Fated to the Alpha–And His Triplet Brothers novel Chapter 176

Chapter 176: Memories

*~Hazel’s POV~*

I stood frozen, locked in Cayden’s arms, both of us gripping each other like the other might vanish. His body trembled slightly under my hands, Then, slowly, he pulled away.

My breath caught.

The terrifying form I had seen horns, black veins, inhuman wings—was gone. In its place was the Cayden I knew. The gorgeous, sharp-jawed Cayden with the piercing eyes

He cupped my chin gently and forced me to meet his gaze.

"Hazel..." he began, his voice low, uncertain. "There’s something we need to tell you."

Something about the way he said it made my chest tighten. I swallowed hard.

He continued. "We wiped your memory."

I blinked.

The words didn’t register at first. It was like he had spoken a language I didn’t understand.

"You... what?" I breathed.

Cayden nodded solemnly. "You were right. Those weren’t the first moments of you seeing your babies. You’ve held them... you’ve named them... you’ve laughed and cried with them. But you couldn’t remember because... we took that from you."

My heart stopped. The air left my lungs.

"What are you... saying?" My voice trembled. "I’ve... already met them?"

Cayden glanced at the ground, guilt heavy in his expression. "Thirty weeks You spent three weeks with them. But something happened, Hazel. Things got dangerous

too dangerous. So... we took your memories, to protect you. We thought it was the only way."

I couldn’t speak. Couldn’t breathe. My entire chest caved in. I felt like I was being torn apart from the inside.

"Hazel..." he reached for me, but I stepped back.

"You erased my memories," I whispered. "You erased three weeks of my children from me."

Caspian stepped forward, arms folded, his jaw tight. "It was me and Aurora’s plan, we did it to take..."

But before he could finish, Cayden whipped around, eyes sharp. "No. Don’t tell her. We show her. When we get home, Hazel, we’ll show you everything."

"Show me?" I snapped. "You want to show me the pieces of my life you ripped out of my head like they were never mine to begin with?!"

Pain cracked through me and it hurts like hell. The reason I felt hollow... the reason my dreams didn’t make sense... the reason I felt like a stranger to my own babies—they did this.

My hand curled into a fist. I turned sharply to my mother. "Did you know?"

Her face fell. "No. I swear to you, I didn’t. I’ve been begging you to remember. I didn’t know they’d taken your memories."

She looked between Cayden and Caspian. "This is wrong. Hazel has every right to be angry."

Then she stepped away from us all.

"I have to go."

They had told me.

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