The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[GREYSON - HUDHAYFAH]

"You wanted to be that man's wife. You are his mate, but we told you we could mess up the mate bond, and you refused. You said he was too good and didn't deserve to be lied to, and now here you are, fucking with us about your daughter.

"Where is that little thing? Perhaps we can kill her if you don't want to do the horrors—"

"I'll kill her myself," Razia said.

Her brother chuckled.

Hudhayfah facepalmed.

And in the distance, they heard a gasp.

"Great! Someone heard us," Razia's older brother said as he looked at his frustrated sister. Hudhayfah knew who it was and he hoped for his own sake, but he didn't show up because this group was crazy as hell.

It would take a lot of convincing to make them believe that there was no one on the other side, but it was a risk that Hudhayfah had to take. Life itself was full of disappointments and risks anyway, right?

"Easy there. There are a lot of people in the pack because of young Rukiya's party. You wouldn't want to ager the fosters, now would you?" Hudhayfah said and they glared at him as if that was supposed to make him cower.

"Well, we can consider that, if you don't say anything about our sister and her abilities. If you say nothing of her, then the girl lives. Your pretty little toothless Rukiya, she will live, but if you say something, then we will kill her in seconds," Razia's brother said and honestly it was sickening.

However, Hudhayfah just nodded before he left them. This wasn't the last time that the brothers would try to kill the kid, and that the mother would attempt to eliminate her child, but then Hudhayfah had hope.

Perhaps it was stupid of him, given the current circumstances but then he was counting on Razia loving her daughter more than she wanted to kill her. He had seen the conflict in Razia's eyes and that was hoped to Hudhayfah.

"What did I hear?" Alpha Draffin Greyson asked Hudhayfah the next morning when everything had settled. The previous night, Alpha had taken his daughter and they had slept in the guestroom.

Of course, most of the pack members knew nothing of that, and Razia herself wasn't even bothered by it. But Hudhayfah knew Draffin had been the one when the Russels had spoken.

He couldn't blame the Alpha for wanting to save his heiress. This girl was his lifeline and everything to him and now that he was realizing his Razia was a probable nutjob, Alpha Draffin wanted to keep his little girl safe in all the ways that he could.

"Draffin—"

"Please, Hudhayfah. You cannot lie to me too. You know she is important to me. She is my Luna for fucks sake, and we are bound to be the parents of the white wolf's mate. What the hell was that?" Alpha Draffin insisted and Hudhayfah sighed before coming clean to the Alpha.

With every word that came off the Hudhayfah's mouth, Draffin was certain the universe hated him. How could his mate give him a heiress and be the one who wanted the heiress dead?

It just didn't make any sense, but even he could agree that they needed to protect the little girl.

And so, for the months and years that followed, Alpha Draffin and Hudhayfah made it their mission to make sure the girl was safe.

They protected her even when there were little accidents meant to harm her, when there were warriors who died in the woods because they listened to Rukiya.

Of course, it was normal for the Greyson warriors and they died with pride, but deep down, alpha Draffin didn't like it. His wife had gotten worse over the years and he was worried that the woman would lose her mind.

Bit by bit, the Alpha kept his wife away from the Luna duties, for fear that she would try and use that to harm their child, but then whenever let his daughter know who her mother was.

For Rukiya, Razia Greyson was the mother of the year. Her mother loved her and cared for her, at least that's what she saw and Alpha Draffin was never going to bust his daughter's bubble with the cruel truth.

"Can you cast a spell to protect my little girl, Hudhayfah?" Alpha Draffin asked Hudhayfah when Rukiya was twelve years old.

He had realized that his Razia had grown crueler and he needed to do what he indeed did to make sure that his Rukiya was safe. Of course, to the entire Greyson and Rukiya, the pack was okay.

There was nothing they needed to be worried for and the Alpha appreciated that they had managed to pull that. However, even he could tell that his wife was getting restless with the way her daughter kept on surviving.

It was not what Draffin had hoped for, but he was a father first and he loved his daughter.

"I already tried, Draffin. All My protection spells are useless against their spells. She is a shadow warlock and that makes her strong, or not to mention she has the backing of her entire bloodline. That is not something that can easily be broken.

"The only one who can break that, hasn't even been born, or if she has been born, there is no telling where she is. All of this is crazy," Hudhayfah said and the Alpha sighed before he looked at Hudhayfah in amusement.

"She?" Alpha Draffin asked, like he wanted to do what for himself. It was already strange enough that the Greyson Alpha-in-line was a woman and now she would be having a female mate. It was interesting.

"Yes. All white wolves are female, because the magic that runs through females is stronger and more portent. Women are known to handle everything sent their way and be of clearer minds.

"Will that be a problem for you?" Hudhayfah asked when he saw the Alpha laugh amusedly.

Every word that came from Hudhayfah's mouth should have discouraged him, but the Alpha couldn't help but think of how ironic it was that this was happening to him and his family. Maybe they really were doomed, right?

"Not really. The females have more potent magic, and my Razia is using herbs to take out our child. How ironic," the Alpha said defeatedly.

He couldn't grasp what this meant and frankly, it was pissing him off. For years, he had been patient but it seemed like everything just kept going from bad to worse and faster than he could ever comprehend.

"Draffin—"

"It's nothing, Hudhayfah. I am at a crossroads with the women of my life and now I have to watch one of them kill the other. I know my Rukia and I know if she learned of this, she would kill her mother.

"I know her temper and that is a burden that I cannot put on my daughter. I know the Russels are coming for me. Sooner or later, it will be my head on stake or something., No one knows what will happen to me, but I know that is coming.

"I have thwarted the for years on end. Just promise me, Hudhayfah. Promise you will keep my daughter safe, and make sure she finds her mate, the white wolf who will put an end to this madness," Alpha Draffin said and Hudhayfah felt his heart break for the good Alpha.