“Niko,” my mother said, smiling at me and battling her disgust. I went to sit on the second chair at the table.
“I see you look better,” I said, trying to make it less awkward.
“Gezel and Erica did a great job. They call me Queen, you know,” she said, smiling, and I nodded.
“Were you able to get the kingship?” she asked eagerly, and I sighed and shook my head.
Just then, Gezel and Erica brought our meal.
My mother smiled lovingly at them, and I wondered if she knew the kind of scum they were. I kept them around so they wouldn’t divulge my conduct to the people outside Forest and hurt my chances of being King. Otherwise, I would have sent them away.
I was silent until they finished bringing the food. My mother touched Gezel’s hand gently and thanked her with a smile before they left. I wondered if she would feel so grateful when she found out that Gezel and Erica were one of the people that underfed her and kept her like a wild animal. I doubt she would be happy.
“How have you been, Niko?” my mother finally asked, and I sighed.
“Fine,” I said, and her smile dissipated.
“You can’t have been fine, my love,” she said, reaching for my hand. You were just ten,” she said, and tears began to well in her eyes.
“I failed you. I should have listened to you and returned to our cave. I am sorry, Niko,” she said, tears streaming down her cheek. “I wanted you to have meat that day. I knew you liked meat and wanted to get it for you. Please forgive me for being unable to hold on to my sanity long enough,” She said, and I patted her hand.
“It is okay, Mother, you are back,” I said, and she shook her head.
“I missed nineteen years. It is as if a huge part of my life has been taken from me,” she said and began to weep. I rubbed her hand gently to calm her down.
“Why didn’t you bury a blade in my heart,
“Niko?” she finally asked me, and I remembered the silver blade she sharpened every fourth night while we were in the woods.
“I couldn’t,” I confessed, telling her the truth.
“Then you should have left me for the hunters and saved yourself,” she said, and I shook my head.
“You told me you didn’t want to be left at the mercy of the hunters, and I was hoping the feral episode would be like the others and you would snap out of it in no time,” I said, telling her the truth.
“Only that it wasn’t, and you had to care for a feral wolf for nineteen years. Moving me about while you tried to accomplish something for yourself. I am sorry,” she said, and I continued to rub her hand so she would know it was okay.
“How did you manage to keep me? You were only ten, Niko,” she said, realising how it would have been impossible for me to subdue her.
“You came at me, and I ran back to our cave. You chased me there, but I was fortunate to hang the silver chain on your neck, forcing you to change back to your normal form and weakening you; then, I secured you on the tree you normally tied yourself to. We were deep in the forest, so we didn’t have hunter issues. I cared for you there until I got my wolf and started building a pack,” I said, and she was shocked.
“You are a true Alpha and a true King,” she said with respect, and I should feel great about it, but I didn’t.
“How did you take it all back?” she asked me, and I sighed and looked at our empty plates, then started to plate the food for both of us.
took me five years to build an army and nine years to conquer every part of Forest,” I
get cold. It is venison,” I said, and she nodded slowly with her eyes
silence, and she appreciated the food
king now?” She asked, and something in her eyes revealed that she knew the truth. She must have had a lengthy discussion with Gezel and Erica. I wondered what they might
is opposing me, but I am working towards it,” I said, not giving away that
“That bastard. What did he say his reasons were?”
has is living with him. He said he won’t support me and he would oppose me
say such a thing?” she
for getting your birthright?” she asked me, and I shrugged. “I fought for this place. It is my prize, and
king, then you can just take it, but I doubt
I
about Aleksander, the coward?” She asked, and I smiled at
support I have gotten so far but is unwilling to go against the Snow
said, looking away from her plate and muttering
how do you plan to do it then?” She asked, trying
said, and
laws, treating werewolves a s if they are our equals and sleeping with the
wrong with that, Mother? What is wrong with treating them with some kindness?” I asked,
the same path your father did? Your father trusted them,
I know, but you left out the part where Gabriel set you free and sent you to your brother so you will be
you can return when I am of age
lie. I did not know if it were to pursue her revenge or out of shame, but it was malicious of
years is a long time to dig,” I said, and she looked at
doing, not Gabriel’s,”
she said, and
glad to tell King Aleksander that you called
this? I haven’t even spoken to the man,” I told her, and that was true. Other than what Aliana told me out of concern, I had
not kill your father, none of this would have happened. We would have been happy; Mathias would have been here. It is all his fault, and you should be ashamed of yourself, Niko. Fucking his daughter and keeping him around when both of them should be dead and forgotten just like he
these wolves would betray you as they did, Mathias,”
with approval and sighed. “Obey the Lycan unity law, and the committee will side with
I never told her
of him?” I asked her, and she
point soiling his image with things of the past,” she said,
resolving past issues and killing people for it. Why is your story selective, Mother? It is almost as i f what you have against the werewolves has nothing to do with my father because clearly, he loved
cannot be king!” She
that for you to decide when he had the boy long before he married you?”
too far with his lies,”
died while giving birth to their son, who was declared a stillborn but has
Fredrick how he acquired Mathia’s son. I know nothing of it,” she said, telling the truth for the first time. I could feel it. She was connected to me now,
sighed and looked at me
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In Chapter 36 of the Forged in the Flames series, Aliana, is awakened by her father's Delta, who urgently calls them to come outside in the middle of the night. Aliana's father, Alpha Gabriel, had recently moved their pack from a grand house to a smaller one in the pack compound. This move was necessitated by their defeat of an evil Lycan king who had enslaved their kind.Alpha Gabriel had been challenged by the rogue Lycan prince, Nikolas, and reluctantly agreed to submit to him in order to protect their pack members. Aliana is skeptical about trusting the Lycans but understands that her father chose peace over pride and the certainty of defeat in a war. Nikolas had conquered all the packs in the territory, leaving Aliana's pack as the last one standing...... Will this Chapter 36 author Karima Sa'ad Usman mention any details. Follow Chapter 36 and the latest episodes of this series at Novelxo.com.
Forged in the Flames by Karima Sa'ad Usman Chapter 36
Forged in the Flames novel Chapter 36