All Chapters of Oops! Still Your Mate : Chapter 71 - Chapter 79

The elders looked at themselves. Each reaction was different. Some people looked at Darius in disgust, others were scared to show what they really felt. Some were horrified - who wouldn't be. But Darius… he didn't seem to care, he stood tall among them. His eyes flickering towards Tessa in measured calculation. Like he knew something. “Why's he staring at me like that? It's creepy. Make it seems like I'm the one losing when he's clearly about to lose.” Tessa grumbled. “There's nothing he can do.” Ivy assured. Darius crossed his arms across his chest and then turned to glance at Zeke who was looking at him with an unreadable expression. Lucas was nowhere to be seen. He had left the arena somehow.At the other end of the hall, other set of elders stood, this group was the one that seemed to be aware of what had been going on, but they were divided into two. One group was aware but was too scared to speak up, those were the one having the gaze of recognition. Too scared to speak up b

Her father sighed as he watched her but she only smiled. It was already enough. It wasn't like her mother had actually wanted to let her go, it was just circumstances and not every newly born mother would go out of their way to protect their child, in a manner that could cost them their lives. “Tessa, are you sure about this? Are you ready?” ivy asked and placed her hands over her arms. “I've already done it, ivy. Petra had suffered enough.” She muttered. “And so have you.” But Tessa shook her head.“She left me with the best people, I didn't suffer growing up.” She clarified. When she looked at Petra, she was already staring at her with gratitude in her eyes. “I knew it.” They all turned to Darius. He was fuming in anger. “I always knew it that I needed to watch out for you, you're just like her right? Sent by the moon goddess to disrupt my life. I should have known. She must have sent you.” He pointed his fingers at Tessa. “You never listen.”“Stop trying to justify yourself, ol

By the next morning, the pack members had already guessed what was happening. Rumors had spread out faster than Zeke and Lucas would want it to. The elders had informed their families who in turn informed other families but there was no official statement yet. So the pack members waited to hear from the horse's mouth - Zeke. They didn't want to believe what they were hearing because it would only serve to remind them how foolish they were, allowing the murderer of their beloved alpha couple take over the alpha position. At dawn, Zeke was already up, not because of any tactical operation but because he needed to talk with Darius. To see him one more time before he left. To his surprise, almost all pack members were already up, waiting. They bowed when he walked past but he didn't give them anything, just that unfathomable expression of his. Lucas joined him at a point in his walk. They headed for Darius apartment, quietly, with nobody saying anything, just swimming in their thoughts

“Stoneheart.” She breathed out. “Hmm…?” Zeke leaned back in the chair, his hands crossed against his chest, his lips pulled into a smirk.They stayed like that for a moment, just staring at each other. The tension in the air thickened as their eyes clashed, with no one backing down. “Come here.” Zeke finally muttered, stretching out his hands to her. Ivy nodded and took in a deep breath before walking towards him. As she reached him, she placed her hands on his outstretched hands and just waited. Zeke looked down on her hands in his and stood up, leading her away from where he sat to the couch across the room. “Sit.” He instructed and she obeyed, falling in a trance under his dark eyes - like a deep dark abyss. He watched as she sank into the couch, obeying him and he smiled. He let go of her hands and she placed them on her thighs, watching him walk away. When he returned, he heard two cups of freshly processed milk and handed one over to her. Ivy accepted the cup and took a s

Lucas and Tessa stayed at the park for sometime, catching up with everything that had been happening. The sky was becoming dark when Tessa decided to leave. She was supposed to have dinner with her parents and Petra, the first time Petra would be meeting her best friend. In Inver twenty years. Lucas walked her back to the heart of the pack and watched her head towards her parents house. He took in a deep breath and turned towards the alpha's chambers, heading towards Zeke's house. When he reached there, he placed a knock on the door and he heard Zeke's voice from inside the room. “Come in.” So he pushed the door open and stepped in. The first thing he noticed was the empty coffee cups laying on the table and his eyes caught Zeke and ivy, seated on the same sofa. His eyes twitched and he just stood, watching them, saying nothing. Zeke stared at him for a while, probably waiting for him to make any comment about what he saw, the way he would have done if he didn't have anything both