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.

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 the juicy details, but

would affect Nikolas’s

to go into details because if Nikolas and I

to become a king. I did not want to

never slept in before,” Ania said, and

you that?” I asked, and

that a werewolf was warming his bed. They had

excited. He has already done so 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

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

asked me, and I blushed and

what I told you to do?” she asked, and

to her. Nikolas did confess that I was making

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

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

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

she has to be careful. She is too innocent for what Alpha will put her through,” she said, and

he screws them. I suspect he will ask you to sleep in your room so he can have

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

do not stand a chance because you are a werewolf.” She said with

was telling the truth. I doubt I could handle seeing Nikolas with someone else, but it was bound to

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

eyes, Ania? Alpha is having fun, but Aliana is

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

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

the smile off my face and put fear in my heart. She had brought me down

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

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