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.

tried to fight them off, and I could see her strength draining with every struggle getting weaker and tears streaming down

to snap out of the shock and advance towards her. Her eyes were normal. They were brown, as I remembered them, not

time just in case it was

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

Niko is a little boy,” she argued, doubting herself

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

not go feral again. You have been out

I told her, and

asked me with realisation. “I need you to plead your allegiance now, Momma,” I said, afraid the insanity would come back.

swear to you, Alpha ….” She said and searched

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

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

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

back to our cave,” she said, remembering our conversation before she went feral. She would 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

us,” I linked everyone at once while I held her, and I heard them recede and close the door. Bane was mainly silent. He had never met

broke the hug and began to sniff

and I bowed my head. Was her hatred so entrenched that she

we, Niko,” she

the forest as promised and took it all back,” I

she asked as if it were an unbelievable

right now, I think you should rest,” I

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

werewolves?” She asked, sniffing around me, and I did not know what to say. Telling her of Aliana now would be too much. I needed her to be all

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

your question 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 halfbreeds and a werewolf that nursed you back to health,” I said, letting her know who was responsible for her

not stepped in, she would

inevitable. There was a point when the food would no longer be enough again, but the goddess

began

cut off from the world. The reason why we had to hide Niko? Or did they feed you lies and tell you

because I had lived my life trying to accomplish her goals, her revenge and recover

her face broke my heart, but I let it go. It was normal for someone who never really liked the werewolves and had all the right to hate them

the ones hunting us in

discussing the past with you until you are

meant we had all the time in the world. It also meant Fredrick would not win and would have no choice but to give

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,

up, and she held onto my hand and

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