The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

Chapter 378 For The Hearts That Bled

[JER]

"For her," Amina answered without hesitating, before she realized what she had just done. She wanted to correct herself but the sad smile on her brother's face told her that he understood her. Of course, he did.

Trey was the first one to point out the bond to Amina, when she didn't know what mating was. He had helped his sister navigate her feelings for Mbali even though it was more like a suicide mission, Trey had taught her what it meant to love and to be loved.

Granted, they were siblings, but there was none that Amina trusted with her secrets more than Trey Russel.

"I meant to–" Amina begum and trey just stopped her.

"It's alright, I understand you. If I were in your position, I would have fought for her. I know that's not exactly what you need to hear at the moment, seeing we are in the middle of a war with them;

"... but if I could see my Perihan again, if I could know whether Perihan was a girl or a man, I would go for it. I would do whatever it took to breathe in that cinnamon scent that drives me insane.

"Every dusk reminds me of my dear Perihan, even when I know I would never see him or her again. Even when my heart shatters each time dawn comes it's just me in my room, with my wishes that would never come true.

"I watch the sunset each time, hoping that when midnight strikes, I could see Perihan again, hoping to breathe him or her again, to be there just next to Perihan. Oh, the things I would give to go back to that night all those years ago.

"I would burn the world and look for Perihan if I saw him or her again. Trust me sister, I wouldn't blame you if you chose your hermosa over us. Because I would leave everything for my Perihan," Trey said earnestly and Amina listened to him.

She knew how much Trey regretted the night he met Perihan at the Halloween ball. They had been on a mission, one that was so delicate that everything needed to go according to plan.

Trey hadn't imagined he would find someone who made his heart beat that night, so when someone bumped into him that night, the only word out of his mouth was Perihan, their code word for when the mission was going okay.

Trey had shrieked at the contact, given the sparks that he felt when that person bumped into him, dressed like an angel.

It was the first time that Trey had tagged along on the mission and it was the last time he went because he had lost the only angel that made him want to be alive again.

He knew he would never be able to attend the Halloween ball in that same place the next year, seeing as they were traveling across the realm most of the time, and never stayed in one place.,

Trey only ever confided in his sister, and it still hurt to this day, because he knew he would never get to see the angel again.

"She's perfection, Trey. I feel like she is the only direction I should take and yet at the same time, I have to fight to protect whatever is left of our family. We have broken so many hearts in the past and present.

"We have ruined so many people's lives and it would be selfish to want her, the purest creature I ever set my eyes on. She is my world, and I can't destroy that part of my life. I would much rather stay away;

"... As long as she is happy, which is ironic, because fate puts us on opposite sides. Oh, the things I would give to be you. At least with Perihan, you are sure you're not on opposite sides, even if so much time has passed," Amina sighed sadly.

Here they were, two of the deadliest siblings, with broken hearts that yearned for the people they loved so much more than life would ever comprehend.

"Perhaps after everything we did, we were always meant to be left broken like this," Trey whispered as he stared in the distance where Jer was struggling to piece himself up.

There were so many things they hadn't done right and they knew it was too late for that, but goddamn, if given a chance to start over, these two siblings would take that chance and make things right with those they wanted.

"Maybe when we are done with all of this, we will find the chance to beg the fates for mercy and bring them back to us," Trey said right as Sebastian and Alex showed up.

"Damn girl, where have you been?'' Alex asked like he didn't already know.

"Getting my ass kicked and my heart hardened," Amina said and Trey burst out laughing.

It was a sad reality they both were in but what else could they do? All they had done to this point had forced them in different directions with their hearts, at this point there was nothing like new bonds for them.

They only had to hope that shit would be alright because no matter how many times they tried to pretend, at the end of the night, their hearts would forever yearn for the souls they missed.

"In that case, we proceed with that broken boy Jeremiah. Where is he?" Sebastian said, not asking Amina what had happened out there.

He knew that if it was important, they would get answers, but the fact that Amina hadn't come to him with the findings just meant that the plan had failed.

They knew each other so well and maybe, just maybe, there would come a time when things would be different. Until then, they had to deal with a group of women that was determined to tear their family apart. Enjoy exclusive content from empire

"I may or may not have thrown him into truck traffic?" Amina shrugged casually.

"Warner!!" Seb called out for Jer who was still nursing injuries. His healing was taking a little longer than possible today and that shit was pissing him off.

When Amina had thrown him into their truck traffic, he expected that he wouldn't have a heavy-duty truck run over him and break his bones. Jer was pissed but at least he was smart enough to know that that Amina was too unhinged and he wouldn't last a minute next to that woman.

"I'm okay… I'll be answering your questions from right over here," Jer said as she stood a few meters away from the current track the Russel siblings were in. He looked bruised as hell and he was looking everywhere but at Amina.

"At least he learned his lesson never to think of me as a puppet," Amina shrugged again and Seb sighed. Their sister was crazy on so many levels but at least He had learned that first hand and wasn't about to make the same mistake, right?

"Gear up, we are heading west," Seb said and Jer stared at him questioning where he had gotten that suggestion. He was about to ask when he saw Amina squint her eyes at him, and frankly, death was way better than questioning Amina Russel.

"Alright, I'll get ready," Jer stated defeatedly.

"We need to be ready too," Seb added and the siblings just agreed.

Alex and Seb were the first to walk back into their trunk of a home, while Trey and Amina stayed on the rails.

They seemed to not have anything to be ready for, which may have been right because their hearts were plagued with things that they couldn't even deal with at the moment.

There was never going to be a chance for them to meet their mates like that, at least not when they were at war. Maybe there would come a time when things would be alright with them too, yeah?

"Come along, Trey. We need to get back into the game and mission. We have a family to protect. If it leads us to those who have our hearts in the palms of their hands, then well and good.

"Otherwise, we leave everything to fate. Nothing is ever going to stop us from doing this. At least we have some control over the outcomes with the Savasci knights," Amina reassured and Trey just chuckled.

His sister was trying a little too hard to make things work and honestly, he couldn't blame her. Amina knew nothing of love. Sure, they were brought up in the same room with their parents, but none of them knew what it meant to love.

So, when Razia met her mate, the Russels were sure their sister would come back, until Razia didn't, only for her to end up with the most dysfunctional family ever. That was their worst fear at the moment.

"Yeah, let's go in," Trey sighed and they went back into the truck.

"Goddamn, finally," Jer said when he made it to the truck. He could see no sign of Amina or the Russel siblings and that was way better for him; he would hate to run into Amina because that woman screamed danger for him.

She probably knew more than she was getting on and Jer wasn't ready to be sacrificed again for the greater good. but was that what he was doing here? Wasn't it because the Russels valued Atticus's magic in him that they put him here with them?

"I just have to kill that Sicario bitch and all of this will be over," Jer said to himself as he walked inside the truck that had the Russel siblings.

As much as he wanted to say that he didn't need to be here he had to be. He had to find a way around this and there was no simpler way out than with the damned siblings.