With a sluggish moan, she turned to the other side of the bed only for her hand to feel something cold yet fleshy.

Her eyes snapped open and connected with piercing green orbs that scared the shit out of her.

"Christ, Asher! " She exclaimed and sat up.

"You scared the hell out of me " She complained, tugging a stray lock of her dark hair behind her ear.

"I'm sorry " Asher apologized, reached out his hand, and pulled her towards him. She didn't resist, instead snuggled against his chest.

"You missed a lot today, "Lia told him and he glanced down at her with curious eyes.

"Tell me, what did I miss? " he asked interestedly.

" Daniel came "

There wasn't much surprise in his eyes, "I know, I called him "

"Yeah, he told me."

"We played a prank on Trevor who wouldn't let us have a private time together. We apparently sped away and he spent the next hour marathoning the hospital in the guise of searching for us " She narrated to him and saw a smile grace his lips

"You're bad " he pinched her cheeks.

Lia laughed heartily, "What do you expect me to do, he kept tailing us? I just thought of keeping him busy for a while "

After a while of vigorous laughing, she was calm enough to relay the bad news.

"We have a problem though "

He lifted his head, "What is it? "

She licked, then bite on her lower lips nervously," My mom kind of believes Daniel is my boyfriend"

For a while, Asher didn't say anything which scared her. His expression was blank and his eyes were boring straight into hers, making her uncomfortable.

Lia began to stammer "T-there was ...n-nothing I co - "

" It's better "

"Huh?" Confusion crossed her face, what is he talking about?

"At least one of us would be readily available to protect you and your family without restriction "

Lia blinked, she totally wasn't expecting this; he did a total three sixty degrees surprise on her.

She shook her head with a doubting expression,"You're not angry? Mad? Furious? disappointed? betrayed - "

Asher silenced her with a sudden, short yet hot kiss that left her breathless and stunned.

"I'm looking at the bigger picture here, Lia. I know I can be selfish sometimes but your safety matters above any other thing, and if it means losing you so you could survive, then so be it " He said decisively

Truthfully, Lia was moved by his words; she was touched by the level of concern her mates have for her, but her brows couldn't help but furrow together at his comment.

"It's still unfair to you, you're one of my mates too " She insisted.

Then his lips curled up "Fine, he's your boyfriend but you've forgotten I'm still your principal at school " His sexy mouth reminded her suggestively, just as his hands moved to her ribs and he started to tickle her.

"No Asher! Stop! " Lia screamed with laughter as he tickled her.

"You say? "

"I-it st… tickles " She struggled to speak as a result of the sensation brought on by the trickling.

But he still didn't listen and continued to tease her without noticing the subtle changes in Lia's demeanor until she out of nowhere flipped him over with a momentum that made the bed squeak and snap - a part of the bed was broken.

Asher was stunned, how did his mate get this strong? He knew the amount of force that was applied on him, an ordinary human would have something broken in his body by now.

Then he looked up and frowned, Lia's eyes had dilated and darkened.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? ".He tried to touch her face but she grabbed his hand in a tight grip and pinned it to the bed.

" Lia " He whispered warningly when she suddenly lowered her head and bit him hard on the neck.

Asher tried to withdraw his hands but she bared razor-sharp teeth at him which left him more confused.

Razor-sharp teeth were signatory features of werewolves while fangs were signatory attributes of vampires, so why was she baring those teeth at him? Why was her aggressive werewolf side trying to seduce him?

"Lia, It's true I like my woman being proactive in bed but right now, you're scaring the shit out of me " Asher confessed but the person in question growled at him.

" Call me Mate! "

"Ma-wait-what?! "

" Call me mate?! " She demanded furiously as her eyes flashed a glowing yellow then switched to a glowing blue.

"Fine! Mate! You're my mate! You're my mate, Lia! " he surrendered while eyeing the talons that were slowly caressing his face.

"Good boy, our mate is good, a good boy," She said in a singsong while Asher was praying internally, "please get that talon away from my face "

Raphael just drained him of werewolf venom yesterday and in the process of feeding, he hungrily killed an innocent human. He wasn't sure he would be able to take that venom being in his system again.

But he was snapped out of his thoughts when Lia lowered her head and began to nibble his ear affectionately causing Asher to grasp at the sheets beneath him, was she even aware she was turning him on?

She moved to lick his ears, then face, and finally settled on his neck - Asher knew he was now officially a dead man.

" Lia don't "

" Mate! "

He realized his mistake and corrected himself with immediate effect " Mate, please don't "

But it seems his pleading made her all the more excited because she kissed him there, on the nape of his neck causing him to moan loudly - that place wasn't considered one of the erogenous zones for nothing.

His self-control was slowly slipping, God please help me.

While he was distracted, her hands slowly unbuttoned the first top buttons and delved inside his shirt.

Asher's throat dried up, the girl was slowly killing him and the worst was that he couldn't escape, she held him hostage with her talons; just being in a close perimeter with it worried him.

"Li-mate, have mercy on me. I don't know how much longer I can hold myself back" he pleaded but she smirked at him wickedly.

She ripped off the rest of the button, sending them popping off in diverse directions, then sucked on his nipples.

Asher grunted and writhed but the she-devil went ahead to even touch him down there.

He moaned in pleasure and swarmed in the sea of sensation she continuously gave him but when he was close to coming, she stopped.

Asher screamed profanities.

His eyes darkened, and he somehow overpowered her and rolled her over on her back finally.

"What do you think you're doing?!" he yelled at her.

"Mate! No good boy! " Lia growled at him and tried to roll him over but Asher stood his ground and they began to struggle till they rolled off the bed and fell on the ground.

Asher suffered much of the impact since she used him as a cushion during the fall and was yet to recover when he heard the ripping of clothes, followed afterward by the snapping of bones.

His eyes flew open, it better be not…

Yes, it was.

He was more than shocked to see a majestic yet gigantic framed wolf standing right in front of him with a threatening snarl.

" Climb up mate! "

He heard this voice in his head and was dumbfounded. This must be a product of his hallucination.

The wolf barked at him just as the thought came into his head again, this time more sternly.

" Climb up the bed! "

Was she talking to him? In his head? What the

Asher put his hand up and cautiously crawled back into the bed. The white wolf watched his movement with narrowed eyes before hopping onto the bed after him.

He knew he was in a tight spot and didn't try anything stupid, like trying to escape or overpowering her. Since her wolf recognized him as one of the other mates, he was probably in safe hands, right? Probably?

The voice was heard again, " Lie down and put your arms around me "

Asher's lips quirked up, that wouldn't have been a strange request if she was in her human form.

" You don't want to? "

"Of Course not "

Asher gulped, then carefully placed his hand on where he would gladly like to think was its stomach and not its butt.

He heard her purr, " Good boy "

Then shut its eyes.

Asher lay like a statue, he didn't even dare to remove his hand even after he was sure the wolf had fallen asleep.

What the hell just happened?

One moment he was playing around with his mate, the next moment his mate's wolf paid him a visit - a scary one - he would never forget this one easily throughout his immortality.

Asher's attention was grabbed when he touched a warm body, she was back - thankfully - but naked.

He felt his below stir and quickly looked away, temptation seems to be his friend today.

Asher stood up from the bed and wrapped Lia warmly with the duvet, making sure to cover her whole body.

Then, he picked up his phone and called Daniel, there has to be a reasonable explanation for this.