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

not want to say or do anything that would affect Nikolas’s ambition to

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

king. I did not want to be

nice to you? You two slept in! I heard Alpha has never slept in before,” Ania said,

I asked,

was warming his bed. They had so much to say about

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

couch facing the one Ania was sitting on. I sat beside Ania and

was it?” Ania asked me, and I blushed and

what I told you to do?” she asked,

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

the couch, I could not wait to get back to him. I want to take as much as possible before getting cut off from him.

at her. Something in her tone

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 get to your head. Lycan men are horrible. They take you to a height and then

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

see are his, and he screws them. None have slept in his bed, but he screws them. I suspect he

best you will get from him. He wants to be King, so he

to love, and you do not stand a chance because you

she was telling the truth. I doubt

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

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

was telling the truth. “I am not in a relationship with the Alpha,

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

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

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

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