[GREYSON]
"Hawi, you don't have to do this," Malika said to her protector once they reached the memorial site.
She could see Rukiya lying on the platform, her beautiful eyes closed and her body unmoving. This was crazy and Malika wished there was more that she could do about this. Hawi had made up her mind and regardless of what was going on Malika knew there was no other way out of this.
"You know I do. They used a blade meant to take me down. We both already know who is the culprit. If I don't do this, they won't stop, Malika. They will keep coming until there is nothing left anymore.
"You know this has to be done," Hawi said softly and Mbali looked at her, wondering what in the hell was going on.
She hated that this had happened. She hated that Hawi had once again lost someone so dear to her, and she hated that regardless of everything they had still managed to fail in the most disastrous of ways.
