Forged in the Flames by Karima Sa'ad Usman

Chapter 67

“Alpha, are you alright?” I heard Qusack’s voice, which snapped me out of my deep thoughts. I was staring at the Photo of Aliana’s mother, who was currently in Snow as Fredrick’s slave.

“Do you know this woman?” I asked, handing Qusack the Photo? He looked at it and shook his head.

I wanted to know if I was the only one she served. It seemed I was the only one.

Seeing Aliana’s father’s condition, I did not want to raise any alarms. I might not get anything from him if I told him what I saw. He might end up in the clinic.

I figured Fredrick must have forcefully claimed her, and that was the severance Gabriel felt that made him believe she was dead. Only a Lycan of his breed could achieve stealing a mate of a lesser breed.

It was easier for Gabriel to believe his mate was dead than to think she had been claimed forcefully by an Alpha Lycan. It wouldn’t have crossed his mind since Lycans believed

Werewolves were beneath them, but Gwendolyn was a beauty like her daughter.

It should have crossed his mind.

I couldn’t control myself when I set eyes on Aliana, and it had nothing to do with our bond.

She might not look like her mother, but she was in a league of her own and did not have to make any effort to look the part.

I tried to compose myself while connecting the dots in my head.

If I was the only one she served, Fredrick wanted me to know he had Aliana’s mother.

Unfortunately, I did not know her, and he figured it out when he came to see me in the room.

All the talk was just to know how much I knew.

Apparently, I was clueless, hence his satisfaction.

The woman had referred to me as royalty and told me she was from Forest, but how could I connect the dots?

Gwendolyn was also the only person that knew of my legitimacy.

I began to suspect that Fredrick had grabbed the woman and kept her alive on purpose.

He grabbed her around the time of my conquest.

He must have known I planned to take Forest and did not want me to get my crown. How else can I prove my legitimacy when everyone in Forest, when I was conceived, had died in battle? My mother’s midwife was the witness and the only person that could vouch for me under compulsion. He knew what he was doing.

Gabriel’s wife, so he will know everything I am about to discover now, which means he

alright, Niko?” Qusack linked me, and I adjusted myself. There

back in its spot, and

did not need

Clearly, he shouldn’t, but I had asked

missing around the period I was taking over settlements

her death. I was just wondering because

women and

added so he would

room was silent, and I couldn’t help but ask him about

unwanted emotions, but can you tell me how you confirmed Gwendolyn’s death? I want to know if it was when they attacked them or later?” I asked to know if

see if we would see them, but time had passed, and they had taken her. I knew Gwendolyn would be killed

She helped your mother with your conception. You know. She monitored her heart and told her the time to be with the King. As mean as your mother was to

a life than follow her to be a slave in Snow,” He said in tears, and I decided I needed to talk with my mother

possessive of her too. Getting her from Snow would take a lot of work, and we did not have the might to do it. I hoped my mother would tell me the truth for a

staring at the picture intensely because I knew Gabriel was no fool.

Gwen used to tease her about it. Aliana wished she looked like her mother badly since most girls looked like that around here;

added to

trying to figure me out. I knew it won’t be long before he would realise Aliana and I were fated. Still, I intend to be silent about it for as

about Gwendolyn aside and getting

sure you are wondering why I have come here, and I am sure Beta Qusack has already

know your account of what happened in the past leading to my father’s death. I

truth as I have experienced your, Highness,” he said respectfully. I knew it wasn’t a formality for him; he genuinely respected

he gave accounts of my father’s death, I saw a man that

my father were deceived, but what I did not understand was why my father would be extreme to the point of defunding the werewolf military and sending them to their deaths, knowing that the strength of a kingdom

reducing his military force by systematically killing off the

could it be an average dreamer who felt he could achieve much by conniving with those closest to

and it is possible that Giles had to sacrifice so my father could live. Fredrick

the letters, drafted the letters, and made decisions on his behalf that could have caused the ill-treatment of the werewolves that led to their massacre,

am not in the position to point fingers as I

part where she

brother was incapable of doing. The man was indeed modest. “I do not want to embarrass Queen Isabelle. She wasn’t in a good place then. King Mathias wasn’t mentally well and did not give her the love a woman needed,

She wanted to do it for your sake. She was pregnant with you then, and I knew

betray my friend even

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