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.

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

anything that would affect Nikolas’s ambition to be King. The walls have ears, and anyone could

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

I

never slept in before,” Ania said, and I wondered where she heard

I

For the first time. Alpha did not eat 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 lot to

for your sake, Aliana. I do not know about you, but something is there, and I am glad I will be here

Lisa sat on another couch facing the one Ania was sitting on. I

Ania asked me,

I told you to do?” she asked,

give it to her. Nikolas did confess that I was making

to him. I want to take as much as

tone, and I looked at her. Something in her tone said she

are smiling again, and you look nice,” she said, but I knew she had more to say. I could sense it. “Please do not let it get to your head. Lycan men are horrible. They take

her get hurt, Ania. She is still a servant. 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, and I frowned at her. I wondered if she knew something and

see are his, and he screws them. None have slept in his bed, but he screws them. I suspect he will ask you to sleep in your room so he can have another woman. That is why

that is the best you will get from him. He wants to be King, so he will distance himself when the time comes. Please

stand a

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

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

the joy in her eyes, Ania? Alpha is having fun, but Aliana is in

the truth. “I am not in a relationship with the Alpha, and whatever is between us is not permanent,” I told them,

because he will crush it. He is too hateful to feel love, and you are too innocent to understand

face and put fear in my heart.

the Queen and thinking of Lisa’s

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