Forged in the Flames by Karima Sa'ad Usman

Chapter 28

I gave my father a minute and did not trouble him to speak. I planned to listen to him and not interrupt to get the whole story. He took a couple of deep breaths and continued to talk.

“One day, Gamma Giles told me that he had overheard Leon planning to usurp power. He wanted to murder Mathias. I could not say he was lying because he had no reason.

We decided to investigate and found out he wasn’t Lying.

Leon wanted to be King; he had a grudge that he was to be King had his mother not been a mistress.

He also hated werewolves because his brother made me his beta and second in command, giving me and Giles more power than him.

He was envious.

I tried to tell the King subtly, but Mathias refused to listen. He loved his half-brother dearly.

We let it rest and kept an eye on Leon and his group. The other Lycans on the rank supported Leon’s agenda, and we knew all of them.

We managed to spoil most of their plans, but they finally planned a bold move to murder the King.

We told Mathias about it, and he promised to s*tri*p us of our rights and power if we continued trying to poison his mind against his brother simply because his brother did not like us.

We should have left it alone, but we were afraid that if Leon succeeded, it would doom the werewolves of Forest.

Forest would not be a haven for our kind anymore. Gile then decided to sacrifice himself for the cause.

I was to round up the traitors while he would go after Leon on the night they chose to murder the King,” he said, tears streaming down his cheeks. My father was crying. I guess it was a demon of his past.

“It didn’t go as planned. Princess, and what was supposed to be a simple arrest turned to a battle, and Giles killed Leon,” He said, crying bitterly. “Mathias went crazy. I tried to explain to him that it wasn’t intentional and that we were trying to arrest the traitors. He did not believe me, but he did not act immediately.

Isabelle said we were trying to usurp power, but Mathias was wise enough to think that if that was what we planned, we would have come after him and not Leon.

while the investigation was ongoing. That made us look more suspicious because Werewolves were responsible for food, and

and the werewolves working in the kitchen were executed, and we were removed from the ranks. I do not know what happened, Princess, but Mathias

and the rest of us were turned into slaves. What we were trying

a good man could turn so wicked. We were not allowed to see the King or complain to him. Things got complicated, and

came to meet me to help liberate our kind. Even though they had removed us from the ranks, they left us in the army so

the military was underfunded, and we were sent to battle with nothing but our

rich territory, had a lot of anonymous attacks,

to Mathias to inform him of our dwindling number. Still, he made it more complex instead of making things a little

for slaves. Even though our living condition was terrible, Werewolves

werewolves would no longer have a haven. With all the hardship

had a meeting, and we all

severely. Giles had been k*ill*ed for Leon’s death, and the werewolves in

ourselves and demand emancipation from the King. We requested he allows us to settle in Woodland, away from his riches and his people. We did

want to say or do anything

twenty times, and when he finally responded, he said he would rather die than let

said he

wipe us out. The letter was

brother and the officers who were trying to kill him. We

no future under a mad king, so we decided to fight for our

and gathered ourselves to leave for Woodland. King Mathias came for

that he spoke as

to attack me after everything I did

said he had been lenient enough, but we were going to die that day,” My father said and sat on the high stool in the

let us usurp

I had done something exceptional. But I had lost a friend. I could not handle the praises and knew our days would not be

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