The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[JER]

"She knows me? Interesting," Russel said as she looked at Malika's limp body. She was currently lying on the couch in Jer's office. She looked so tired and defeated and frankly, Jer knew he had made the right choice for him.

There were so many things he wanted to say to his Luna, but he didn't have the time or the energy to do that when he was busy with the pack responsibilities.

He had come to get some air but with Mbali showing up and giving them three days to bury their dead Jer felt like this was his chance to strike black.

He wouldn't wait for Hawi to attack them. He would march his army to them.

"You're the Greyson Luna. Of course, she knows you. She's a nerd and spends most of her time reading books and you're her favorite role model. Funny how that turned out for her. Anyway, enough about my wife.

"Tell me, can you help me lead the battle to their camp? You are Rukiya's mother, surely you must know why she came at us," Jer said and Russel just laughed.

She had known these questions would come from the moments she had seen her daughter with Hawi. Perhaps it had come too soon, or too late, but it didn't matter because the result was still the same as the outcome would be.

"They are in the free lands, camping there. They will strike your camp in three days and Hawi won't be so forgiving this time. I know that girl and the anger and power she holds is insane," Russell said and Jer looked at her like the woman was crazy.

They weren't here to talk about her and Hawi. They were here to talk about their winning strategy, which was very much needed because he couldn't stand it when Sicario saw blood again.

First, it was the blood rain and then the attack on their pack.

Those weren't things to be taken lightly and the sooner Jer understood that, the sooner he would be able to find a way out, otherwise this would just be a shitshow that he would be running or running away from anytime soon.

"Why do you want to kill your daughter? You do realize that is insane? Als o what the fuck did Rukiya mean by Awuor being her mate or even that she was at war with us because we attacked her mate?

"What the hell was that about?" Jer asked as she sat on one of the seats that Mbali hadn't broken with her madness. His body still hurt and while his wolf was starting to heal him, it would take some time.

He didn't have time though. Maye when they were done with this discussion, he would ask Razia to heal him. If anything, she was the reason he was in that state, right?

"Because that is true. My Rukiya is Awuor Sicario's true mate. The mate that should have been by her side from the very beginning," Razia said and Jer looked at her like there was more explanation needed.

There was just now when this woman was saying that he, Jeremiah Warner, was never truly Hawi's mate, right? It was impossible. It wasn't making any sense and it sounded so absurd.

"If you want to kill your daughter just do it, don't use the sacred mate bond I had with Awuor, however messy it turned out, to justify your killings," Jer argued and Luna Razia just laughed at the man.

It was almost like he was new to the dynamics of magic and what it could do to bonds. Then again, Jer wasn't the kind to believe things easily.

"Is she not your real daughter? Is that why you are obsessed with killing your child? Was she her father's daughter from another mother? Is that why you want her dead?" Jer asked, rumbling even though he felt so much pain with every word that came from his mouth.

Mbali had really done a number on him and if he wasn't careful, he would lose his mind.

This wasn't how he had planned his days, but then there wasn't time that he imagined falling apart because of a damn mate bound, but here he was, mated to another who wasn't even awake. Oh, how she was weak for an Alpha like him.

"Oh, come on, Jeremiah. We both know you can use your brains better. You know my Rukiya. You know she never makes any decisions without thinking. You know how strategic she is and suddenly she is fighting Awuor's wars?

"You can do better than thinking like you have a peanut brain," Razia said and Jer stared at her as if that was supposed to make all of this any better.

There wasn't a thing he was understanding at the moment and it was fucking him up slowly. What was with everyone and the thousands of secrets they had? why wouldn't life be just as simple as waking up and going to sleep?

Then again, coming from someone who had murdered an entire family, that was a brave assumption, right?

Well, Jeremiah wasn't buying all this bullshit that the woman was representing him. It just didn't make any sense and he was about to pretend that he understood any of it.

"You're confusing me even more," Jer said and Razia just sighed.

"Well, in that case, the only thing you need to know is that I need my daughter dead. If you get down to it, I will kill your precious Malika. Also, just know that Hawi did something to my child; My Rukiya wouldn't have acted like that.

"I know if some blood oath that bound Rukiya to your ex-mate, who is her true mate, but bonds bed, and I need my daughter free of that," Razia said casually five she was out on the mood to explain to Jer the dynamics of whatever the fuck was happening.

Jer would just have to meet them halfway, if he wanted to survive through this. Then again, maybe Jer did understand what she was singing and he just could not process it fully.

The signs had been there, that is if what Razia was saying was true.

Jer had betrayed his mate a little too easily.

Killing her mother was the worst he could have done and yet he did it like it didn't mean shit. He then imprisoned and tortured her father, not to mention killing her brother in the roast of ways.

There were just so many things that pointed to him being a pawn in the larger Game of Thrones, but He wasn't ready to accept it. He just wanted to be happy with his Malika.

"I did what you asked. So, make sure you kill Rukiya. As for whether it's a good idea to go after them right now, I think it's the best idea. They are relaxing and are not ready for battle again until three days later.

"You should use that chance to strike and make sure your blade goes through my daughter's heart. I can play the mother who has lost a daughter, but I can't bear seeing your immortal mate take the throne of the white wolf.

"If she sits up there she will ruin us all," Razia said nonchalantly and Jer swallowed thickly.

He had never met a woman who wanted to kill her child this terribly, perhaps Razia was a few screws shy of normal right? What other explanation was there for her brutality despite being Rukiya's only living parent?