All Chapters of Oops! Still Your Mate : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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Chapter Thirty One.

The two days passed in a blur with Ivy moving mechanically through the days. She attended to pups, are her meals, responded when spoken to. All of it automatically, and in the surface. Underneath, she was counting, measuring,preparing.Awaiting the D-day and it finally arrived. She became more withdrawn from Tessa, limiting their conversation, not because she didn't trust Tessa. She did. But Tessa knew too much about her, knew her expressions to the latter and would definitely find out if something was wrong with her. So she stayed away fearing she would reveal too much if she spent more time with her. Because if Darius had an eye on the pack which he definitely did, a whispered conversation was sure to reach his ears. The night before the meeting she barely slept. Not from fear exactly — she had examined the fear carefully and found it manageable, smaller than she expected now that the decision was fully made. It was more the particular restlessness that comes when the mind has com

Chapter Thirty Two

Lucas was humming a tone to himself, going about his work, checking reports before bringing them to Zeke in his small office when the door was pushed open. He waited patiently for the footsteps to follow and when he heard no footstep, he raised his head to glance at the door way when he saw her. Tessa. He blinked twice, thinking his eyes were deceiving him for a moment because the Tessa he was seeing now wasn't the Tessa he knew. The Tessa he knew was composed. Sharp-tongued and steady in the particular way that reminded him of Ivy on the days Ivy was being serious rather than performatively unbothered. The Tessa he knew met every situation with a raised eyebrow and a cutting remark and an expression that said she had seen worse and found it unimpressive. She was one of the most internally settled people he had encountered in the pack, which was part of what had drawn his attention to her in the first place — that quality of someone who knew exactly where they stood and didn't need

Chapter Thirty Three

The door flung open before Zeke could register what was going on. Lucas appeared at the doorway, his eyes flat, jaws tight, face morphed into an ugly expression that Zeke hadn't seen before. Zeke's heart skipped a beat as he took it in. Something was wrong and there was only one thing that could make Lucas look that way, that serious.“What's…”“She's missing.” Lucas stated, in a tone that left no argument. Zeke's eyes widened slightly, he knew who Lucas was referring to but choosed not to believe. “You mean…” he leaned back into his chair. “Yes. Ivy.” Lucas reinforced and stepped into his office. “Tessa came to me and told me the news earlier today.”“Since when? How many hours ago?” Zeke asked, his hands gripping his desk slightly even as his facial expression remained neutral. “That's what I don't know.” Lucas dropped to the sofa. “From what we know, she might have been missing since dawn or even last night.” “Last night?” Zeke's breathing caught and that was when he felt it.

Chapter Thirty Four

When Ivy woke up, the first time she did was to look around, but she could barely see a thing as the darkness obscured her vision. The chirping of insects echoed in the night and ivy shifted uncomfortablely. The cold swept through her skin, leaving her shivering and slowly, her eyes adjusted to the darkness.She took a deep breathe - breathing slowly through her nose before allowing herself to feel. Cold walls, damp floors. The place felt like an abandoned warehouse and when she could finally see, her thoughts were justified. Broken chairs and remnants of chemicals littered the room. The smell of the damp earth, iron and the chemicals hit her nostrils and she raised her gaze towards the wall. A small rectangular window near the ceiling gave her a view of the grey sky and her heart dropped into her stomach. It was night already, she realized with a growing feeling of unease, the whole pack must have known that she was missing now and she had torn thoughts about what they would think

Chapter Thirty Five

Ivy stirred slowly in her sleep and shot her eyes open, pushing her body up from her lying position but that only served to send jolts of pain down her leg. The floor was still cold but she was sure they had changed her location.She wasn't sure how she was supposed to contact Zeke when she was unsure of the location but that was the point, wasn't it?“Fuck.” She cursed. And as before, the room was dark. No window, no source of light. She heard heavy boots moving towards the door and was just in time to slam her eyes close as the door flung open. Footsteps crossed the cell floor. She could feel the presence of him before he spoke — the particular way large people occupied space, the shift in the air. He crouched in front of her. She could hear the creak of his knees and smell unwashed clothing and something metallic underneath."You're finally up," he said. Something in his voice suggested he found this genuinely entertaining. "There's no way your mate would have any idea where you a

Chapter Thirty Six

Petra shifted in her position and placed her hands on her laps, her beaded eyes staring at Ivy. She cleared her throat and began. Ivy listened attentively without interruption which proved to be the hardest thing she had ever done. She stayed still and kept her face neutral, allowing the words pour out, soaking into her ears even as the questions piled in her mind.And slowly, she started to put things together, to understand the stories Petra was saying. Everything took shape in her head. The Hale couple - her parents were hardworking and smart mid-rank wolves when Darius approached them with a deal. Not coerce, he recruited them. Get close to the alpha couples, know their schedules, pass it over to Petra who would in turn tell Darius. For elevation in the pack, protection and a promise of status for their daughter. The end game was the death of the alpha couples, that they were aware of. Ivy winced when Petra said that. Maybe because in a tiny corner of her mind, she had hoped her

Chapter Thirty Seven

The search party had been moving for seven hours with no break when Lucas pulled Zeke over. He had insisted against being left in the pack when every other person is out there, searching for Ivy. Zeke had been skeptical before but he begrudgingly agreed when he figured he might need someone he knew so well out there. So another beta was left to manage the pack for the time being even though Darius still held the greater power. “You need to eat something.” Lucas told Zeke.“No.” Came Zeke's simple reply. Lucas said nothing as he fell back into formation. He didn't know how it felt to lose a mate because he didn't have one yet but he could only imagine Zeke's pain even when he had spent his days denying feeling anything towards ivy. The search party moves through the territory between the pack's eastern border and the rival pack's known boundaries — forty square kilometers of forest and rough terrain that Zeke has mapped in his head since he was seventeen. He knows every crossing poi

Chapter Thirty Eight

The pack became even worse and if they was something Tessa hated, it's when things became even more worse than they had been. And so she hated the pack. She had never hated the pack quite as much as she does in the thirty six hours after Ivy disappeared. Not all of it. She didn't hate the pups who questioned her every hour when the Luna lady would be back, the pups that acted rude and angry at Enid when she visited. Didn't hate the clinic staffs that had dismissed Enid when she asked what was there to do, the clinic staffs that had been around her, consoling her and helping her with things all in a bid of finding Ivy, not Mika who tended to her plants with a distressed expression but said nothing because Mika is known for saying nothing, not the parents that helped search for clues, not the kitchen staff that leaves back a plate of food everytime incase of anything. Not them, that's part she was grateful of. It was the other part. The ungrateful ones that didn't know ivy the way the

Chapter Thirty Nine

It was the second dawn since she had been abducted and ivy woke up to noises with pains all over her body. Misty stirred almost immediately. “They are almost here.” She said with a tone that could only come with confirmed confidence.“How are you so sure?” Ivy asked with a sigh. She didn't want to lose hope but she couldn't even feel Zeke and she was told by Petra that the mate bond is weak so Zeke wouldn't be able to reach her through it. “I felt Leer and he's coming.” Misty purred. “Finally, I hope so.” Ivy muttered and straightened up against the wall with a wince. The door kicked open and the soldier from before walked in with a bucket. “Zeke's mate.” The man muttered as he stepped closer. His fingers trailed her chin before grabbing her face not so gently. “It's a pity that boy, Zeke has you all to himself but since he's lost you, I would love to see how good you are, coupled with the fact that he hadn't touched you.” He snickered and squatted to her level.“Go. To. Hell. Yo

Chapter Forty

Zeke moved before he could think, his mind being completely controlled by Leer who had gone feral from seeing his mate in that condition and from the wolf fever. A broken howl escaped his lips and his hands curled over the soldier's neck. The man gasped and scratched at his hands but he didn't budge. His claws were slowly pushing out and they dug into the soldier's throat. “No one touches my mate.” He roared before flinging the man across the room. His men stood dumbfounded by the irrational act as they watched him cross the distance, walking over to the man with a predatory aura, his body screamed death. “Zeke.” Lucas called but he wasn't spared a glance. He turned his head towards ivy who still had that smile on her face. “Ivy.” His voice was a plea.“Oh yes.” Ivy nodded. “Stoneheart.” She called and Zeke stopped in his steps. Slowly, he turned towards her, eyes gazing her over as they regained their colour. “Ivy,” he breathed out - probably the first real breath he had taken si

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