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.

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

had not partaken in these meetings for

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

The man stepped back.

I realised what he was doing was deliberate. Why would

beg your pardon?” Qusack

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

you searching for, if I may ask?”

and it

Snow to enter the territory through the border with the intention to

how you search everyone? I have told you that the prince of Forest is here. Did your King

with Fredrik alone,” I said, and the

Fredrick to you,” He

doesn’t give me the respect I am due, I am

a problem, report it to him or start a war

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

as easy. I also know your King has been unable to take Forest. I doubt you will want me

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

did not want trouble with me and did not want to create problems for his

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

frozen land, with many desolate lands and abandoned homes

on the werewolves that used to live here,” My

just horrible. It looked like the people living in the buildings

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

why he wants the slave trade badly,” I said, feeling sorry for the occupants, knowing deep down that there was a possibility they were

werewolves.

an alpha with a head alpha leading them; similar to the system we

the werewolves to mine the mineral. Due to cruelty, werewolves

was no one to do the job. The majority of the

labour problem because Lycans

into slavery. They will

the Hill and Forest Kings saw how profitable it was because of the rapid development of Snow and the strength of Snow’s army due to slave labour, they decided to adopt the

between

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