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.

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

the shock and advance towards her. Her eyes were normal. They were brown, as I remembered them,

just in case it was

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

is a little boy,” she argued, doubting

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

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

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

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 if I let the

Alpha

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

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

with d*eep relief, knowing 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 her she was the one that did it. Her

have listened to 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 time. Although nineteen

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

hug and began

my head. Was her hatred so

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 done,

she asked as if it were an

now, I think you should rest,” I said, and she shook

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

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

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

over, but mind you, it was halfbreeds and a werewolf that nursed you back

in, she

again, but the goddess had been kind enough to

mother began

told you they did to your father and me. They are the reasons we were cut off from the world. The reason why we had to

betrayed her. It hurt because I had lived my life trying to accomplish her goals, her revenge and recover what

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

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 come

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

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

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,

and she held onto

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