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.

her strength draining with

were normal. They were brown, as I remembered them, not red but brown. Had she not worn silver

not waste time just in

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

she argued, doubting herself

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

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

told her, and

afraid the insanity would come back. This was all I had ever hoped for, and I would be damned if I let the

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

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 Kowalski,” She said, tears streaming down her cheeks and staring at me with disbelief and profound

loyal and serve you as yours until the day I die,” She said, and I felt the bond snap

face and ran her fingers over the scar on my left eye. I dared not tell

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 was now a grown man and not a ten-year-old

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

broke the hug and began

she said, sounding confused, and I bowed my head. Was

Niko,” she

forest as promised and took it all back,” I said, telling her what I had done, and she widened her

if it were

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

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

say. Telling her of Aliana now would be too much. I needed her to be all

why aren’t you answering my questions?” She asked me, and I shook

over, but mind you, it was halfbreeds and a werewolf that nursed you

not stepped in, she

would no longer be enough again, but the goddess had been kind enough to

began

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 feed you lies and tell you otherwise?

and it got to me. She looked at me as if I had betrayed her. It hurt because I had lived my life trying to accomplish her goals,

was normal for someone who never really liked the

weren’t the ones hunting us in the woods but

past with you until

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

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,

she held onto my

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