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.

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

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

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

become a king. I did

I heard Alpha has never slept in before,” Ania said,

I

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

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 her legs, rested

her while Lisa sat on another couch facing the one Ania was sitting on. I sat beside Ania and

was it?” Ania asked me, and I

I told you to do?”

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

couch, I could not wait to get back to him. I want to take

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

glad to see that you 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

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

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

He wants to be King, so he will distance himself when the time comes. Please do

heart to love, and you do not stand a chance because you are a werewolf.”

doubt I could handle seeing Nikolas with someone else, but it was bound to happen because what we were doing

that,” Ania cautioned

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

with the Alpha, and whatever is between us is

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

those words, Lisa wiped the smile off my face and put fear in my heart. She had brought me down from the clouds and crashed me on the

of Lisa’s words. When they brought snacks, I could not eat them because I

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