Someone Like You Before

[HAWI]

"I called us all here because Sicario is coming for us here, and Luna Razia needs to go home," Mbali said, her voice so cold that Hawi snorted at how cruel Mbali sounded. 

It was almost like she didn't want to see the women in the same space as them and while Rukiya didn't take offense, she knew something had to be going on. Now that she thought about it, Hawi was going to bed last night when the winds got her turning to her mother. 

And then Hawi lost control. Something was happening and it had to do with Luna Razia. 

Oh, Rukiya.

"Sicario coming for us? That's got to be some sick joke," Hawi added immediately as if that was meant to explain the snort. 

Everyone else seemed to buy it, but Rukiya wasn't, she had noticed how tense her mother had become when Mbali spoke and it was new, especially for a woman who was smeared to be loved by many.