Forged in the Flames by Karima Sa'ad Usman

Chapter 16

Aliana POV

I could not believe what had happened between Nikolas and me.

He was gentle and loving. Everything was confusing.

I knew it wasn’t something permanent, but how would my heart recover from this when it finally ended?

The way he held me in the bath, the small talks we had in bed when we were exhausted. It was as if I was with a different person altogether.

His gaze was soft, his tone was gentle, and his smile was genuine.

It wasn’t the typical cynical attitude he wore to get under my skin. I was afraid that he was up to something.

What if he suddenly cuts me off again? Thinking about it made me want to throw up.

I knew I would need to be careful and not give him my heart completely.

“Too late for that, Aliana. We gave it to him long before we realised it,” Raven said, always there to point things out, and I stood still in the passage.

Taking a couple of breaths, I braced myself. I did not know what Nikolas would do, but I hoped I would have the heart to bear it. I opened the door to the Queen’s room, and she was sleeping.

Ania and Lisa were there, and they smiled at me. Ania’s smile was brighter than Lisa’s, but it had always been that way, so I did not mind.

“And you finally grace us with your presence,” Ania said, winking at me.

I blushed because all I could think about was my time with Nikolas. How can someone so cruel know how to love? I did not want to lose this side of him. It was like a dream.

held me in the tub. I felt protected and loved, but the fact that it was an illusion that would not last made it hurt, and it created a fear I could not handle. “Come on, tell us how it went with the Alpha. You already reek of him, so there is no need to hide it,” Ania teased, wanting

would affect Nikolas’s

to me,” was all I could say. I did not want to go into details because if Nikolas and I had

a king. I did not want to

nice to you? You two slept in! I heard Alpha has never slept in before,” Ania said, and I wondered where she heard that

you that?” I asked, and she

with his officers. It got to them that a werewolf was warming

for your sake. I am so excited. He has already done so many things that he shouldn’t as a Lycan, and he let you get away with a lot. He even demoted an officer for your sake, Aliana. I do not know about you, but something is there, and I am glad I

the one Ania was sitting on.

me,

what I told you to do?” she

needed to do it, but I had to give it to her.

every moment, and even now, while sitting on the couch, I could not wait to get back to him. I want to take as much as possible before getting cut off from him. I prayed he would

serious tone, and I looked at her. Something in her tone said she would wipe away

it. “Please do not let it get to

so she has to be careful. She is too innocent for what Alpha will

he screws them. I suspect he will ask you to sleep in your room so he can have another woman. That

is the best you will get from him. He wants to be King, so

and you do not stand a chance because you are a werewolf.” She said

pain, but I wondered whose pain it was because she was a Lycan. Her words had cut deep, but she was telling the truth. I doubt I could handle seeing Nikolas with someone else, but it was bound to happen because what we were doing was prohibited, and he would be King

like that,” Ania cautioned her, and Lisa wiped away

Ania? Alpha is having fun, but Aliana is in love. She would be crushed,” Lisa

Ania knew Lisa was telling the truth. “I am not in a relationship with the Alpha, and whatever is between us

Aliana, do not give him your heart because he will crush it. He is too hateful to feel love, and

smile off my face and put fear in my heart. She had brought me

and thinking of Lisa’s words. When they brought snacks,

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