Todos los capítulos de Once Lost, Twice Found: Capítulo 21 - Capítulo 30

Reginald’s POVBy noon I had questioned twenty-three servants, nine guards, four drivers, and every member of the kitchen staff who had been awake after ten the previous night. I still knew nothing.That was the part that made my anger impossible to control.People did not simply vanish from Silverstone. Not from my estate. Not from behind walls watched by wolves who had spent years learning every entrance, every corridor, every inch of the territory.Yet Ann had somehow disappeared. No scent trail. No tracks leading into the forest. No torn fabric snagged on a fence. No one had reported seeing her pass through the gates. It was as if she had stepped into the night and ceased to exist.I leaned forward in my chair and stared at the terrified maid standing on the opposite side of the council table. Her hands trembled around the tray she’d brought in with her answers.“You brought her dinner?” I asked. “You were the one who took the tray to her room?”“Yes, Alpha,” she whispered.“At wh

Jack’s POVI knew questions would follow the moment I carried Ann through Blackwood’s gates, with blood on her dress and three frantic heartbeats under her ribs.Packs lived on stories, and an Alpha bringing home a pregnant omega without explanation was the sort of rumor that could travel from one end of the territory to the other before breakfast. I expected whispers, what I did not expect was Mara intercepting me in the corridor before I even reached my office.She walked toward me with that look she wore when she was about to tell me something I didn’t want to hear.Mara Hale had earned her place as Gamma through competence and a stubborn refusal to be cowed by titles. She was a fighter, a commander, and someone who had once been part of my life in a way that had never promised anything permanent. That history didn’t matter now as her concern was the pack’s safety, and she wasted no time getting to the point.“What are you doing?” she demanded. “And don’t try to hide anything, Jack

Ann’s POVI had only meant to return to my room.Doctor Anderson had finally cleared me to leave the medical wing that morning, though he’d repeated his warnings about resting so often I suspected Jack had leaned on him to make sure I understood every one.The room Jack had prepared was exactly as he’d promised: large without feeling overwhelming, warm cream walls, a comfortable bed, a small sitting area by the windows, and a private bathroom with more towels than I could imagine needing. The windows looked out over the western gardens, and the door locked from the inside.But I knew that staying in the room for too long would make my thoughts feel louder, and given the situation, I thought I could manage the short distance between the gardens and the Alpha residence alone. Blackwood felt less frightening than it had the day I arrived… it wasn’t fully safe, but at least I no longer felt the need to look over my shoulder with every step.I almost reached the staircase to my floor when

Mara's POVFor a moment, I froze as I looked at Tristan, my heart racing against my ribcage as I tried to allow myself to digest his words before I shook my head.“Don’t you dare stand there and act like you understand this,” I snapped.“I know exactly what I am talking about,” he replied casually.“No, you do not,” I said, stepping closer. “You have never watched someone walk into a place you have spent years earning your position in and suddenly become more important than everyone else.”“I am worried about you,” he said, “and I think that I have every right to be if you are going to act without using your brain, Mara.”“I am done with this conversation, it seems to me that it is nothing more than yo

Logan’s POVBy the time the fourth guard lay dead on the interrogation chamber floor, I knew Reginald was slipping beyond the edge of reason.The man’s body was facedown on the cold stone, blood spreading in a slow, obscene bloom beneath his throat. The room smelled of iron and wax and the faint, sour tang of fear. Everyone else in the chamber had gone still as if silence itself might stop whatever had happened from happening again. No one moved. No one breathed loudly. No one dared meet the Alpha’s eyes.Reginald stood a few feet away, his fingers stained dark, his chest heaving, his wolf blazing through his golden irises. He stared at the dead warrior as though killing him had been a test and the test had failed to satisfy the hunger that had been eating at him since Ann vanished. The guard had made one mistake: he co