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.

could see her strength draining with every struggle getting weaker and tears streaming

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 they would have been black. She

time just in case it

with confusion. “Momma, it is me, Niko,” I said,

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

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

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

told her, and I

realisation. “I need you to plead your allegiance now, Momma,” I said, afraid the insanity would come back. This was

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

Kowalski,” I told her my name 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

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 my breath until

in fear of the red-eyed beast were finally over. I felt like a little boy again. She touched my face and ran her

conversation before she went feral. She would remember that because she was stuck at that

her, and I heard them recede and close the door. Bane was mainly

broke the hug and began

she said, sounding confused, and I bowed my head. Was her hatred so entrenched that she could

we, Niko,”

took it all back,” I said,

if

right now, I think you

crime Niko?” She asked, and I tried to

do you reek of werewolves?” She asked, sniffing around me, and I did not know what to say. Telling her of

She asked me,

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

in, she would

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

mother began

I told you they did to your father and me. They are the reasons we were cut off from the world. The reason why we had to hide Niko? Or did they

She looked at me as if I had betrayed her. It hurt because I had lived my life trying to

for someone

that I knew the truth and that the werewolves weren’t the ones hunting us in

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

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

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

stood up, and she held onto my

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