Briefing

Despite Derek and Magnus' good-intentioned persuasions to get some rest, Hade did nothing of the sort, choosing instead to make more productive use of the free time given to him.

First of all, he rebuffed his connection to the coherent energy orbs he had infused into Asher's body.

He had to. After all, controlling the little things remotely was proving a lot more difficult a job to do than he had first anticipated.

Not to exaggerate but it was like trying to steer a chariot of skittish wild horses, only you had to do it using nothing but fragile threads of spider silk.

The problem wasn't so much keeping the orbs hidden and out of sight as it was keeping them in shape- so that they didn't spiral out of control and turn Asher's insides into bloody paste.

'As long as Darla doesn't perform any surprise checkups, I should be fine,' Hade thought to himself, wiping off a small drop of sweat from his face.