Chapter 286: The Enlightening Shadow
"I told you it would always be you and me against the world, my sweet Awuor. Seems like it happened a little too soon, yeah?" Jer said with a sinister laugh. He seemed to be convinced that he was playing some game even though he was hurting so badly.
He hated being there in the cage, but he knew that Awuor Hawi would never be free even though she was fighting to get herself out of the cage that the Russels had forced her into.
Losing family was something that Awuor Hawi would never be able to recover from and Her new tattoo. He knew the pain that came with loneliness, the pain that came with not seeing the person he loved.
He knew that this was easily the worst freedom for Hawi because her loss would always haunt her for as long as she was in Sicario. The fields would never be the same, not without her thinking of her brother and their little banters.
The pack house would not feel the same nay toe, because each twist and turn reminded her of the time they had once been a family. For family dinners, breakfast, and even lunches.
Every corner of the Sicario pack house was a reminder of how much pain she had been for years. She would never see her family members again, and that would ruin her.
Jer knew that much, because she had seen her cry herself to sleep on days when she threw away that she had disappointed her family. Oh, Hawi was not going to be okay, that much Jer was so certain of that it was sickening.
"So, you know where she is?" Hawi asked, clearly not liking where Jer was going with this conversation.
She hated Jeremiah Warner, and wanted to kill him but in the slowest of ways possible. His betrayal was the one thing that Hawi was never going to forgive. She would ruin him, bit by it, but until then she knew where Malika was.
"Do I? Come on sweetheart. I thought we were at each other\'s throats. Why would I go after Malika? I hate you with the same intensity as my love for you, my dear Awuor. I would love to be the reason your stupid protector is gone, but unfortunately this time it isn\'t me.
"When I attack you… You will know, sweetie. You will. But until then. I think you need to go check on Mbali, seeing as they are sisters and all," Jer said before he closed his eyes and began snoring, leaving the entire dungeon in shock.
This man had to have some guts to be playing games with Awuor Hawi. Or maybe Jer was just done pretending that he was fine with everything right? Maybe he was sick of being the puppet and wanted to use his powers for good?
Oh, it was hard to tell without wanting to wipe the creepy smirk off his face. Well even if he wanted to fight, he surely had to have known that this woman wasn\'t going to back down no matter what phase of hell he tried to force her into, right?
"Mbali? Malika?" Hawi asked and he smirked at her.
She contemplated smacking him, but she portaled out of the dungeons. Whatever it was, she needed to find Mbali. She had almost forgotten that if Mbali had survived all those years, it wasn\'t just because of her power as a Lycan or even a powerful warrior.
Her sister had to have been keeping tabs on her, seeing as Malika had known everything that was happening in her sister\'s life.
Hawi wanted to curse out Jer but she couldn\'t deny that even in his spiteful state, he had managed to give her a hint of what was happening.
"You disappeared there for a while," Ruru said when Hawi popped up suddenly wearing a stressed face.
"Where is Mbali?" Hawi asked and Rukiya looked at her skeptically.
"Well, Elodie said she wasn\'t feeling well so she took Mbali to the infirmary," Ruru said and he didn\'t wait for the next statement, as she grabbed Ruru\'s hand and petal to the infirmary.
She was starting to love how easy it was for her to portal around and show up whenever she felt like, but she hated that it wasn\'t always in the best of situations. And right now, she sure hoped that she wasn\'t late to the infirmary.
"Oh, Hawi, you\'re here," Mbali greeted a little enthusiastically even though she could feel her chest constricting. It was all so sudden and she couldn\'t explain what was wrong with her.
"What\'s wrong with you? Where does it hurt?" Hawi asked as she rushed to Mbali\'s bed and started checking the Lycan out. It was almost like she was looking for something particular and Mbali wasn\'t sure what this was about.
She was genuinely confused as was everyone in the room. Hell, the doctor had to excuse herself because she was sure that shit was about to go down and frankly. She didn\'t want to be collateral damage.
Rukiya smiled sadly as the doctor walked out, hoping that the doctor wasn\'t as scared, but then that was almost like they were overreaching. This state was crazy in so many ways and there was only so long they could keep it up.
"Heyy, is anything wrong, Hawi?" Elodie said as she grabbed Hawi and pinned her against the wall. She knew Hawi so well and the woman was fighting which was never the case.
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She was always strong and not scared, but this Hawi was worried a little too much and it was beginning to raise more concerns. Perhaps there was a way out before they all went crazy because of her, yeah?
"Jeez woman, are you sure you didn\'t mistake me for Ruru? Because I swear she\'s prettier than I am, and her aura is a little too strong than mine. There\'s just no way that this is happening, right?
"You might make Ruru want to claw my heart out, sister," Mbali whined and Ruru just facepalmed as she watched Elodie struggle to calm Hawi down.
Ruru wanted to take over but she knew that Elodie had seen him more times if she had managed to flawlessly pin Hawi to the wall despite the fact that the woman was freaking out a little too much.
This was insanity on a terrifying level but they had to wait and see or even hear what Hawi had to say to this.
"What is it? What happened? You were in the dungeons, so what happened? What did Jer or Atticus say that got you so riled up, Hawi?" Elodie asked, her voice calm even though she could sense the tension.
"How long?" Hawi asked as she looked at Mbali and that was when Eldie knew that something had to be wrong. The Lycan who never once recorded any days of pain or even being bedridden was suddenly seeking help? That was alarming.
"What?" Mbali asked confusedly.
"How long have you been feeling like shit? I know you didn\'t let them bring you to infirmity unless it had to be serious and overwhelming for you. So how long?" Hawi asked.
"About thirty hours."