Forged in the Flames by Karima Sa'ad Usman

Chapter 57

The drive to Snow was very bumpy. Qusack had to drive fast because we needed to get there on time. The summon letter arriving late was suspicious.

I wondered what happened to the mailing service, or did the sender deliberately send it late?

King Aleksander’s letter was late too. I wondered if someone was intercepting my letters. If that was the case, I would need to find the person. It could also be a coincidence, a mistake at the post office. I just hoped we would get there on time.

“Why would Fredrick set the meeting so suddenly?” my mother asked, and I figured she knew the man more than I did, so there was no way she was expecting me to answer that question.

“There might have been a delay in the post office. Sometimes if a receiver receives a lot of letters frequently, the post office tends to pile them up and send them to save the delivery cost,” Abraham said, and Qusack disagreed.

“Not an obvious summon letter with the Joint Committee seal on it,” Qusacksaid, and Abraham was quiet.

I knew he was trying to calm the tension in the car, but the worry about what we would face in Snow intensified the pressure.

Qusack stepped on the accelerator like a madman.

We needed to be there before three in the afternoon to make it for the meeting. Failure to show up may cause undesirable effects. I was already dealing with a lot. I didn’t want to add disrespecting the joint committee to my list of issues.

“I can’t believe Fredrick took Mathias’ bastard from that bitch. I thought she died with her child. Leon told me she died with her child. I felt so sorry for Mathias when I heard the story. Little did I know that we would be married and I would be living in her shadow. It was bad enough that I was in competition with her ghost; why would Fredrick try to use her son against my son? I know he is lying,” My mother grumbled angrily.

I knew that was the reason she followed. My mother hated my father’s first love more than she hated Aliana, and the last thing she wanted was for the woman’s child to be placed above hers. I knew the right buttons to press.

All I wanted to do was abolish the Unity law in Forest, and I planned to do whatever it took to get it done. That was all that drove me now. Not revenge but reform.

We arrived in the Snow region by one thirty in the afternoon. There were people at the border, and they looked serious. I figured Fredrik put up the security because of my hunters. It was good to see he knew what it felt like to guard against intruders.

“State your reason for the visit?” A man said at the border’s gate.

He was rude and unreceptive. I guess his attitude came with the job description.

“Prince Nikolas Kowalski is here to attend the Joint Committee meeting,” Qusack said, and the man’s facial expression changed. It seemed he had heard my name before or might have been given instructions about my arrival.

“Wait a minute,” He said and went to speak to someone who seemed to be his supervisor.

The man walked to where we were and bent by the driver’s window to speak to Qusack.

“Do you have an invitation?” He asked, and I was offended because we had just introduced ourselves.

get to

in these meetings for almost thirty years, they

was worse than growing up like a wild animal, so I could live with this.

The man stepped back.

alight so we can search the vehicle,” The man said, and I realised what he was doing was deliberate. Why would he want to waste

Qusack asked, and

with Forest hunters lately, so this is our protocol now,” The man

are you searching for, if I may ask?”

and it was

to enter the territory through the border with

have told you that the prince of Forest is here. Did your King put you up to this?” Abraham asked

the vehicle. I will deal with Fredrik alone,” I said,

is King Fredrick to you,” He said out of

he doesn’t give me the respect I am due, I am bound to reciprocate the

problem, report it to

now, not when I do not have an army, but he did

take Forest. I doubt you will want me as an enemy,” I said, and his eyes showed sudden

said wide-eyed with fear. I guess my reputation precedes me. “Open the gates!” He called

did not want to create problems for his

might not have met resistance if I had come as the rogue prince. Qusack

a frozen land, with many desolate lands and abandoned homes

to live here,” My

sure there were better places, but this was just horrible. It looked like the people living in the

on the way was heart-wrenching. I

see why he wants the slave trade badly,” I said, feeling sorry for

to werewolves. This was their home

packs, and each pack had an alpha with a head alpha leading them; similar to the system we met in Forest,

land was rich in Iron ore. The Lycans then used the werewolves to mine

there was no one to do the job. The

now had a labour problem because Lycans could not

capture werewolves, and force them into slavery. They will Kill off the Alphas and

like that, and when the Hill and Forest Kings saw how profitable it was because of the rapid development

between both races

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