Forged in the Flames by Karima Sa'ad Usman

Chapter 24

Nikolas POV

The lounge we were led to was smaller and more private than the one we left. I was offered a seat, and I sat down.

“The maids have prepaid two rooms for you and your Gamma. I ensured your rooms were beside each other if you don’t mind.” Aleksander said, and I smiled and thanked him.

“Also, there are pretty Lycan entertainments for you,” He said and leaned close with a whisper. “Or do you prefer werewolves?” he asked. I frowned at him, and he relaxed, laughing. “You do have your mother’s blood running in your veins. She hated those things so much. Where is Isabelle, by the way?” He asked, and I knew it would be wrong to lie to him.

“She became feral nineteen years ago,” I confessed, and everyone gasped. I could see the horror in Poitr and Aleksander’s eyes.

“My goodness. You were a child!” the King exclaimed, and I nodded.

“Yes, I was a child, and I have been taking care of her ever since,” I said, and he was shocked.

“I learned you were hard and ruthless, but now I know why,” he said with Sorrow in his eyes.

“Fedrick was cruel not to accommodate his sister when she ran home for refuge,” he said, and I was flabbergasted. I could not believe what Aleksander had just told me.

“Sister?” I asked, and he nodded.

“You look more like Fedrick than your father,” he said with a smile.

“Your mother was his sister. When she escaped the massacre in Forest, he refused to allow her into his Kingdom.

He said she was weak and should have ruled Forest by force. He said she had no home in Snow. He sent her away with her maid. Honestly, he hated her because she accepted help from a werewolf.

A werewolf helped her escape the massacre. Because of that, Fedrick believed she was compromised and had broken the unity law. He banished her and sent Lycan hunters after her. We never heard from her again. It is amazing to see she survived long enough to bring you into the world,” he said, and I was surprised at his words because my mother did not tell me any of these things. I wondered what else did she hide from me.

denounced her. There was no point telling you of her relatives. Isabelle was always the proud kind. I would have married her, you know, but she chose Mathias because he was rich and very powerful. He was also a charmer. I must say she chose well. Your father

he looked at me a bit and nodded, then asked his children to excuse us He

from werewolves, but when Mitahis took over from his father, he brought them together. There was a rumour that he fell in love with a werewolf, but the rumour died when

majority votes because I loathe wars. At least Piotr is good at

land was poor, so I was at the mercy

nodded that it was okay. “I would like to trade with Forest. Trading with Snow is tedious, and most of his people sell loot from Forest. That is why he always has hunters there,” he said,

open a trade line if you help me with my kingship,” I said, and he smiled. “Smart man indeed. I will get to that after telling

did I stop?” he asked, sipping his juice. “My father was neutral and

it, and even with Isabelle’s influence, Mathias refused to pass the law. He couldn’t. Gabriel Nowak was his Beta, and

about it, but he couldn’t prove it. Everyone he claimed was involved mysteriously died by poisoning. Because the Werewolf Omegas were in charge of food, they were blamed

and the

I would believe that Giles

Giles said were involved miraculously died like that. Either the werewolves were planning an uprising, or someone was, and they were caught in

Leon so much, and the grief of what happened to his

and Gabriel and the other werewolves in the ranks

him whenever the opportunity presented itself. Miles made life a bit difficult for the werewolves after what they did. He did it to put them in check because

did it, but we do not know what happened. One day we just heard that Gabriel had finally done what he wanted. He and his friends fought your father and killed him. I heard they would have murdered Isabelle, too, had a werewolf not taken pity on her and helped her

then, you wouldn’t have succeeded in taking Forest. Fedrick tried to seize control of the forest several times, and they fought him to a standstill. They might not have special abilities like us, but they are very deadly, Nikolas. You have to be careful.”

mother never told me everything in detail, but this just

what made Gabriel

investigate, but for now, I want to focus on being

the history lesson, your majesty. I really appreciate it.” I said, and he smiled and

knew him, other than my mother, and the beautiful things he said about him had warmed my heart. My mother wasn’t lying when she said he was a good man. What Giles did was unforgivable, and then Gabriel completed it. He would have let them go if they did not want to serve

rightfully yours, but that bastard would not want you to have it because he wants to take over Forest Everything is there. Gabriel had pushed back all this while. Now that he could

resources, and he would make more money if he was sitting on them than having to

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