With his face scrunched up, Dan walked into the room that spoke of Asher's joyful hanky-panky with his mate last night.

Those two were beast, their amorous grunts and moans had filled his ear last night even though the room was soundproofed.

"Have you sent her home?" Asher asked without turning his back, having sensed him.

"Yes I have, but she would hassle me later for an explanation as to how I teleported her away without contact " Dan informed him.

"If my mate asks? Explain without murmur, she's your future mistress if things go as planned" Asher ordered his right-hand man while dressing up.

For a moment there was silence save the ruffling sounds of his clothes as he went through his wardrobe until Dan asked him

"When are you going to tell her?"

"Tell her what ?" He tossed a shirt away from the shelf of his walk-in closet.

"About your second ability"

His movements stopped, eyes fixing on Dan through the mirror and answered.

"She would know when the time comes "

"And if she thinks you somehow compelled her into liking you?"

"She wouldn't. Aside from a few unavoidable circumstances so far, I've never forced her into having feelings for me"

"Hope she sees it that way," Dan told him.

Asher stepped out of the wardrobe with an expressionless face, buttoning up the rest of his shirt.

"Zukai is here "

Immediately the door to his room burst open and a pretty blue-haired lady with curves that could even make a blind man drool, stepped in.

Asher and Dan cast each other confused looks, they weren't expecting her.

"Who missed me?" She asked excitedly, dropping an unexpected kiss on Dan's cheeks before approaching Asher who propelled her away from him with his ability.

"It's just a welcome gesture" She pouted.

"Welcome or not, these cheeks are preserved for my mate alone," Asher told her straightforwardly.

Zukai's twin sister huffed irritably before scrunching her nose, picking up a strange smell in the air.

Her eyes brightened, "You finally did it with her?"

"Where's your brother?" Asher diverted her question.

"You haven't answered my question" She insisted.

"We need your brother," Dan said.

"You always need my brother" She complained, "Well, he wants me to be in charge this time; he can't handle those rude obnoxious hormonal teenagers"

"Then tell him not to worry, he won't be leaving with the bus since he needs to be in Kinney village ahead of the students, can you let him in now?"

"Fine, whatever" she rolled her eyes before her body features began to distort and alter. Soon enough, a blue-haired man with a larger body proportion stood before them.

"Teenagers frighten you" Asher mocked him before he could even glance up.

A wry smile curved Zukai's face, he changed the topic," Why do I need to head over there before them?"

"You have to help Daniel with something before the kids arrive " The vampire leader informed him.

"You would know once you arrive"

"And what about you? " Dan suddenly asked.

"What do you mean?"

"If zukai and I leave, who would protect you?"

Asher gave him the look," Protect me from what? "

"You never know what might happen in our absence and with both of us gone, it would be harder summoning the others " Dan explained.

"Don't worry, I can protect myself," Asher declared with a chuckle, "Besides I have Gideon with me, he might not be at his best at the moment but he's a strong warrior "

No matter his assurance, there was still a worried look on Dan's face. For years, he had never left their leader's side and now, he simply felt uncomfortable doing so. Also, who was to say Raphael would not pull any lousy trick behind his back.

Asher was strong and capable but he had a deep affection for family ties. Though he appeared to have a strong dislike of Raphael, Dan knew deep down the vampire didn't have the heart to kill that troublesome brother of his.

The Raven clan will come for vengeance- that was guaranteed-but with suitable and concrete evidence, they can't lay a hand on him and his homicide will be declared by the council as punishment for Raphael's many crimes if he would be bold enough to take that decision of ending his brother.

"And if something does happen to you?" Dan pressed.

"In that situation, protect my mate before coming for me even though I doubt that would happen" Asher instructed his men, already prepared to head to school.

With a deep sigh, Dan had no choice but to obey his every instruction. He went ahead to prepare since he had to spend three days with those dramatic and noisy kids.

His life was pathetic, if he had known Asher would give him the role of protecting his mate amid noisy and dramatic teenagers, he would have wandered halfway across the world by now where he won't be readily accessible.

Left alone, Dan would not have packed the sheer number of clothes he had with him since vampires don't sweat. But he had to keep up with the facade of a normal human who washed up at least three times a day.

Just as expected, Lia was waiting for him to arrive with inquisitive eyes once he arrived at the school.

"You did something to me in the morning?" She said, walking side-by-side with Dan who didn't halt even for a second.

"Did something to you? Your words are quite misleading" he told her, a hint of humor in his eyes.

"You know what I'm talking about "

"My powers evolved, that's all "

"Your powers did?" Lia asked in surprise.

Her voice was lowered in order not to draw attention but she crossed Dan, prompting him to stop.

"From now on, I don't need to make tactile contact to teleport anyone. I just need to think of the person and their destination and wham, arrival." Dan explained to the best of his ability.

"That's so awesome! " Lia exclaimed.

"For example, watch this" He gestured to Lia, directing her attention to a group of boys huddled together around a locker and watching something from a cell phone.

"Wait for it " He mumbled under his breath, "And now "

Lia saw it, there was a sudden commotion in their midst.

"What happened, where is it?" One of the confused teenagers asked with a look of disbelief.

"What did you do?"

"Nothing "

"What do you mean nothing when the phone I had in my grip disappeared suddenly?"

"Dude, I have nothing to do with this"

"Let's leave, it's about to get messy" Dan was still speaking when a punch was thrown, drawing startled screams from bystanders.

The vampire dragged her away just as more blows were thrown, creating a huge fuss in the hallway.

"Where did you send….." Her words faltered, her gaze resting in the cellphone in his grasp.

"Wow, so cool "

Dan sending her away in the morning was evidence enough to prove his claim but she needed to confirm it with her own eyes.

"Let's see what those kids were up to?" He said to her and clicked on the video.

At first, it was just two adults discussing what they had no idea about until the kissing began and clothes being peeled off - it was a pornographic video.

Dan cleared his throat awkwardly, he should have known this was the only video capable of drawing a large crowd - no wonder, there was lewd anticipation on their faces.

Lia went red in the face, the video brought flashbacks of her activities with Asher last night. Her pulse quickened while she fanned her face with her hand, why was she suddenly hot.

Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw the cellphone in Dan's hand disappear and couldn't help asking.

"Where did you send it? Back to them?"

"Back to them, my ass! Children their age should be studying; I send it to the school principal"

Lia was bewildered," You sent it to Asher! "

She looked around, then brought her voice down and spoke through gritted teeth, "What did you do that for?"

"I think you both need that more " Dan teased her before leaving.

Another blush appeared on her face, Dan heard them last night? Had she been that loud? She clasped her cheeks, why was it burning? This was so embarrassing.

"What are you doing?" Ben snapped his fingers at her face, rousing her from her fantasy.

"Nothing" She answered quickly.

Ben's brows furrowed together, "Nothing? Why are your cheeks flushed then?"

"It's nothing" She fled away to avoid his pestering - Ben could nag like a pregnant woman.

Thanks to Ben's incessant questions, they arrived at the bus late. Lia submitted her slip and entered the bus only to discover that the backseat she had targeted was occupied by Caroline and Eric.

Her eyes connected with Eric immediately sending good bumps down her arm. Why was this boy so interested in her, weird.

Caroline who sensed Eric's attention was taken from her, glanced up, and saw the source of the disturbance - that murderer! She glared at Lia, moving Eric's face away.

Lia sighed, even when she didn't do anything, all the blames were heaped on her - this was going to be such a long ride.