Chapter 61: The Only Way Out

[RUKIYA]

"—because she's always been mine from the onset, my ferocious love," Rukiya said thoughtfully like she wasn't even listening to anyone anymore, and maybe they could have bought into her fantasies if only Hawi hadn't spoken in her real voice and not the nana voice she'd been using.

Oh, Hawi.

"Bitch I'm your what now?" Hawi asked as she looked at Rukiya who had suddenly turned to look at her.

Rukiya could have sworn she had heard Hawi's voice and she could have sworn everyone in the shelter had heard her too. She looked in the direction of Malika's nana and Malika was busy facepalming.

She looked like she was about to go crazy by just listening to Hawi and her madness. This woman would be the death of her if she wasn't careful. Hawi didn't even care for a moment, because to her, she wasn't going to pretend for long.

Malika looked around them and she was getting greedy for combat ready to protect her assigned white wolf, but then as Rukiya closed in, Hawi did what she always did best. She became a nuisance.

"I told you, you little shit, the nappies wouldn't work," Hawi said, this time, using her real voice, but an older version.

She was slowly masking her voice, trying to make it seem like she hadn't slipped up or that she hadn't been shocked by the fact that she had heard Rukiya's confession. It was crazy and as it stood, Rukiya had taken a new interest in her.

"What did you just say?" Rukiya asked, and this time, she was using her alpha tone on Hawi and she didn't like it.

Malika had to remind Hawi that this was them just having to keep on the act and that it was a necessity. But even then, Hawi didn't like the tone Rukiya was using on her.

Adolf looked like he was already tired of staring at the circus before them. The fact that they still had to spend more time with this nana wasn't even helping their situation. Maybe there was a way they could shake Hawi and Malika, right?

"Oh for fucks sake, Rukiya. Focus on the plan. We need to get to know what these prisoners have and of the stupid blood oath so the only way for them to tell us where Alpha Awuor is, let's get on with it.

"This old woman is clearly a nuisance that her granddaughter would want to shake, and that won't happen if we keep standing here.

"So let's get on with it, shall we?" Adolf said and Hawi made a move to talk but Hudhayfah took a piece of clothing and wrapped it around the older woman's mouth, making Hawi glare daggers at him, but he didn't mind that.

This woman was being a nuisance to their plans and if they stayed here for long they would have all the answers they needed. If anything, finding Hawi was more important to them than whatever the fuck was going on here.

"Let's go outside, and get this done with," Hudhyafah said when the rains subsided.

Malika looked at Hawi, ready to stop Hudhayfah, but had stopped her. Maybe there was sincerity in Rukiya's words. Maybe there was something that they could do about it, but later on.

'Why are you stopping me, think of the consequences of her binding herself to you. What if she tried anything stupid?' Malika asked when Hawi stopped her from stopping him, or even acting.

'We have tried to buy time, Malika, but none of that has worked so far. I can't keep on being this dumb nana and you can't be cursing out an older woman all the time. We have to think. Besides, if she binds herself to me, and swears to protect me with her life, I will have an army.

"I will have her army, which is one of the strongest armies in the realm. That means I won't be alone, Malika. I will have an army ready to go to war for me. With the blood oath, Rukiya won't have a choice but to make sure I am safe and the only way to do that, is to let her do this.

"Besides, don't you trust me? I wouldn't let a bitch bring me down, not this time,' Hawi said and Malika just sighed. She knew Hawi was right, so she did the one thing she hadn't thought she would ever agree to.

She stopped the rain.