The Golden Trio had spent an entire day in the library, and neither Hermione or Harry had found the answer to Harry's questions about Draco, or had thought of a way to tell Ron what was going on. They were just about to give up when Draco Malfoy himself walked into the library. He looked almost as pale as he had the other night, but this time he had dark smudges under his eyes. Draco was carrying a fairly large stack of books in his arms and looked as though he were somewhere far away as he headed towards the very back of the library. Hermione nodded at Harry, giving him the go ahead, and Harry quickly began to follow Draco, who was standing close to a book shelf up against one wall. Draco seemed to push a piece of the wood design, and suddenly, and oh so silently, the bookshelf moved to the side to reveal another bookshelf behind it. Draco quickly placed his books on the shelf and grabbed a few more before the shelf suddenly close back up. When Draco turned his eyes caught Harry's for a moment, going wide with shock as Draco lost his grip on his books. Draco blushed but quickly stooped down to pick up the fallen books. Harry quickly moved to help and the first book he picked up he glanced over the title than froze.

He read it a dozen times before glancing at Draco, who had gather the other books and was staring at the book in Harry's hand like it had betrayed him. When Draco didn't seem to be planning on explaining himself, Harry asked, "Nymphs, Half nymphs, and Quarter Nymphs, How to tell when you have found a mate?"

Draco licked his lips and said, "Yes, I'm doing an extra credit project. Now would you mind?"

Harry ignored Draco and opened the book to the table of contents, and read, "Dreams, fluctuation in magic, changes in mood, attracting magical forest creatures… So this is what the bloody plant was talking about, your part…"

Draco suddenly placed his hand over Harry's mouth and said, "Please just stop, I'll leave you and your friends alone, I won't pick any more fights, just stop."

Draco looked closed to tears so Harry took his hand and asked, "What if I don't want you to leave me alone?"

Draco looked startled and confused, which Harry found adorable, especially when his voice was soft when he asked, "What do you mean?"

Harry smiled and said, "The plant told me quite a bit about you, it also told me the only real reason it let me take you was because it was clear to it that I was your mate. I just couldn't figure out what all it meant till I saw that book. I'm not going to reject you Draco, in fact just the opposite, ever since I saw you all bound up and beautiful, I just can't get it out of my head, and I don't want to. If I didn't think you were in danger I would have probably tried to convince the plant to keep us there, to keep us bound together forever."

Draco was blushing and his eyes were glued on where Harry was holding his hand. After a moment he sucked in a breath and asked, "What are you getting at?"

Harry's smile turned wicked and he leaned forward to whisper into Draco's ear, "I know I'm your mate, I know you want me, want me inside you so you can feel completed, and I know if I come inside you even once then I'll never want anyone else, but that you won't ever want anyone else either, and I'm okay with that."

Draco shuddered, and for the first time in his history, he was glad that he had been captured by the Shrub of Modus!