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.

with every struggle

towards her. Her eyes were normal. They were brown, as I remembered them, not red but brown. Had she

just in case

confusion. “Momma, it is me, Niko,” I

argued, doubting herself

touching her cheek gently and sitting before her. She flared her

allegiance to me so you do not go feral again. You have been out of it for

lucky again,” I told her, and

plead your allegiance now, Momma,” I said, afraid the insanity would come back. This was all I had ever hoped for, and I

Isabelle Kowalski, swear to you, Alpha ….” She said and searched my

eyes widened with the realisation that I wasn’t lying to her. She stopped giving the guards a h*ard

die,” She said, and I felt the

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 uncontrollably, and she grabbed onto me and

should have listened to you and gone back to our cave,” she said, remembering our conversation before she went feral. She would remember that because she was stuck at that time. Although nineteen years had passed, to her, it was like a moment ago, the only traces of time passed was that I

everyone at once while I held her, and I heard them recede and close the door. Bane

broke the hug and

confused, and I bowed my head.

are we, Niko,” she

promised and took it all back,” I said,

if

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

crime Niko?” She asked, and I tried to avoid the

did not know what to say. Telling

She asked me, and I shook my

send the Lycans over, but mind you, it was halfbreeds and a werewolf

Aliana not stepped in,

There was a point when the food would no longer be enough again, but the goddess had been kind enough to make Aliana offer her services. This was all thanks to her.

began

world. The reason why we had to hide Niko? Or did they feed you lies and tell you

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

it go. It was normal for someone who never really liked the werewolves and had all

wanted to tell her that I knew the truth and that the werewolves weren’t the ones hunting

will avoid discussing the past with you until you are all right,” I

we had all the time in the world. It also meant

for my relationship with Aliana, I plan to have it all. I deserve joy and happiness. I 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 life, and I planned to keep it. Hopefully, my mother would forget her hatred and accept the

up, and she held onto

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