Forged In The Flames By Karima Sa’ad Usman

Chapter 87 Family and Bonds (Nikolas POV)

I glanced at Miles for a moment, trying to detect any signs of deception, but he seemed genuinely honest. I could sense a hidden pain in his eyes, and I didn’t dare imagine what his childhood must have been like.

“How was it growing up in Snow?” I asked him, motioning for him to join me at the table by pushing my food tray to the center so we could share the meal.

“Thank you,” he replied, reaching for an extra fork.

“I was surprised to see the half-breeds and werewolves here without brands or collars. They seemed well taken care of and confident. They don’t have the slave mentality that is common in other places, nor do they face segregation. It was clear from the way they interacted and served everyone, even the guests. The event was beautifully organised for a kingdom without a queen. It’s the best one I’ve attended,” he remarked. I thanked him and remained silent, waiting for his response to my question.

“It wasn’t easy, Nikolas. I lived like a slave in a cell until I got my wolf. Fredrick wanted to know if I would become an alpha. Fortunately, my wolf was an Alpha. I was told continuously that my parents didn’t want me from the time I was a child until my teenage years. They said my father rejected me because he considered me worthless.

I was told that he ordered my execution along with my twin sister and mother because my mother defied him by becoming pregnant and giving birth to us.

When they found her, she had already given birth to twins.

His brother Leon arrived just as the soldiers were killing my mother and twin sister. He fought them off to rescue me and entrusted me to his friend for care.

Fredrick didn’t want half-breeds in his kingdom, but since Leon was his friend, he had no choice.

I was told to be grateful for what I had and always prove myself useful. I fought my way through my childhood and teenage years. By the time I acquired my wolf, I was already a skilled warrior,” he explained, sighing.

“Deep down, I still felt like a lost boy, wondering why my mother went against her master and had me, bringing me into a world that despised my kind. The unity law that King

Mathias signed was the epitome of his evil. I don’t expect you to fully understand my struggle since he was your father too, but…” he began, and I interrupted.

“I never knew him. The werewolves revolted and forced my mother to return to Snow to be with her brother. They spared her life because she was pregnant with me and because they realised that someone other than our father was pulling the strings.

spared her was our father’s closest friend and beta. Our father took his own life when he realised he had been deceived and everything was a

but Fredrick rejected her for not taking over Forest. I grew up in the wilderness. That’s why I’m called the rogue prince,” I revealed, and he looked

scar there?” he asked, and I nodded, tracing my

me when I was

brave. Where was your mother? Why didn’t she shift and fight the wolf?” he inquired, but before I could answer, he realised the truth

and bravery,” he expressed,

proves he was wrong,” I said, and Miles paid close attention. I could see a glimmer

yearning

his destined mate,” I informed him, and he

I nodded with certainty, knowing it

he had a

was forged

power with the help of Fredrick. But the werewolf

mother, she was beloved, and Mathias would have given

to remain a mistress claiming our father was willing to face the consequences for her

his younger brother, but I later found out it was because he had plans to plant my mother as queen instead, so he could manipulate things. Unfortunately for him, things did not work as he

father’s mistress, and he never took a queen

in the settlement who could testify

she died

convinced him not to tarnish his memory of her

were fortunate to be spared. You were meant to be a last resort, a trump

mother resented her because she lived in

to him, and he won’t stop until one of us is gone. I have given him time to reconsider, and I am willing to wait patiently for him to see reason,” I

won’t change his mind. That man is stubborn. Let’s join forces and bring him down,” he proposed, and I sighed. “I don’t want to do anything that would cost lives. You’re the only sibling I have, Miles. We’ve just met, and I don’t want to say hello and goodbye at the same time. I hope it doesn’t come to that. But one thing is certain,

doesn’t, I will wait patiently and continue doing what I can for my people and live my life,” I asserted,

relationship with you. You’re the only

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