Chapter 279: Welcome To The Karma Shop
[SICARIO]
She knew when she left them with that bunch of unhinged wolves, that it wasn't going to be easy, but then she refused to stay and watch in pity. She knew that there would be worse than what she had imagined for him.
And she knew that this was her finally getting free of the cruelest and the worst accusation of her life. Maybe that was why she watched them from her suite, watching as they took in the new reality of what they had done and how much they had fucked her innocence up.
She watched them as they tried to grapple with reality in the hope that they would be better people, but wasn't it a little too late for that? Perhaps this was what the world would look like for them.
"You?" Theo asked as he looked at his alpha, the man they had gone to war with and for even when they knew that they were a little too rushed. They had gone with him without question and what they wore hearing about him wasn't making any sense to them.
The Sicario wolves were all out there, watching in silent disbelief as they realized just how wrong they had been about the psycho they had for a child and the Alpha who loved them unconditionally.
She had been crazy, but even she wasn't crazy enough to kill her mother.
Everything about that day had seemed off, and now that they all heard the confession from Razia, they weren't sure if they needed to kill the duo or if they needed to bleed them dry until the only thing left for them was nothing.
"Don't tell me you believe the bitch who came to fight us, thrice. If she was so innocent. Why wouldn't he prove it herself all these years? Sure, she is the white wolf, but why couldn't she use her magic to figure out what happened?
"Don't you think it's a little too convenient that she had the Luna Razia Greyson and is threatening the woman? Look at Luna, she's almost dying from the silver bullet lodged so close to her heart," Jer said and Theo looked at the woman in question.
Razia Greyson looked like she was about to pass out, but even she knew that couldn't pass out like this. If she did, then her brother's fate would be doomed and she would have to deal with the loss of her sibling, again.
The only difference was that this time, Razia was certain that Hawi wouldn't be willing to bring him back. And there were so many things that Razia still wanted to tell her brother. Things that she needed to explain and more than anything she needed to apologize.
It was strange really how the only thing it took to make Razia crack was a brother that they didn't even know existed up until a few weeks ago. It was a cruel thing to do, but all the stakes had been pulled and the odds cast.
"Don't lie, Jer. There are so many more stakes," Razia struggled to speak up and the wolves looked at her. They weren't sure if this was the same woman who had mothered the greatest wolf in Greyson. Explore more adventures at m,v l'e-m|p| y r
Or maybe she was just a shell of what she had been earlier. But even if they were to give her credit for that, was she really going to be pudding that right now? Was she going to be able to tell the wolves their truths?
"You're delusional, Luna Razia. I bet it's the magic she used on you that got you swayed. She shouldn't have been able to infiltrate the Sicario mind links and yet she did," Jer said and one of the elders just stared in disbelief.
"For someone so conversant with everything that is happening or what you think is happening, you seem to be out of touch with reality," the elder said and Jer stared at him like he wanted to strangle the man.
He refused to let these people bring him down before he figured out why they had come after his Malika. She loved that woman and if he was going to go down, he would only do that when he was sure his Malika had gotten justice.
Nothing that the elders or even the wolves said would make him budge. He was going to get his wife justice and Sicario could either come with him or try to stop him, but as long as his treaty with the Russels continued, he would avenge his luna.
She was far too innocent, far too pretty, and far too lovable to be dragged into a war that he had no hand in. They had taken her family and her life, and for that, Jer was never going to forgive them.
He didn't care that the wolf could burn him. All he cared about was his sweet Malika, the girl who couldn't even hurt a fly, the woman who had taught him what life was, and the girl who had given him a chance at life.
He would fight for her, until the very end. He would do whatever he needed to, until he got to the bottom of the mess and he wouldn't stop, regardless of what Awuor Hawi wanted to do to him.
This was after all, for his Malika, his precious Luna, and the love of his life.
"There is no reality here, Asmodeus," Jer began as he got up to face the elder who had dared to talk to him like that. He already knew there was no way out of this, but then if he fooled the wolves just a little longer, maybe he would be able to get out of this, right?
"Well, if you put it like that, the only reality here is that you are projecting. We are letting ourselves be fooled by the same girl who murdered her mother and wants the beauty of the pack.
"Just because she got the delinquent Greyson alpha with her doesn't mean she is right. For an elder you sure are slow, or maybe it's because you're almost at the grave, right? Even then you should at least try using our brain," Jer said and Asmodeus chuckled.
The Sicario wolves were confused by the second. They had seen the vivid reality and they were still processing it, they wanted to take out their anger on Her and Razia but at the same time with magic in play, they had to wait and be patient.
They didn't want to ruin someone's life just because they were flies, even though they all could feel that Razia had been truthful in her parents' confession. Maybe there was another way out of this.
Maybe the elders would give them a solution, for the chaos that had ensued again, right? However, at the same time, they knew that if it had all been lies, Awuor Hair wouldn't have ordered her warriors to put their weapons down.
They could have easily slaughtered the pack. So, who was telling them the truth?
"Oh Jeremiah, child. You are so blinded you don't even remember that the girl was never dethroned as the Sicario alpha. Her father banished her, and kept her alpha title. Her brother never wanted to rule, and you were just her mate, a stand-in for her.
"According to the rules of the land, Awuor Hawi is the only Sicario alpha, not you and the farce you have been putting on," Asmodeus said and Jer stared in shock. There was something about that little fact that got him numb.
He had done everything to keep the pack sane and kept them from falling apart and yet all this time he was just a temporary substitute? This had to be the cruelest of things that he ever hurts and it wasn't comforting in the least bit.
What the fuck was he supposed to make of this and how the fuck was he supposed to avenge his Malika if he even had the power in the first place? This was not something that Jeremiah Warner had considered and frankly, it scared the shit out of him.
"What?" Jer voiced, as he looked at Razia, the one woman who had placed him in this mess.
He couldn't believe he had lost a beautiful woman and a good mate just because of all this and now he wasn't even going to have the resources to make it alright? What the hell was he supposed to describe this as then?
"What's he saying, Russel? What does he mean that I was never the alpha of this pack? What about the things I sacrificed for them? What of the adsorbents you made me do? Did you fucking know about this?" Jer asked angrily as he held Razia roughly.
He was never going to accept this, as it wasn't fair to him and to his Malika. He had endured everything because he had his Malika and now there was no Malika and there was no pack.
He was all alone seeing as the woman who had brought him in was staring at him defeatedly like she had a thousand and one troubles, and Jer wasn't even one of the troubles. This was cruelty at its best, but there was always an explanation, right?
Oh, how he desperately needed to hear it.
"You heard him. Awuor Hawi was never stripped of her alpha title. A formal ceremony to dethrone her as the Sicario alpha wasn't ever done, that is why she is still the Sicario alpha. Everyone already knew it, I wonder why you didn't," Razia said tiredly.