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.

her strength draining with every struggle getting weaker and tears streaming

remembered them, not red but brown. Had she not worn silver bracelets, I am sure they would have been black. She wasn’t

not waste time just in case it

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

boy,” she argued, doubting herself as she spoke,

I was, but I am grown now,” I said, touching her cheek gently and sitting before

me so you do not go feral again. You have

be lucky again,” I told her,

you to plead your allegiance now, Momma,” I said, afraid the insanity would come back. This was all

to you, Alpha ….” She

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

day I die,” She said, and I felt the bond snap into place. I did not know I was holding my breath until I

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 the one that did it. Her tears streamed

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

at once while I held her, and I heard them recede and close the door. Bane

the hug and began to sniff the

said, sounding confused, and I bowed my head. Was her

we, Niko,” she asked

as promised and took it all back,” I said, telling her what I had done,

if it were an

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

you ensure Gabriel and his cohorts pay for their crime Niko?” She asked, and

sniffing around me, and I did not know what to say. Telling

aren’t you answering my questions?” She asked me, and

over, but mind you, it was

stepped in, she

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

began

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

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

on her face broke my heart, but I let it go. It was normal for someone who

the ones hunting us in the woods but her brother, but I held my peace

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

not go feral again, which meant we had all the time in the world.

my relationship with Aliana, I plan to have it all. I deserve joy and happiness. I have lived 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 it. Hopefully, my mother would forget her hatred and accept the woman

held onto my hand and

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