Chapter 1: The Price Of Survival

Ann's POVA groan came through the cracked door of the abandoned storage corridor, freezing the blood in my veins but I leaned closer with my lantern trembling violently in my hand and peered through the narrow sliver of darkness.My free hand instantly clamped over my own mouth, stifling the horrified gasp that from my throat as disbelief gushed over me.Inside the cramped and dusty space, Alpha Reginald Ashcroft had his Beta, Logan Fisher, pinned flush against the stone wall and they were kissing! Well, except it wasn't just a kiss but rather a violent and desperate collision as if they were trying to consume one another alive.Reginald’s massive hands were tangled fiercely in Logan’s dark hair with his hips grinding into the Beta’s with an unrestrained hunger while Logan’s fingers clawed frantically at the Alpha’s broad shoulders, pulling him closer until there was absolutely no space left between them.My mind violently rejected what my eyes were seeing.This was Alpha Reginald..

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Chapter 2: The Golden Cage

Ann's POVThe match flickered out, plunging the small room back into absolute darkness but Alpha Reginald did not move from the edge of my bed.I remained on the floor with my back pressed so hard against the door that the iron lock dug into it. I was paralyzed with my lungs refusing to take in enough air.“You move quietly for a maid,” Reginald’s voice came through the blackness calm and chillingly conversational. “But you breathe too loud when you’re terrified and you smell... sweet. Your wolf woke up tonight, didn’t she?”“Please,” I whispered with my voice cracking. “I won't say a word. I swear on the Moon Goddess, Alpha. Let me leave. I’ll run into the rogue lands. You’ll never see me again.”The bed creaked as he stood. He crouched down and his large hand reached out in the dark with his rough fingers wrapping around my jaw.“Leave?” he murmured with his thumb brushing away a tear on my cheek. “Why would I let you leave, Ann? You’ve just become the most valuable asset in this en

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Chapter 3: The Darkest Pact

Ann's POVI sat completely frozen on the edge of the massive four-poster bed of Reginald with my hands gripping the sheets until my knuckles turned white. The dress they had forced me into earlier that day felt like a straightjacket, making every breath a battle.Hours had passed since the council meeting.. hours since Reginald had kissed me in front of the elders, effectively sealing my fate and transforming me from an invisible maid into the pack’s most high-profile prisoner.The other maids had moved my meager belongings into this opulent room in total silence.I was completely isolated... a ghost wearing a Luna’s crown.My newly awakened wolf paced relentlessly inside my mind, whining and scratching at the edges of my consciousness.'Click.'The sound of the iron deadbolt sliding open echoed like a gunshot and I flinched as Alpha Reginald stepped inside and discarded his suit jacket with his white dress shirt unbuttoned at the collar, revealing the muscular column of his throat. H

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Chapter 4: The Heirs of Ruin

Ann's POVI lay perfectly still with my eyes fixed on the molding of the ceiling. The curtains were drawn tight against the morning sun but the darkness of the room perfectly matched the hollow and shattered void inside my chest. My body did not feel like my own anymore. It felt like a bruised and discarded vessel.I turned my head slowly. The massive four-poster bed was empty. Alpha Reginald and Beta Logan were gone, having slipped out before dawn to maintain their public facade and they left behind only the violently tangled sheets, the faint, metallic scent of my own blood and the overwhelming, pheromones of their combined dominance.My newly awakened wolf who had flared to life with such desperate and terrifying intensity just hours before was completely silent.I pulled the duvet up to my chin with a single silent tear slipping down my cheek and soaking into the pillow.I had survived the poverty of my childhood and I had survived two years of grueling invisible labor as a maid b

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Chapter 5: Three Heartbeats

Ann's POVFor several long seconds, I could only stare at Doctor Mercer as his words echoed through the sterile quiet of the medical room. The world seemed to narrow to a single impossible sound.Triplets.The word didn’t feel real. It hovered between us like something too enormous to belong inside my exhausted body. My fingers drifted instinctively toward my stomach, pressing lightly against the thin fabric of the medical gown as though I might somehow feel three separate lives beneath my palm.“You are certain?” I whispered, barely able to force the words out. “Triplets?”Doctor Mercer’s expression tightened. He released my hand and turned quickly toward the ultrasound machine, lowering the brightness of the screen before anyone passing the narrow window in the door could glimpse what was displayed.“I checked four times,” he said quietly. “There are three distinct heartbeats and three separate forms. Two appear stronger and positioned farther forward. The third is smaller, but aliv

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All Chapters of Once Lost, Twice Found: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Chapter 1: The Price Of Survival

Chapter 2: The Golden Cage

Chapter 3: The Darkest Pact

Chapter 4: The Heirs of Ruin

Chapter 5: Three Heartbeats