Chapter 17: Of Unanswered Questions & Frustrations

[RUKIYA]

"Is she awake?" Alpha Rukiya asked for the hundredth time in the six hours since they had gotten Awuor out of the feral dungeons.

Even though the woman had been unconscious then, it had taken an all-female warrior team to get the woman away from the ferals and into the guest room near Rukiya's bedroom.

It was almost like everything masculine reminded her of a past she wanted to forget and her body was repulsed by it.

However, Rukiya hadn't gotten the warriors to help her under that assumption, but instead, there were some things that even she couldn't quite explain and this was one of them. To her, it felt right, and she was the alpha with the power to make that happen.

Sherry had informed Rukiya of what had happened and the possible phobia of closed doors that Awuor had. So like the good alpha she was, Rukiya had her warriors unmount the door just so everything would be clear.

The room that had once been filled with hundreds of gold bars was now a hall with a mattress on the floor and a sheet covering the woman who was right there laying on the mattress. It was a heart-wrenching sight, especially with the painful whimpers of the rejected alpha.

"No alpha, not yet," Sherry said to Rukiya who just sighed. She hated what was happening and wanted to let it out. She was getting frustrated by the second and even her beta had noticed that.

Adolf wanted to say something to his alpha, but what could he say when even he wasn't aware of what Rukiya was playing at by bringing a broken wolf into their home? It wasn't like the Greyson pack was a home for the needy.

Defeatedly, the alpha walked out of the room, but not before telling Sherry to call her the moment the woman so much as moved a finger in her state.

"Yes, alpha," Sherry said as the warriors opened the window to the room they were currently in.

The fact that the woman before them was unconscious, scarred, and broken by someone, didn't sit right with Rukiya and she needed to let out some steam. So the moment she walked out of the guestroom, she headed to the gym, with Adolf following right behind her.

"Calm down, Rukiya" Adolf tried when the alpha ignored everything around her.

"Well, since you're all secretive, spar with me. That should help you out," Adolf suggested, like he was feeling terrible for the punching bags. In reality, he wanted to let out his frustrations and the only person who could match his skills was the alpha of Greyson.

They both had pent-up anger for different reasons and their defeated sighs over the past twelve hours were just proof of it all.

"Alright," Rukiya said, agreeing to Adolf's suggestion. It was the sanest thing she had heard from him.

So for the rest of the hour, the two of them sparred, though at some point in the hour, they started lashing out, punching each other, and intentionally missing the sensitive organs, because they were not enemies.

They were friends, leaders who had a pack to run, but had been a little too distracted by something that reminded them of their pasts.

"That was fun," Rukiya said when the hour was over. The both of them were currently a sweaty mess, but even then, they looked a little happier compared to the time they had come walking through the doors of the gym.

Of course, the warriors who had been watching the spar knew their fights meant nothing, and it was always fun to watch Rukiya and Adolf spar. They were the very standards that every werewolf warrior in the Greyson pack wanted to meet.

"I know, but you realize you can't always run away from the truth Rukiya. I'm your beta and best warrior. I need to know if there's a war coming and get everything ready. The woman you brought in is clearly an alpha," Adolf argued and Rukiya just looked at him.

She knew she had made a good decision to pick Adolf as her beta, but right now, she needed a long cold shower, before she could go back and see if the woman had woken up.

She was done hoping.

If the woman didn't wake up, she would have one of the whalers of the pack wake her up. That was the simplest way to determine if there was truly a war coming, and the easiest way to get her beta the answers he was seeking.

The answers they all needed.

"Let's go clean up Adolf. After that, we can both get the answers, yeah?"