"You shouldn't have let Asher take Lia away," Ryan complained.

He couldn't understand their alpha, why did he trust that vampire so much? Vampires were sly creatures, making a deal with them was bound to backfire.

"Asher wouldn't do anything to her," Daniel told him. However, his heart was beginning to waver. Truth be told, if he were in Asher's shoe, he wouldn't agree to this ridiculous suggestion of his.

"How sure are you?" Ryan continued with his query.

"Look," The skepticism was now working him too, "Asher wouldn't do anything to her and if he does touch her, I'll feel it through the bond,"

"Whatever suits you," Ryan shrugged just as Judith made her way into the office announcing the good news.

"The pack house has been restored, you don't need to sleep at the hospital anymore,"

"Good news to you Daniel then" Ryan's lips curved in a smile, "At Least when the vampire agrees, you'd have a comfortable bed to carry out your activity," He chuckled knowingly.

Daniel gave him a dirty look.

"Why do I feel like I'm missing something here?" Judith felt left out. She has been so busy lately, putting the pack in order that she hasn't taken time to observe what's on with their alpha.

"Our alpha needs to mate at last," Ryan declared the good news?

"You can't be serious," Judith was surprised, " And here I was all day thinking of what to answer your aunt Phoebe,"

Daniel did a double back, eyes widened, "She knows?"

"Yeah, she finally knows. Days ago, she tricked the truth out of my mouth. So be sure to scan for cameras while mating," she emphasized on Mating.

"That is not going to happen," Daniel said.

"Which of it? The peeping or the mating?" Ryan asked for clarification.

"Both of them- the mating to be exact," He clarified.

"You're kidding, right?" all smiles disappeared from Ryan's face, " If you don't mate with her, how are you going to bring back her wolf - you know that's the only enticement she'd take and that has worked effectively since the days of our ancestors,"

Daniel grumbled," I'll find another way,"

"There's no other way, Alpha Daniel. You have to talk to Asher," Judith informed him.

"I know Asher, he's not going to change his mind," he defended.

"Are you for real?" Judith was shocked,

"We are werewolves. We don't ask for permission - we take what we want. Moreover, you all of people know how empty Lia would feel if she loses her wolf, neither would Iyke like that. Find your beast his mate,"

Daniel couldn't argue with that, he had to do something. But what was he going to do? Circumstance or not, both of them -he and Asher - had agreed on a deal.

Just when Daniel was thinking of a solution, Dan appeared in the middle of the room without warning, grabbed his hand, and said to the others, "We'll be back," vanishing instantly.

"Why am I here?" Daniel looked around his surrounding, he had not expected to be summoned here anytime soon.

"Just in time for this wonderful meeting, please have a seat," Asher slurred, lifting a glass of whisky to him.

"Are you drunk?" Daniel was occupied by the scene.

"No, I'm not, dumbhead," Asher insulted him, "Vampires don't get drunk but I'm pretending to be one - the feeling is gratifying,"

With his arms wrapped around his muscled chest, Daniel shook his head sympathetically. Talk about weird.

"Why am I here?" He asked, seating on the leather sofa.

"Our witch here seems to have a solution for our current problem - so she says," Asher informed while drinking straight from the bottle.

Dan and the witch were seated on the sofa while Daniel across from them with Asher leaning against Daniel's sofa from behind, engaged by his drink.

"Fine, we are all here. What's the solution?" Daniel asked, unsettled by Asher standing behind him, even though there was some space between them.

"So I heard about the problem Lia has, which requires one of you sleeping with -"

"We all know about that, go straight to the point Sabrina," Asher interrupted her, harshly. He wasn't patient anymore.

"Alright," She took a long, deep breath hoping someone doesn't take her head off after saying this.

" I can connect you both,"

"What?" Asher and Daniel chorused.

"In one word, it's identical to the spell Raphael had cast on Lia's mother. I would link you both together. But this time, the bond is much heightened. In the sense that you, Asher....." she pointed to the vampire "Would be able to control Daniel's locomotive movement since he'd be the object and be able to feel whatever he feels. In summary, you both would be one; you would see with Daniel's eyes; hear with his ears; taste with his tongue; smell with his nose; feel with his skin. How's that? "

No one said a word

Sabrina bit on her lips, "Say, something guys, your silence is unsettling," she implored.

"Yolk,"

"Eww,"

Asher and Daniel commented respectively.

"There's no way I'm letting him use my body that way," Daniel's hands went to his chest protectively.

"Hoho," Asher gave a mocking laugh,

"How great your body is! like I want to be inside it," He sneered.

And that did it! Both began to quibble back and forth like pregnant women.

"Seriously, both of you knock it off!" Sabrina screamed. God, she was going to have a headache later.

"You're not going to technically be in his body but get all the sensation," Sabrina cleared the misunderstanding.

"So in one word," It finally dawned on Asher, " You're trying to say that I'd taste the appetizer while Daniel enjoys the main course?".

Sabrina facepalmed, maybe she shouldn't have suggested this.

"Half bread is better than none," Dan reminded him.

"I refuse," said Asher the stubborn hedgehog

"You shouldn't have bothered yourself," Daniel refereed to Sabrina coming up with the idea.

"What the hell is wrong with you males? What's the big deal with sinking your eggplants in a hole?" Sabrina was tired of their arguments.

But she never expected the odd looks the trio of them - Daniel, Asher, and Dan - sent her. She just said something stupid, didn't she?

"Fine," she paraphrased, "I get it's a big deal to you, males..." she rolled her head towards heaven, "But it's Lia we're talking here - your mate - so figure it out yourself," Sabrina gave up. She shouldn't have butted into another couple's case.

Daniel and Asher's gaze connected, both starting a stare-off that lasted for five minutes till Asher asked, "You won't refuse me my right?"

"I guess I'll give you forty percent permission to my body," Daniel suggested.

"Sixty percent, you're going to be the one having most of the fun, anyway," Asher argued while Sabrina and Dan sat, watching the drama.

Daniel scoffed, he threw his head back laughing, " Nice try but Sabrina made it clear that you'd feel everything as if it happened. I say forty-five percent permission since I'll be the one doing the labor while you're more on the receiving end," He bargained.

Asher smirked, " I'll be guiding you on where to place your hand, amateur, fifty- five percent, "

Daniel snorted," Don't worry teacher Asher, I know where the hole is, "

Sabrina stood mouth agape while going red in the face. It was clear that she and Dan were no longer comfortable with where this discussion was heading.

" Fifty-four " Asher said

"Forty-seven," Daniel Countered

"Fifty-two"

"Fifty" Daniel decided

"Fine, fifty," Asher agreed.

"We have a fifty percent permission, that means you should respect any move I make," Daniel proclaimed.

"Are you guys done, finally?" Sabrina was glad to have this torturous ordeal over.

"Yes,"

"When do they start the spell?" Dan asked.

"As soon as possible, the more we linger, the faster her wolf descends into oblivion," Daniel told them.

"Or maybe you're just impatient," Asher blurted out.

" And you're not?" Daniel threw back the question at him. Both of their gazes met, communicating their replies secretly.

"Then, here comes the more awkward part; the requirement" Sabrina gulped, they would surely rip out her throat for this.

"What is it you need for the spell?" Asher questioned.

Sabrina licked her lips and said in one breath, " I need your seed,"

"What do you mean you need our -" Daniel froze when he realized what she meant by that.

There was dead silence.

Even Dan could feel the chill in the air.

"No way,"

"You gotta be kidding me,"

Yet, an hour later, they submitted the item to Sabrina timidly - as if she wanted anything to do with it- and began her spell with other things she acquired easily.

Seeing Sabrina was busy with her incantation, they quickly gave her space in order not to distract her.

"I promise you that if her wolf doesn't return after all this, I'll rip out your heart myself," was Asher's warning.

"It's going to work," Daniel assured him, scratching a spot on his neck.

"What is that?" Aster captured the bite scar on his neck. It was strange, surface wounds like that should have healed and it looked increasingly similar to the one on his neck too. It couldn't be that…

"Yes, she marked me," Daniel announced, "The distraction made it easier for me to lower my guard, resulting in her taking advantage and stabbing me,"

Then it clicked in Asher's head, " How are you going to mate with Lia if you can't get in close perimeter without her hurting you?"