The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[SICARIO]

Elodie Kane had never seen people hopeless like the ones before her.

She knew the rules were meant to be followed, but there was something in those eyes, something about the way they talked, and the way they handled themselves that got her to make a whole different decision.

She had thought that being the leader was just about enforcing rules, about making sure the rod was long to keep the sheep in check, but right now all she could see was a group of men who hadn't had a break in a long time.

They sounded frustrated, hungry, and sleep-deprived, not to mention checked at the fate that kept begging them. They looked so fatigued, and Elodie's heart broke for a lot of them.

She may have had her shit with Drew, but she could see that the captain and his people had gone through enough.

"Do it," Alpha Elodie said, and Drew just sighed as he closed his eyes, he had joined his people to kneel on the warm Sicario grass, letting themselves be swallowed by the spin of the new reality.

They would never see their ship again and it would take an entire year before they could ever get their hands on the materials for their ship. That was if they ever even served Sicario.

Right now, they were hopeless in every way and it was heartbreaking in the worst of ways. Nothing was ever going to be the same for them and they were giving in to the cruel resolves of what fate looked like for them.

Perhaps they had just had enough of everything the realm could offer right?

"Yes, alpha," Theo said as he nodded to his warriors who went to stand behind each and every sailor there. It was ironic and considerate for the men who had been ready to die, especially when the warriors tapped their shoulders and ushered them to get up.

It was not something that anyone would ever expect of Sicario, the land that had no trespassers because the stench of death for the enemy was always so thicker than the stench of peace for the people that lived in Sicario.

It was quite the home for most rebels but right now, there was nothing that could be said of this. Shit had already happened and a group of the people here were lining up for an execution which wasn't as surprising anyway.

"Please follow us," Theo said to the sailors who looked at them skeptically, even though they were currently on their feet. Sicario was no man's land and now suddenly they were being excused?

Rio himself had been so certain that he would be the first one to get the arrow to the heart and yet he was the first to be ushered to rise, not even his caption. Perhaps there was hope for them here, right?

But then Rio had to remind himself that this was Sicario and these people were no one's friends. They always had a trick up their sleeves no matter what happened.

"Great. You can't kill us now you're taking us to the grinders to get us shopped to pieces? Damn your souls for even coming up with that shit, you fucked up souls," Rio cursed and this time, Drew laughed.

They were in a predicament and yet even then Rio's mouth didn't stop running. Well, at least one thing didn't change about them, right? If this was the last they would see of each other they would be fine with it wither away.

After all, life was important for everyone, right?

"Did I lie?" Rio asked while he looked at the Sicario enforcer who was staring at him.

It was like there was more than they were letting known, but then the two had never seen each other, so it was impossible for them to take an interest in each other, right? But then there was a lot happening at the same time around them.

Maybe they were just caught up in all of it.

Theo chuckled again as he stared right into Rio's soul. He found the man a little interesting, and defiant but interesting nonetheless. No one had ever been audacious like that in the face of death and yet the man was doing this.

The Sicario enforcer was intrigued by the ferocious little devil that was with the captain, and for the first time, he wanted to know what it was like to be around Rio, a fearless man who had no regard for life or death.

It was almost like Rio was a warrior somewhere in the long life he had lived, or the short life but then there was no telling given Rio looked almost the same age as Theo, though a little too defiant.

"You're not being killed, Rio. You're being led to the Operations building. You will find clothes, food, and a bed there, if you want, you can visit the brothels, you look like you need to get laid a little more.

"We can share our women with you, just make sure not to hurt them because I will come for you myself if that happens," Elodie asked and the sailors let out laughs at Elodie's last statement.

It was like they already knew what to say to Rio, but then at least they were not getting killed, right? That sure was something to look forward to because at the end of the day they needed to make sure that they had hope for the next day.

"Why are you suddenly being nice to us?" Rio asked and Theo sighed as he looked at Rio. he could have frowned; he had never seen someone so audacious and a little nuts like Rio, well, other than the crazed alpha that held them, but damn.

"Rio—" Captain Drew tried but Rio was not having it.

"No, cap. They looked at us like the enemy from the moment the ship docked on their land. They suspected us of everything and now that our ship blew up, they suspected us and are letting us go?

"Hell, this Alpha woman clearly has something against you. Who knows if she is being nice to us because she wants to use us as pawns in the future? I just want to know what we are getting into.

"The eleven of us have been together through thick and thin and I won't let them separate us. We are the only family we have left for each other and if we lose that… we can't lose our family's lives, Cap.

"I can't handle another loss. So, it's either all of us or none. I can't lose the only family that ever meant anything to the lonely lot of us. She just needs to be honest with us, we can take it, whatever truth there is," Rio said defeatedly as he ran his hands through his fingers.

Elodie looked at the sailors and in them, she saw the Savasci knights. She saw the crazy crew that had walked hell and heavens with Hawi, and had followed her into the depths of whatever shithole they found themselves in.

She saw what their family was like, their little family of misfits, a group that had done everything to stay together. She saw the sense of home in them. The kind of family that they had developed.

She understood what they were going through and she would be lying if she wasn't tempted to let them go. But even if she let them go, if she let them leave, where the fuck would they be headed?

The realm wasn't safe and as long as Hawi was given the order to bring down the domes, no one was leaving. Her sister had sent them here for a reason and she would figure that out regardless.

"I won't separate you from your family, Rio. They will be safe and unharmed and you will be together. They will be here until the mad queen comes and releases you or gives an order for your release. Don't worry, the operations building is not a prison.

"You can interact with each other… and I'm sure Theo is looking forward to interacting with you too, Rio," Elodie said and Theo stared at the alpha like she had gone bonkers.

Surely she wasn't setting him up with the troublemaker of the sailor team, right?

"Oh, please, anyone with eyes can see the way you're both fucking each other with your eyes. Just do us a favor and close the doors to your room while at it alright?" Elodie teased.

"We're out of here," Theo said, not responding to his alpha, while Elodie just smiled softly.

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[A/N]

* End of Mass Release, whew!