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.

know everything I am about to

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

its spot, and Gabriel looked

need to

he knew her. Clearly, he shouldn’t, but

taking over settlements in Forest. I knew exactly

is not what you think, Gabriel. My warriors have nothing to do with her death. I was just wondering because her face looks familiar. Also, Aliana

and children in

added so he

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

how you confirmed Gwendolyn’s death? I want

at the picture. “Aliana claimed she wondered beyond the imaginary border. She was pretty shaken up. I sent men there to see if we would see them, but time had passed, and they had taken her. I knew Gwendolyn would be killed because she would rather die than be a slave, so when the severance came a day after they took her, I knew the bastards that took her had

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

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

a lot of work, and we did not have the might to do it. I hoped my

staring at the picture intensely because I knew Gabriel was no

to tease her about it. Aliana wished she looked like her mother badly since most girls looked like that around here; she felt she would have been mated faster that way…,” Gabriel said, but I growled before I could control myself. Bane had a way of embarrassing me at times, and he had just

course, it served her well,” Qusack added to calm

frowned. It was as if he was trying to figure me out. I knew it won’t

my thought about Gwendolyn aside and

come here, and I am sure Beta Qusack has already informed

the past leading to my father’s death. I

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

to add up. By the time he

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

someone have been actively working against him and reducing his military force by systematically killing off the werewolves to

or Aleksander be behind his demise because only a King could invade another King’s kingdom? Or could it be an average dreamer who

uncle, I know it is possible that Leon planned to kill the King, and it is possible that Giles had to sacrifice so my

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

and Gabriel shrugged. “I thought as much, but I am not in the position to

anything she says. You left out the part where

of doing. The man was indeed modest. “I do not want to embarrass Queen Isabelle. She wasn’t in

let her be my mistress since I had taken over Forest. She wanted to do it for your sake. She was pregnant with you then, and I knew she feared being

not betray my

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