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.

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

them, not red but brown. Had she not worn silver

time just in case it

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

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 nostrils as if smelling something

you to pledge your allegiance to me so you do not go feral again. You have been out of it for

I doubt we will be lucky again,” I told her, and I could see realisation and shock form

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

swear to you, Alpha ….”

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 staring at me

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

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 the one that did it. Her tears streamed uncontrollably, and she grabbed

she was stuck at that time. Although nineteen years had passed, to her, it was like a moment ago, the only traces

I held her, and I heard them recede and close the door.

the hug and

my head. Was her hatred

are we, Niko,” she

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

as if

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

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

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

answering my questions?” She asked

like Halfbreeds tending to you, I will send the Lycans over, but mind you, it was

in, she

the days, and they only fed her 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 woman I

began to

father and me. They are the reasons we were cut off from the world. The reason why we had to hide Niko?

looked hurt, and it got to me. She looked at me as if I had betrayed her. It hurt because I had

someone who never really liked the

weren’t the ones hunting us in the woods but her brother, but

you until you

go feral again, which meant we had all the time in the world. It also meant

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

she held onto my hand and looked

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