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.

hour to get to Ice Hill,” Qusack said, handing him the

but since Forest had not partaken in these meetings for almost thirty years, they were expected to behave like

things mentioned in it. Nothing was worse than growing up like a wild animal, so I could live with this.

The man stepped back.

need you all to alight so we can search the vehicle,” The man said, and I realised what he was doing was

pardon?” Qusack asked,

Forest hunters lately, so

are you searching for, if I may ask?” Abraham asked

he said, and it

to Snow to enter the territory through the border with the intention to attack unless it

Did your King put you

vehicle. I will deal with Fredrik

is King Fredrick to you,” He said out of annoyance, and

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

report it to him

I dared not attempt it now, not

unable to take Forest. I doubt you will

Prince?” the man said wide-eyed with fear. I guess my reputation precedes me. “Open

and did not want

met resistance if I had come

frozen land, with many desolate

used to live here,” My mother said, looking at the place that looked like a

like the people living in the buildings fled from war a long time ago. An ambush of some

once lived in run-down isolated buildings and farms on the way was heart-wrenching. I just

is awful. I can see why he wants the slave trade badly,” I said, feeling sorry for the occupants, knowing deep down that

originally belonged to werewolves. This was

and installed a monarch. They lived in packs, and each pack had an alpha with a head alpha leading them;

werewolves to mine

hundred years later, there was no one to do the job. The majority of the werewolves had fled the

a labour problem because Lycans could not easily be controlled as

territories, capture werewolves, and force them into slavery. They will Kill off the Alphas and betas, so they

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

demarcation between both

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