Forged in the Flames by Karima Sa'ad Usman

Chapter 73 Dealing With The Crazies (Nikolas POV)

After the meeting, Qusack and Abraham left the office so they could attend to the correspondence. I was hopeful that we would find some answers, something that we could use to help with my coronation.

I wondered how deep the plot was but planned to unravel the story and get to the truth.

My father deserved justice, and for my mother’s sake, I hoped she wasn’t part of it the mutiny.

Someone knocked on my door when I was in deep thought, and I looked to see who it was; Piotr stuck his head in with a big smile.

“I was led here,” he said, and I immediately pushed away my worry and smiled.

“Good morning.’ I greeted him, and he walked in. He looked very relaxed, even more than he did in Hill when we met. Keeping his relationship a secret must have weighed on him heavily. I could only imagine what both of them went through.

Piotr sat on the couch in my office and looked around.

“You are all business Nikolas,” He said, admiring my office. There was nothing special about the place, but Piotr still looked at everything with a smile on his face. It was apparent he had a good night.

“How is Natasha?” I asked him, and he looked at me and nodded.

“Sleeping. A maid brought breakfast, and I told her to wait with her if you do not mind,” he said, and I nodded.

“Well, Natasha shouldn’t hold on to her for long because she is Aliana’s friend,” I said, and he nodded.

“Noted, it is just until she is up,” he said quickly, and I managed a smile, something Aliana had made easy for me.

“It is okay; I am sure Lisa won’t mind hanging out with Natasha,” I added, and he nodded. I figured Lisa would be the one to go to Natasha. “So, what is the itinerary for today? Any plans that include me?” He asked, and I frowned, wondering what he wanted.

He stared at me, looking confused, then decided to elaborate.

anything to welcome me to Forest?” He

“Oh,” I managed.

it at all. I had been caught up in

he went out of his way when I visited the palace in

picnic with the ladies after my daily task is over,” I said quickly, and he

my offer wasn’t enough, so a bright idea clicked in my

hours, I will take you around in

the couch. I was a bit uncomfortable with his presence, but I controlled myself. The

to ask you, Nikolas. How did you get that, Scar? I supposed you had no wolf then, or you wouldn’t have scared badly,” he said,

Aliana for her restraint. She had never asked me about it. She doesn’t even look at it. It is almost as if it isn’t there. We were perfect for each other. Piotr, on the other

child before I got my wolf,” I said, not wanting to go into details. Technically what I

a wild animal,” he added, and he wasn’t far from

miracle that my mother was alright. Piotr got up after a few

I will leave you to your work and get back to mine upstairs,”

it was the most beautiful place during the time of King Mathias,” He said, and I chuckled.

sighed with relief. It was hard concentrating on the correspondence on my desk with Piotrs

he said they were requests for slaves. It was amazing to see the choice of words that were used to describe werewolves. Goods, servants, commodities, weres

I had expressly told them that I did not have slaves to sell, yet they still thought I

been a king, none of these

because I could not stand being controlled. Even though the letters had not implied it, it seemed they felt I owed them,

felt a headache

calm down. My destiny had been f*uc*ked before conception. My mother was an adultress who married her lover’s brother

guy was rumoured to have plotted against my father and lost his life in

war with his loyal servants, who had to defend themselves

that I want to fix the damages done and settle down with my fated, my uncle has decided to make himself a

doomed from the