The Silence Before The Storm

[AWUOR]

"She's driving you nuts, isn't she?" Adolf said as he looked pitifully at Malika.

"You tell me about it. But not for long, I know that. I won't put up with her shit for long. At this rate, I'm gonna grow older than her because simply dealing with her is a pain in my ass. I wish I had let my father take her alone.

"But then I just had to be the dutiful grandchild, and now I'm stuck with her, like he's some rag doll I need to deal with too. I'm so close to abandoning her here with you, y'know,'' Malika ranted, believing that Adolf sighed and sat on the ground next to Malika.

He looked like he had wanted to rant to someone too, because of the pressures that came with being Rukiya's beta. Then again, their lives were not even entwined yet and they had started making faces.

What would they do when the women they were tasked with protecting went bonkers, huh?

"I actually understand you. I have a woman driving me nuts too," Adolf said and Malika just sighed.