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.

I could see her strength draining with every struggle getting weaker and tears streaming down her cheeks whilst she

her. Her eyes were normal. They were brown, as I remembered them, not red but brown. Had she not worn silver bracelets, I am sure they would have been black. She

not waste time just in case

looked at me with confusion. “Momma, it is

Niko is a little boy,” she argued, doubting herself as she spoke, and I

I am grown now,” I said, touching her cheek gently and sitting before her. She flared her

your allegiance to me so you do not go feral again. You have

be lucky again,” I told her, and I could see realisation and shock

said, afraid the insanity would come back. This was all I had ever hoped for, and I would be damned

you, Alpha ….” She said and searched my

the realisation that I wasn’t lying to her. She stopped giving the guards

forever loyal and serve you as yours until the day I die,” She said, and I felt the bond snap into place. I did

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 her she was

you and gone back to our cave,” she said, remembering our conversation before she went feral. She would remember that because she was stuck

everyone at once while I held her, and I heard them recede and close the

hug and began to sniff

I bowed my head. Was her hatred so entrenched that she could remember them

we, Niko,” she

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

if it were an

talk about it later; right now, I think you

his cohorts pay for their crime Niko?” She asked, and I tried to avoid

I did not know what to say. Telling her of Aliana now

answering my questions?” She asked me, and I shook

right. If you do not like Halfbreeds tending to you, I will send the Lycans over, but mind you, it was halfbreeds and a werewolf that nursed you back to health,” I said, letting her know who was

stepped in, she would have

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.

mother began to

dare you leave me at their mercy? After all, I told you they did to your father and me. They are the reasons we were cut off from the world. The

me as if I had betrayed her. It hurt because I had lived my life trying to accomplish

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

knew the truth and that the werewolves weren’t the ones hunting us

past with you until you

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

all my life trying 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

she held onto my hand

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