[HAWI]
"She's lying, Kurt... No one will save you, not even your older sister," Malika said, her voice threatening the child.
"Russ—" Kurt began but Razia sighed.
"I don't know, Malika. I really don't know who ordered the hit on Hawi this time," Razia pleaded and Malika just shrugged before she snapped Kurt's neck, earning a forced scream from Razia as the boy fell down, dead.
Razia looked helplessly at her fallen brother and she hated the situation. She wasn't sure who had ordered the second hit on Hawi but the fact that her brother had paid the price for it angered her.
She loved Kurt and she had sworn she would never hurt her and yet she had watched as her brother flailed to the ground dead. Her werewolf hearing had gotten her hearing the last of her brother's heartbeats.
It wasn't what she had imagined and that shit was fucking with her. Of all the things she had expected, this wasn't it. Razia was heartbroken even as she looked at Malika, she knew this woman wasn't done with her yet.
"I'll give you time to think, Razia. So, think and think hard, because when I come back down here and you don't have an answer for me, you will watch me bring your brother to life and I will kill him, again," Malika said as she pulled away from Razia.
Malika needed to get that answer real fast because this was a matter of life and eternal torture for the girl she had sworn to protect. She wouldn't let anyone take them back to the endless episodes of Hawi questioning herself.
They had walked through fire and ice, through emotional turmoil that had gotten them tired and more than anything, had made them wonder if Hawi was the perfect wolf for the role. There was a time when they thought that Hawi wasn't ready for it.
Then again, a little more time with Hawi, and Malika realized that the girl was haunted by a lot of things. She had an intense fear of trusting and losing the few people left in her life. She had lost everything and she couldn't lose anymore.
"Are you done?" Hawi asked as she walked out of the showers, making Malika stare in relief. She had been thinking of so many things with how Hawi had left, but the fact that she was here and relaxed, was actually encouraging.
"You're not... I thought—" Malika began but Hawi just chuckled.
"Thought that I left? That I couldn't handle everything? Come on Malika, you should know better than that by now. We are not here to make friends. Everyone wants us dead and the least we can do is get the answers before we head on with the massacre.
"Did you get any answers from Razia?" Hawi asked as she walked around looking for cleaner clothes. It Had been years since she touched her closet and now that she was finally opening it, she felt a little close to home.
Once again, she was hit with the memories of her mother and her designs. Eniola always bought new designs for her daughter to choose from, before she made her clothes and that was the one thing that Hawi missed at the moment.
Her mother would always know what to say and what to do. It was just a pity that eternity was an awfully long time for her. Well, at least she was never going to be alone in her battles anymore.
"Not really. I'll still go and make her talk. We need to be able to find a way to fuck that bond up, because your ex is a dumb idiot. However, he is a puppet being used by someone.
"Once we have a name, we can be able to know what to do. But until then, we wait," Malika said and Hawi sighed. Waiting did sound like a good idea, but she couldn't help but wonder what was happening with Ruru.
Neither of them had opened the mind-link and it was strange really. Hawi wanted to, but she wasn't sure if Rukiya was already on her way or if they were already fighting. There was a lot that needed to be considered.
"She's fine, Hawi. She's an alpha too, remember?" Malika said when she realized that Hawi was deep in thought. There was only one person who could make Hawi have that sad face of longing and it was the Greyson girl.
"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.