Connie POV
I stood in the dimly lit hallway, trying to steady my racing heart. The confrontation with Kane earlier had left me shaken. His cold dismissal replayed in my mind, each word cutting deeper than the last. How dare he treat me like that? After everything I'd done to be the perfect mate, to fit into this pack, to make a place for myself as his Luna.
And then to see her—Lottie—waltzing back into my home as if she owned the place—the audacity. Jealousy coiled tight in my chest, mingling with anger and a simmering instability I could no longer ignore. I needed reassurance, validation—something to anchor me before I spiralled further.
If Kane wouldn't give it to me, then I hoped that perhaps Knox would.
But as I made my way toward Knox's room, wrapped in my most alluring lingerie—a
