Chapter 35. You Know the Rules

As Kane's lips met mine, a deluge of memories came crashing back, each one sharp and vivid, engulfing me with a sense of overwhelming familiarity and deep emotion. I remembered everything—the painstaking plan I had agreed to with Astaroth to keep my pups safe. My memories were to be wiped clean unless I was alone with my mates. For months, the opportunity had never presented itself, and the absence of these memories had left a hollow space inside me.

Now, with Kane's arms securely wrapped around me and his body fervently pressing against mine, the void began to fill rapidly. The realisation that I had not been abandoned, that Kane and Knox didn't truly love Connie, and that they hadn't rejected me flooded me with a mix of relief and excitement. All the pent-up emotions, the confusion and the ache of separation seemed to evaporate with the warmth of his touch.

In that moment, I didn't want to waste precious time on questions or doubts. All I wanted was to