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 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

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

all I could say. I did not want to go into details because

a king. I did not want to be used against

to you? You two slept in! I heard Alpha has never slept in before,” Ania said, and I wondered where she heard

I asked,

his officers. It got to them that a werewolf was warming his bed. They had so much to say about it.” She said,

a Lycan, and he let you get away with a lot. He even demoted an officer for your sake, Aliana. I do

me to join her while Lisa sat on another couch facing the one Ania was

Ania asked me, and

you do what I told you

her.

every moment, 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 before getting cut off from him. I prayed he would remain kind

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

knew she had more to say. I could sense it. “Please do not let it get to your head.

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

his bed, but he screws them. I suspect he will ask you to sleep in your room so he can have another woman.

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

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

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 doing was prohibited,

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

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

not in a relationship with the Alpha, and whatever is between

Aliana, do not give him your heart because he will crush it. He is too hateful to feel love, and

and put fear in my heart. She

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

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