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.

I could think of was how he 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

Nikolas’s ambition to be King. The

want to go into details because if Nikolas and I had a relationship, it had to be a secret. After

to become a king. I did not want to

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

you that?” I asked, and

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

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 head, and looked in

facing the one Ania

asked me,

what I told you to do?” she

it, but I had to give it to her. Nikolas did confess that

moment, and even now, while sitting on the couch, I could not wait to get back to him. I want to

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

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.

see 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

girls 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

like sheets. He favours you, but that is the best you will get from him. He wants

the heart to love, and you do not stand a

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 he would be

it like that,” Ania

in her eyes, Ania? Alpha is having fun, but Aliana is in love. She would be crushed,” Lisa said, and Ania

the Alpha, and whatever is between us is not permanent,” I

will crush it. He is too hateful to feel

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

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

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