Chapter 254: Missing Her… Needing Her… Losing Her????
"She\'s out there, alone. I should be able to protect her. I shouldn\'t have sent her alone," Hawi sighed as she dressed up. She was worried about Rukiya. Frankly, when she had assigned Rukiya to deal with Sicario on her own, it was a challenge.
It wasn\'t that she didn\'t trust Rukiya, but she wanted to know what would happen if she went to war alone. It had been years and there was a lot of information out there. Hawi wanted to know if she would be fine on her own.
And now, barely hours later, she was worrying for the girl she loved. Perhaps this was bound, given they shared a mate bond, but would that be enough to keep her calm? Oh, but there were things that she had to trust, and Ruru\'s strength was it today.
"She can protect herself, Hawi. Besides, she has the entire gang with her. She has Mbali and the Lycans, the Greyson army, Hudhayfah, Adolf, Riley, and the revolutionaries, the Rogues who joined us.
"She has everyone. She will be fine, Besides you cast a spell on her, nothing can hurt her. If it helps you already completed the mating and marking. She can\'t die," Malika continued explaining but Hawi wasn\'t conceived.
Of course, she trusted Rukiya. Ruru had the greatest army to help her against Sicario. Hawi was aware that they were invincible and all that. But Hawi wanted to be beside her. She wanted to see Rukiya. It was a need for her.
She wanted to make sure her mate was well strapped for the war, that nothing would weaken her, she wanted to check on her and make sure that\'s why was mentally ready. She needed to be sure that her baby was alright.
"I know. But I still need to see her. I just want to see her, Malika," Hawi said once she was done changing. She was down so bad for Rukiya and it was more than obvious.
Her life revolved around Rukiya\'s happiness and she wanted to make sure the girl was always happy. Maybe it was crazy, given how strong they both were, but it was adorable at the same time.
"Alright, I\'m coming with you. There\'s a new threat with the mate bond and I can\'t let it out of my sight, not when I don\'t know who is backing Jer this time and how insane they are," Malika said and Hawi stared at her confusedly.
On most days, Malika would have said that this was a bad idea, and that Hawi needed to trust the b team. She would have wanted to make sure Hawi was safe until the threat was neutralized, but then for how long?
"What?" Hawi asked and Malika just shrugged casually as she headed to the showers.
"Aren\'t you going to stop me or try to talk some sense into me?" Hawi asked, and Malika chuckled. They knew each other so well it was something exciting to see what the roads ahead would look like for the both of them.
"If I try, will you listen?" Malika asked and Hawi stared blankly, as she shook her head.
"Exactly. I would rather follow you into hell than talk you out of it when you will still lead the way there anyway," Malika said casually with a shrug. Finally, the pieces were coming together and the understanding was obvious.
"Alright. I\'ll wait here then," Hawi said and Malika just gave her a thumbs-up before she walked into the bathroom.
Hawi missed Rukiya. That was obvious.
She didn\'t care that she had just seen her hours ago. She didn\'t care that she had been away from her mate for less than a day. All she wanted was Rukiya Greyson and no one would stop her from getting to her.
So, when Malika came out of the showers dressed, Hawi created a portal., ready to take them back to the camp. It was the first place she could think of to find her mate and she didn\'t have the patience to wait.
However, before she could go in, Malika closed the portal, making Hawi groan in frustration.
"What is it again?" Hawi whined and Malika stared at her as if that was the most incredulous thing she had heard since the day began.
"You both are mated now. You can sniff her out, and track her. Use the mate bond, Hawi," Malika said, and Hawi\'s eyes widened like that was the one thing she hadn\'t thought of when she was an alpha wolf.
Then again, years of being away from her responsibilities, and having Malika do the hard work for her, had gotten her used to the shortcuts. She always had someone to help with the mess and as good as that was, it wasn\'t exactly healthy.
Especially if it got her panning out this soon.
"Well, that\'s a better idea," Hawi said as she closed her eyes, cleared her mind and focused on seeking RUkiya out. However, she couldn\'t get to her, and the picture she fit in her mind got her convinced she was high on something.
"It\'s not working, you tried it," Hawi said and Malika looked at her skeptically. The white wolf was the best tracker of all time and suddenly Hawi was saying she couldn\'t see the same girl she wanted to?
"What did you see?" Malika asked in the hope that Hawi could give her an explanation that would make sense but all she got was a shrug, even though it wasn\'t that convincing. So sighing, Malika agreed to do it.
"What do you see?" Hawi asked and Malika shushed her as she tried to discuss. Hawi knew what Malika was seeing.
She knew so well, and was in denial; she couldn\'t be dragged back there again and maybe that was why she wasn\'t going to accept that simple truth. It just couldn\'t make any sense.
"I thought you\'re one of the best trackers in the realm, Malika?" Hawi asked and Malikia snorted at her. Of course, Hawi was always better and with superior abilities than Malika, however this time, Malika agreed to it.
"I think it\'s best if we just go to the camp," Malika said and Hawi knew they had both seen the same thing.
They had seen the same horror and were not ready to face it. Maybe it was because there was a high chance that Awuor Sicario would explode in this suite, and blow their cover, which didn\'t matter anymore.
Or maybe because what they had seen was so horrific that they needed to get a handle on it themselves. It was just impossible for this to be real, so they had to check it on their own, right?
"Okay great. Let\'s go then," Hawi said and Malika created the portal that led them to the camp where they had left the entire team. Malika was first to go though and Hawi followed, even though she was beating way too fast.
When they got there, they were met with an empty camp, which was supposed to be comforting, even though the thoughts they couldn\'t speak were really haunting them a thousandfold.
"Let\'s follow their trail," Hawi said and it seemed Malika was done holding back.
"Hawi… I smell blood. Familiar blood. Greyson blood."