Forged in the Flames by Karima Sa'ad Usman

Chapter 16

Aliana POV

I could not believe what had happened between Nikolas and me.

He was gentle and loving. Everything was confusing.

I knew it wasn’t something permanent, but how would my heart recover from this when it finally ended?

The way he held me in the bath, the small talks we had in bed when we were exhausted. It was as if I was with a different person altogether.

His gaze was soft, his tone was gentle, and his smile was genuine.

It wasn’t the typical cynical attitude he wore to get under my skin. I was afraid that he was up to something.

What if he suddenly cuts me off again? Thinking about it made me want to throw up.

I knew I would need to be careful and not give him my heart completely.

“Too late for that, Aliana. We gave it to him long before we realised it,” Raven said, always there to point things out, and I stood still in the passage.

Taking a couple of breaths, I braced myself. I did not know what Nikolas would do, but I hoped I would have the heart to bear it. I opened the door to the Queen’s room, and she was sleeping.

Ania and Lisa were there, and they smiled at me. Ania’s smile was brighter than Lisa’s, but it had always been that way, so I did not mind.

“And you finally grace us with your presence,” Ania said, winking at me.

I blushed because all I could think about was my time with Nikolas. How can someone so cruel know how to love? I did not want to lose this side of him. It was like a dream.

illusion that would not last made it hurt, and it created a fear I could not handle. “Come on, tell us how it went with the Alpha. You already reek of him, so there is

affect Nikolas’s ambition to

could say. I did not want to go into details because if Nikolas and

become a king. I did not want to be

heard Alpha has never slept in before,” Ania said, and I wondered

told you that?” I asked,

For the first time. Alpha did not eat with his officers. It got to them that a werewolf was warming his bed. They had so much to say about it.” She said, laughing, and it was

a Lycan, and he let you get away with a lot. He even demoted an officer for your sake, Aliana. I do

her while Lisa sat on another couch facing the one Ania was sitting

Ania asked me, and I blushed

what I told you to

to do it, but I had to give it to her. Nikolas did confess that I was making it hard for him to

him. I want to take as much as possible before getting cut off from him. I prayed he would remain

tone, and I looked at her. Something in her tone said

had more to say. I could sense it. “Please do not let it get to your head. Lycan men are horrible. They take you

to be careful. She

have slept in his bed, but he screws them. I suspect he will ask you to sleep in your room so he can have another woman.

get from him. He wants to be King, so he will distance himself when the time comes. Please do not get

do not stand a

wondered whose pain it was because she was a Lycan. Her words had cut deep, but she was telling the truth. I doubt

to say it like that,” Ania cautioned her, and Lisa

you see the joy in her eyes, Ania? Alpha is having fun, but Aliana is in love. She would

Ania knew Lisa was telling the truth. “I am not in a relationship with the Alpha, and whatever is between us is not

he will crush it. He is too hateful to feel love, and you are too innocent to understand heartbreak,”

heart. She had brought me

Queen and thinking of Lisa’s words. When they brought snacks, I could not eat them because I was

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