Forged in the Flames by Karima Sa'ad Usman

Chapter 33

Voices came like a torrent in my sleep, and I thought I was having a nightmare. I woke up and looked at the clock. It was eight in the morning.

“Alpha,”

“Alpha”

“Alpha”, I heard eight voices at once. Qusack and Ania’s representatives were the most prominent, and I knew something was wrong.

“What is it,” I asked.

“Nikolas, you have to come quickly! The Queen is beside herself with grief! She is hysterically calling for her little boy,” Qusack said, and I gently got off the bed so I did not wake Aliana up.

“I am coming,” I linked back and hurried to sl*ip on something. I wore shorts and a T-shirt and sl*ipped out of my room.

I was quick on my feet, eager to get to my mother in time. My heart was pounding really fast. I felt the adrenaline of excitement and fear course through my veins.

Could this be what I had hoped for nineteen years? Was it possible that she was no longer feral?

I wondered what must have gone wrong to make her hysterical. Did all our efforts go down the drain? Was she worse off than she was yesterday?

Although all through the years of her on- and-off feral episodes and the final one that kept her in that state for nineteen years, she had never spoken a word, so asking for me was a huge sign of improvement.

I got to the door, and there were people there, something I had prohibited because I did not want anyone to see her.

I growled, and they all dispersed, living Qusack and the maids. The guards weren’t there.

“Where are the guards?” I asked.

“Holding her down. You know she isn’t in chains,” Qusacksaid, and I rushed in.

My mother was growling and trying to break free from the men holding her. Each guard held on to an arm, and they held on tight.

She struggled on the bed whilst sitting and seeing her suffer like this was heart-wrenching. Her eyes were shut tight, and she tried to break free with all her might.

My mother looked at me and was silent, then started growling. I wondered what had gone wrong. Her eyes were still feral, but I could see the redness fading gradually. I could not believe my eyes.

“Where is my Niko?” She asked, and I was in shock.

That was the first time she would speak to me in nineteen years.

“Where am I? Where is my son?” She asked, and it was logical that she would ask those questions, but still, I was frozen on the spot.

strength draining with every struggle getting weaker and

shock and advance towards her. Her eyes were normal. They were brown, as I remembered them, not red but brown. Had she not worn silver bracelets, I am

not waste time just in

she looked at me with confusion. “Momma, it is me, Niko,” I said, and she

argued, doubting herself as

touching her cheek gently and sitting before her. She flared her nostrils as if smelling

need you to pledge your allegiance to me so you do not

I told her, and I could see realisation and shock

She asked me with realisation. “I need you to plead your allegiance now, Momma,” I said, afraid the insanity would come back. This was all I had ever hoped for, and I would be damned

swear to you, Alpha ….” She said

her my name and her eyes widened with the realisation that I wasn’t lying to her. She stopped giving the guards a h*ard time and relaxed. “…Alpha Nikolas Kowalski,” She said, tears streaming down her cheeks and

die,” She said, and I felt the bond snap into place. I did

she would never be feral again. My days of living in fear of the red-eyed beast were finally over. I felt like a little boy again. She touched my face and ran her fingers over the scar on my left eye. I dared not tell

remember that because she was stuck at that time. Although nineteen years had passed, to her, it was like a moment ago, the only traces of time passed was that I was now a grown man

heard them recede and close the

the hug and began to sniff the

werewolves,” she said, sounding confused, and I bowed my head. Was her hatred

are we, Niko,” she

conquered the forest as promised and took it all back,” I said, telling her what I had

if

about it later; right now, I think you should rest,” I said,

pay for their crime Niko?” She asked, and

you reek of werewolves?” She asked, sniffing around me, and I did not know what to say. Telling her

aren’t you answering my questions?” She asked

when you are all right. If you do not like Halfbreeds tending to you, I will send the Lycans over, but mind you, it was

in, she

enough to prolong the inevitable. There was a point when the food would no longer be enough again, but the goddess had been kind enough to make Aliana offer her services. This was all thanks to her. But how will I balance between my mother and the

mother began

father and me. They are the reasons we were cut off from the world. The reason why we had to hide Niko? Or did they feed you lies and tell you otherwise? Nineteen years is a long

had betrayed her. It hurt because I had lived my life trying

go. It was normal for someone who never really liked the werewolves and had all the right to hate

her that I knew the truth and that the werewolves weren’t the ones hunting us in the woods but her brother, but I held my peace because she had just

will avoid discussing the past with you until you are all right,” I said, standing

she would not go feral again, which meant we had all the time in the world. It also meant Fredrick would not

to make my mother happy, pursuing her dreams and trying to keep my promises. It had been an empty and lonely life for me, but finally, there was colour in my life, and I planned to keep it. Hopefully, my mother would forget her hatred and accept the woman

and she held onto

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