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 all

to say or do anything that would affect Nikolas’s ambition to be King. The walls

into details because if Nikolas and

become a king. I did not want to

I heard Alpha has never slept in before,” Ania

told you that?” I asked,

during breakfast. 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

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

while Lisa sat on another couch facing the one Ania was sitting

Ania asked me, and I blushed

you do what I told you to do?” she asked, and I

it to her. Nikolas did confess that

even now, while sitting on the couch, I could not wait to get back to him. I want to take as much

at her. Something in her tone said

do not let it get to your head. Lycan men are horrible. They take you to a

she has to be careful. She is too innocent for what Alpha will put her through,” she said, and I frowned at her.

he will ask

like sheets. He favours you, but that is the best you will get from him. He wants to be King, so he will distance himself when the

do not have the heart to love, and you do not stand a chance because you are a

was a Lycan. Her words had cut deep, but she was telling the truth. I doubt I could handle

to say it like that,”

having fun, but Aliana is in love. She would be crushed,” Lisa said,

Alpha,

will crush it.

face and put fear in my heart. She had brought me down from the clouds and crashed me on the

for the Queen and thinking of Lisa’s words. When they brought snacks, I could not

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