Forged in the Flames by Karima Sa'ad Usman

Chapter 33

Voices came like a torrent in my sleep, and I thought I was having a nightmare. I woke up and looked at the clock. It was eight in the morning.

“Alpha,”

“Alpha”

“Alpha”, I heard eight voices at once. Qusack and Ania’s representatives were the most prominent, and I knew something was wrong.

“What is it,” I asked.

“Nikolas, you have to come quickly! The Queen is beside herself with grief! She is hysterically calling for her little boy,” Qusack said, and I gently got off the bed so I did not wake Aliana up.

“I am coming,” I linked back and hurried to sl*ip on something. I wore shorts and a T-shirt and sl*ipped out of my room.

I was quick on my feet, eager to get to my mother in time. My heart was pounding really fast. I felt the adrenaline of excitement and fear course through my veins.

Could this be what I had hoped for nineteen years? Was it possible that she was no longer feral?

I wondered what must have gone wrong to make her hysterical. Did all our efforts go down the drain? Was she worse off than she was yesterday?

Although all through the years of her on- and-off feral episodes and the final one that kept her in that state for nineteen years, she had never spoken a word, so asking for me was a huge sign of improvement.

I got to the door, and there were people there, something I had prohibited because I did not want anyone to see her.

I growled, and they all dispersed, living Qusack and the maids. The guards weren’t there.

“Where are the guards?” I asked.

“Holding her down. You know she isn’t in chains,” Qusacksaid, and I rushed in.

My mother was growling and trying to break free from the men holding her. Each guard held on to an arm, and they held on tight.

She struggled on the bed whilst sitting and seeing her suffer like this was heart-wrenching. Her eyes were shut tight, and she tried to break free with all her might.

My mother looked at me and was silent, then started growling. I wondered what had gone wrong. Her eyes were still feral, but I could see the redness fading gradually. I could not believe my eyes.

“Where is my Niko?” She asked, and I was in shock.

That was the first time she would speak to me in nineteen years.

“Where am I? Where is my son?” She asked, and it was logical that she would ask those questions, but still, I was frozen on the spot.

strength draining with every struggle getting weaker and tears streaming down her cheeks whilst

out of the shock and advance towards her. Her eyes were normal. They were brown, as I remembered them, not red but brown. Had she not worn silver bracelets, I am sure

just in case

she looked at me with confusion. “Momma, it is me, Niko,” I said, and she

is a little boy,” she argued, doubting herself as she spoke, and

was, but I am grown now,” I said, touching her cheek gently and sitting before her. She flared her nostrils as

to pledge your allegiance to me so you do not go feral again. You have

we will be lucky again,” I told her, and I

insanity would come back. This was all I had ever hoped for, and I

Alpha

and her eyes widened with the realisation that I wasn’t lying to her. She stopped giving the guards a h*ard time and relaxed. “…Alpha Nikolas Kowalski,” She said, tears streaming down her cheeks and staring

forever loyal and serve you as yours until the day I die,” She said, and I felt the bond snap into place. I did not know I was holding

would never be feral again. My days of living in fear of the red-eyed beast were finally over. I felt like a little boy again. She touched my face and ran her fingers over the scar on my left eye. I dared not tell her she was the one that did it. Her tears streamed

she was stuck at that time. Although nineteen years had passed,

and I heard them recede and close the door. Bane was mainly silent. He had never met our mother

the hug and began to sniff

I bowed my head. Was her

we, Niko,” she asked

took it all

if it were

will talk about it later; right now, I think you should rest,” I said, and she shook her

crime Niko?” She asked,

sniffing around me, and I did not know what to say. Telling her of Aliana now would be too much. I needed her to be all right and then ease her into

She asked

I will send the Lycans over, but mind you, it was halfbreeds and a werewolf that nursed you back to health,” I

in, she would have

physician was already counting down the days, and they only fed her enough to prolong the inevitable. There was a point when the food would no longer be enough again, but the goddess had been kind enough to make Aliana offer

mother began

reasons we were cut off from the world. The reason why we had to hide Niko? Or did they feed you lies and tell you otherwise? Nineteen years is

It hurt because I had lived my life trying to accomplish her goals, her revenge and

I let it go. It was normal for someone who never really liked the werewolves

weren’t the ones hunting us in the woods but her brother, but I

will avoid discussing the past with you until you are

would not go feral again, which meant we had all the time in the world. It also meant Fredrick would not win and would have no

have lived all my life trying to make my mother happy, pursuing her dreams and trying to keep my promises. It had been an empty and lonely life for me, but finally, there was colour in my

and she held onto my hand and

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