Chapter 41: So Are You

Ann’s POVJack stared at me for a long moment after I told him.Reginald.The name settled between us like something rotten, heavy and impossible to take back. I watched his face change in ways I could not fully read: shock first, then anger, then a darker thing that pushed his wolf so close to the surface I could feel it from where I stood.The warmth that had surrounded us in the garden, the easy laughter, the small miracle of the babies moving beneath his palm… everything shifted and narrowed to the single, terrible fact I had just given him.I immediately regretted telling him. Not because I feared he would hurt me, but because the truth altered the moment we had been sharing. He had placed his hand on my stomach, had laughed with me, and had been gentle. Now the laughter was gone and the garden felt too bright and too exposed.Jack rubbed a hand over his face.I called out to him but he turned away, and the movement hurt more than I expected.My heart sped up. “Jack?” I repeated

Última actualización : 2026-09-16

Chapter 42: The Right to Claim

Mara’s POVI woke up angry, and the anger didn’t burn out after breakfast. It sat under my skin, too sharp to ignore.Ann’s words kept replaying in my head: “Find a better hobby.”The look she’d given me before she walked away stung more than it should have. I hated it. I hated the idea that Jack might be proud of her for it. That thought pushed me out of Blackwood before the sun had fully warmed the courtyard.I told myself I was doing my duty.Gamma’s work wasn’t supposed to be personal: investigate, protect the pack, keep trouble from the Alpha’s door. Ann had arrived from nowhere, refused to explain herself, and somehow ended up living in the Alpha residence.That deserved scrutiny. Jack had warned me not to dig into her past for personal reasons. Fine. This wasn’t personal, and I knew that he should have known better than to say that when he knew the reality of how personal this was.The neutral town between three territories was the kind of place where rumors gathered like dust

Última actualización : 2026-09-17

Chapter 43: That Name Was Enough

Jack’s POVI sent for Tristan before I could change my mind.That small act annoyed me more than it should have. I wasn’t indecisive by nature. Give an order, expect it done. That was how I ran things. If new information required a new course, I changed it and moved on, but this felt different. The investigation had never sat right with me, and now I knew enough, more than enough.Tristan arrived with the folder he’d been filling on Silverstone. He took one look at my face and slowed. “That expression is never good,” he said.“Close the door,” I told him.He raised an eyebrow but obeyed. Then he crossed to the desk and set the folder down. “I was going to come find you anyway,” he said. “I have another contact who might confirm whether Logan moved patrols the night Ann disappeared.”“No.” The word came out sharper than I intended. Tristan stopped mid-sentence, the folder still in his hands. “Stop the investigation.”He stared at me for a long second, then looked down at the papers as

Última actualización : 2026-09-19

Chapter 44: For Judgment

Ann’s POVTristan found me near the eastern garden just before dinner. I had been walking alone, moving slowly with one hand resting beneath the curve of my stomach while the evening air moved softly through the trees. The babies had been active all afternoon; every small movement distracted me, and every kick made me stop and smile as if it were the first time I had felt them. For a few minutes I actually managed to forget everything else.Then I saw Tristan standing ahead of me. He was not smiling, and something tightened inside me the moment I reached him.“Ann,” he said.I slowed my pace. “Tristan,” I answered.He waited until I stood beside him, then his eyes swept the garden to make sure no one was close enough to overhear. That careful look

Última actualización : 2026-09-20

Chapter 45: Not Ready to Run

Jack’s POVAnn walked into my office without knocking. She usually paused outside long enough for me to hear her gathering courage, but this time the door opened hard and fast. She shut it behind her and faced me with her shoulders squared.“Were you investigating who fathered my babies?”I set the report in my hand on the desk. There were several ways to answer her question and I chose the worst. “How did you find out?”A humorless laugh escaped her. “So it’s true.”“Ann.”“Don’t say my name like I’m overreacting.”“I’m not.”

Última actualización : 2026-09-21

Todos los capítulos de Once Lost, Twice Found: Capítulo 41 - Capítulo 45

Chapter 41: So Are You

Chapter 42: The Right to Claim

Chapter 43: That Name Was Enough

Chapter 44: For Judgment

Chapter 45: Not Ready to Run