Forged in the Flames by Karima Sa'ad Usman

Chapter 24

Nikolas POV

The lounge we were led to was smaller and more private than the one we left. I was offered a seat, and I sat down.

“The maids have prepaid two rooms for you and your Gamma. I ensured your rooms were beside each other if you don’t mind.” Aleksander said, and I smiled and thanked him.

“Also, there are pretty Lycan entertainments for you,” He said and leaned close with a whisper. “Or do you prefer werewolves?” he asked. I frowned at him, and he relaxed, laughing. “You do have your mother’s blood running in your veins. She hated those things so much. Where is Isabelle, by the way?” He asked, and I knew it would be wrong to lie to him.

“She became feral nineteen years ago,” I confessed, and everyone gasped. I could see the horror in Poitr and Aleksander’s eyes.

“My goodness. You were a child!” the King exclaimed, and I nodded.

“Yes, I was a child, and I have been taking care of her ever since,” I said, and he was shocked.

“I learned you were hard and ruthless, but now I know why,” he said with Sorrow in his eyes.

“Fedrick was cruel not to accommodate his sister when she ran home for refuge,” he said, and I was flabbergasted. I could not believe what Aleksander had just told me.

“Sister?” I asked, and he nodded.

“You look more like Fedrick than your father,” he said with a smile.

“Your mother was his sister. When she escaped the massacre in Forest, he refused to allow her into his Kingdom.

He said she was weak and should have ruled Forest by force. He said she had no home in Snow. He sent her away with her maid. Honestly, he hated her because she accepted help from a werewolf.

A werewolf helped her escape the massacre. Because of that, Fedrick believed she was compromised and had broken the unity law. He banished her and sent Lycan hunters after her. We never heard from her again. It is amazing to see she survived long enough to bring you into the world,” he said, and I was surprised at his words because my mother did not tell me any of these things. I wondered what else did she hide from me.

have married her, you know, but she chose Mathias because he was rich and very powerful. He was also a charmer. I must say she chose well. Your

what you know, your Majesty,” I said, and he looked at me a bit and nodded, then asked his children to

us. He made Forest a haven for the werewolves. It was unheard of. Lycans usually separated themselves from werewolves, but when Mitahis took over from his father, he brought them together. There was a rumour that he

neutral and planned to go with majority votes because I loathe wars. At least Piotr is good at combat and leading now, so I

poor, so I was at the mercy of the two Kings,”

me of what I want to ask you. Sorry, I had to digress, but I need to chip this in,” he said, and I nodded that it was okay. “I would like to trade with Forest. Trading with Snow is tedious, and most of his people sell loot from Forest. That is why he always has hunters there,” he said, and I was in shock, but I wanted him to tell me of my past, so I

if you help me with my kingship,” I said, and he smiled. “Smart man indeed. I will get to that

sipping his juice. “My father

on it, and even with Isabelle’s influence, Mathias refused to pass the law. He couldn’t. Gabriel Nowak was his Beta, and Giles Wojcik was his Gamma. Mighty men in their time, and they were

do it until Gile murdered Miathia’s Half brother, Leon. Giles claimed that Leon was planning an uprising and wanted to usurp power. He was strong about it, but he couldn’t prove it. Everyone he claimed was

perpetrator, and the other men that were killed were in League

that Giles was after

said were involved miraculously died like that. Either the werewolves were planning an uprising, or someone was, and they were caught in the

loved Leon so much, and the grief of what happened to

crimes, and Gabriel and the other werewolves in the ranks were

after what they did. He did it to put them in check because he had no Lycan might to push back, so he had to keep them in check. They had murdered his top officers with poison, so he was now

happened. One day we just heard that Gabriel had finally done what he wanted. He and his friends fought

seize control of the forest several times, and they fought him to a standstill. They might not have special abilities like us, but they

detail, but this just made

wondered what made Gabriel

for now, I want to

lesson, your majesty. I really

son to me. You might look like Fedrick, but you have Mathias’s eyes and jawline. He would be proud of you. I know it,” he said, and I could not feel sentimental about a man I did not know, but I was glad to know someone that knew him, other than my mother, and the beautiful things he said about him had warmed my heart. My mother wasn’t lying when she said he was a good man. What Giles did was unforgivable, and then Gabriel completed it. He would have let them go if they did not want to serve my father anymore. They did not have to meticulously usurp power like

to have it because he wants to take over Forest Everything is

There are countless mineral resources, and he would make more money if

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