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.

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 all the juicy details, but I wasn’t going to tell this

did not want to say or do anything that would affect Nikolas’s ambition to be King. The walls have ears, and anyone

all I could say. I did not want to go into details because if Nikolas and I had a relationship, it

was trying to become a king. I did not want

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

told you that?” I asked, and she

with his officers. It got to them that a werewolf was warming his bed. They had so much to say about it.” She said, laughing, and it was sweet to know that Nikolas broke character for my sake. It meant a

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 will be here for it,” she said and sat on the couch in the room, crossed

facing the one Ania was

me, and I blushed

I told you to do?” she asked, and I

doubted I needed to do it, but I had to give it to her. Nikolas did confess that I was

I could not wait to get back to him. I want to take as much as possible before getting cut

at her. Something in her tone said she would wipe away my smile. It was a killjoy

sense it. “Please do not let it get to your head.

Alpha did not elevate her status, so she has to be careful. She is too innocent for what Alpha will put her through,” she said,

them. None have slept in his bed, but he screws them. I suspect he will ask

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

do not have the heart to love, and you do not stand a chance because you are a werewolf.” She said with

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

you didn’t have to say it like that,” Ania

but Aliana is in love.

“I am not in a relationship with the Alpha, and whatever

crush it. He is too hateful to feel love, and you

heart. She had brought me down from the clouds and

for the Queen and thinking of Lisa’s words. When they brought snacks, I

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