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.

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 the

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

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

to become a king. I did not want to be

You two slept in! I heard Alpha has never slept in before,”

I asked, and she

first time. Alpha did not eat with his officers. It got to them that a werewolf was warming his bed. They had so

even demoted an officer for your sake, Aliana. I do not know about you, but

Lisa sat on another couch facing the one Ania was

me,

you do what I told you

give it to her. Nikolas did confess

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

tone, and I looked at her. Something in her tone said she would wipe away my smile. It was a

not let

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 was keeping

you 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 you

get from him. He wants to be King, so he will distance himself when the time comes.

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

from 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

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

eyes, Ania? Alpha is having fun, but Aliana is in love.

in a relationship with the Alpha, and whatever is between

know how to please you, Aliana, do not give him your heart because he will crush it. He is too hateful to feel love, and you are too innocent to understand heartbreak,” She

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

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

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