Lihle was never a traitor to her people, so she wasn't about to start right now.

This woman needed to leave and if she could do so by herself, then Mbali would gladly make her leave, otherwise she would find a way to make sure that there was never an ounce of life in those eyes that were still staring at her with love.

"You. Need. To. Heal," Amina bit out, holding back the anger and disappointment she was feeling because of all this. Maybe she was also tried by her family or maybe she had come to use Mbali as a pawn.

It was hard to tell with the way she was still holding steady despite the literal fact that everyone here wanted her gone, her brother was not even sure what was happening here but the Savasci Knights were willing to cast a death vote for her.

Even that didn't seem to faze Amina Russel.

"And you need to fucking let me go. I'd much rather have my sister bite me than be your mate," Mbali growled out in anger, this time making sure the woman heard her loud and clear. Hell, even people who were in the distance had to have heard the blatant rejection.

It was a heartbreaking time for Amina and with the way she faltered, she had clearly been affected. She had not been sure how this was bound to be, but when the eyes that had wanted her turned to raging eyes, Amina knew it was time for her to leave.

But then she couldn't leave, not when her mate was in pain and not letting her heal her. Not when everything else was so wrong and she was the one with a hurting matte. But then Malika also had a hurting sister, didn't she?

"Holy shit," Ruru whispered in disbelief while Hawi stared in silence. She was waiting to see how this would go and while it was a risky situation, Hawi knew this was more for Mbali, Malika, and Amina to handle than her being involved.

She would only let herself get involved if Amina posed more danger to the duo. Only then would Hawi decide to end the woman's life, but for now, she had to wait and see how the Jabali sisters would handle this situation.

"Leave this place and don't come back. Or I will be the first one to kill you," Mbali insisted before she stared at her sister, tears in her eyes as she felt the pain in her body multiply.

The poison was spreading fast.

She was losing her mind and if they didn't act fast, not that Hawi had stopped the siphoning. They would lose her for real. They would be digging a grave for one of their own and yet they were the most powerful creatures in the realm.

Amina was watching all of this with a broken heart even as Malika got her off and replaced her next to Mbali. This may have been a competition on who knew the best things for them to do, when in reality, they were all just trying to live their lives.

It was not going to be easy winning this, but goddamn, if they lost one of them at this point of their journey then what was the point of them going ahead with the gift, now that their weaknesses could be exploited?

"Fucking hell, Lili. Here, bite me," Malika sighed as she showed her wrist, seeing how pale her sister had gotten. She needed Mbali to have some of her blood in her system because then their sisterly bond would be reignited.

With that, she would be able to fix Mbali even if Mbali was also healing. This was the last stage of their sibling bond, not that Mbali knew of it. But then it seemed like a necessity for them because there was no other option if Mbali was rejecting Amina.

"Please, let me fix you," Amina pleaded defeatedly as she slumped on the ground, watching her mate lose herself in the mess that had been there. She knew there were so many improbable things, but what else was there for her to do?

"Fuck off," Mbali said as she grabbed her sister's wrist and bit into it, while looking right into Amina's eyes, breaking Amina's heart. She thought this was the worst form of rejection and white Mbali was sure she would regret it later, so she chose this.

She didn't care if this was her binding herself to her sister in the craziest of ways, or even her making it seem like she was choosing her sister for her mate for the hundredth time, but whatever it was, Mbali was not going to let it all go.

She would deal with the consequences of her rash decision later, one she was certain that the mad woman she is mated to was gone. But would Amina leave like that and never come back?

Would she choose to leave her mate when Mbali needed her the most right now?

"What do we do with her? She is a Russel," Ruru voiced when she saw Mbali heal a little faster than they had thought. Maybe they should have thought about this particular thing an hour ago, but then what mattered was that they had their solution, right?

"We kill her, it's that simple," Mbali said when she realized they were hesitating for her sake. They were probably thinking that this would hurt her the most. Of course, it would. Losing someone she had started caring for was not going to be easy on Mbali.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

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However, she was so angry at this new reality that she wasn't even thinking straight anymore. Mbali was so blinded by the hate she had for the Russels that she wasn't even thinking twice about sending her mate on the chopping block.

"What?" Hawi asked in shock. Maybe they were thinking too much, but then pain had fucked them all up and now Mbali was the one bearing the shame of being mated to an enemy.

"Oh, please. Don't tell me you're getting all emotional just because she claims to be my mate. Who knows if she used her magic and forced a bond so she could know where we are headed?

"Besides, that stupid family ruined our lives. The least we can do is give them a taste of their medicine," Mbali shrugged once she had started healing. Her sister's blood was making her stronger and she loved it.

What Mbali didn't realize was that the place she had bitten was the one spot where the Jabali family always bit each other to maintain their bonds. Mbali may have thought that it was a mate bond like Hawi and Ruru, but it was more of sisters.

However, Malika wasn't going to correct her sister, especially not right now when she was still fuming about the mate she had gotten. Maybe she would, sometime in the future when Mbali had calmed down, but until then, she would wait it out.

"She's your mate, Mbali," Ruru tried, unsure of what she was aiming for. Maybe her humanity, but was that something they would work around Jabali sister of all the creations in the realm?

"She's no mate of mine. I would rather marry Asmodeus than be her mate. I'd rather lose my life if I have to be mated to her."