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After the service was completed the other vampires came forward to shake hands with the mated couple. But Giselle and Nickolas hung back. While other vampires were shaking Winter's hand, Raphel came to Jerry and the two vampires hugged tightly. Out of all his night children, he had always been the closest to Jerry. He had always had faith that Jerry would settle down and lose some of his roughness. He was pleased to see his patience was finally paying off. Jerry patted his maker's back then put his mouth to his ear.
" Please get everyone out of here." He whispered, making his maker laugh. Raphel pulled away and smiled.
" Come, I believe my son would like some alone time with his mate before the dawn claims her." Raphel announced. Winter smiled as she felt her cheeks flush.
" Have fun tonight, sweetie." Giselle purred as she took Winter's hand.
" Excuse me?" Winter asked as her smiled faded.
" I know I don't need to tell you this but Jerry is magic in the bedroom." Giselle said as she gripped Winter's hand.
" And Giselle would know. His mouth and dick have spend a lot of time between her legs." Nickolas said with a smile.
Shock suddenly filled Jerry, pulling his eyes across the room to his mate. He frowned the second he saw Giselle and Nickolas had Winter in their grasp. Raphel, feeling Jerry annoyance, followed his eyes. The two started towards Winter and the couple right away. Giselle had a death grip on Winter's hand and Nickolas was grinning with his fangs out.
" Oh you didn't know? Jerry and I have a long history together. He and I used to.." Giselle was saying as Raphel reached them first.
" That's enough, Giselle." Raphel snapped. He took a hold of Winter's wrist and pulled her hand from Giselle.
" What? I was just informing Winter of..."
" I know what you were informing her of." Raphel said.
" Get out." Jerry snapped when he got to them.
" Oh what's the matter, Jer? Scared your mate can't handle your past?" Nickolas asked. Giselle leaned forward and smiled at Winter.
" You and I should get together. We could compare notes and I could fill you in on a few things about him." She said.
" I said get out!" Jerry hissed. " I take back your invitation to my house."
" Did you forget the rules, Honey?" Giselle asked. " The house is owned by both of you, you both have to take it back."
" I take back your invitation to my house." Winter spoke softly. Without another word, Giselle turned and walked quickly away. Nickolas just smiled and followed after her.
" Winter, let me explain..." Jerry started.
" Let me handle this, son. With your permission, I'd like to talk to your mate alone. You see the rest of your guests out." Raphel spoke up.
" Winter?" Jerry said. To her credit, she forced a smile for him.
" It's okay. Just walk them out." She said. Jerry frowned and looked from his maker to his mate before he finally turned and walked out with the others. Winter closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths. Raphel placed his hands on her arms and started rubbing them. " You don't have to ask for permission to talk to me." She said when she opened her eyes.
" Yes, I do. You are a true mated couple now. No mated male likes it when their female is alone with another male, even if that male is his maker." Raphel said with a gentle smile.
" I'm okay, Raphel. It would be stupid of me to think Jay was a virgin before me. We all have a past. I was just a little stunned to meet someone he had been with. I'm sure if he ever met any of my exs he'd have the same reactions." She said.
" If our Jerry ever met even one of your exs I can assure you the shocked feeling for last only a few seconds before he ripped the man to shreds. If you gave the names of all the men you have been intimate with or any man who had ever seen you naked, those men would be dead by morning." Raphel said. She smiled.
" Thank you for coming and doing the service for us." She said. He nodded.
" I am honored to have done it. I am glad to see Jerry finally settled down." He said.
" Winter." Jerry said as he came back into the room. Raphel looked behind him then at Winter again. He smiled and kissed her cheek.
" You know how to reach me if either one of you need me." He said before he walked out. Winter sighed and sank down into the chair behind her. Jerry closed the den doors and came towards her slowly.
" Look about Giselle." He started. Winter smiled and looked up at him.
" It's fine, really. I know I'm not the only person you have ever been with." She said. He sighed and crouched down in front of her. " Just warn me next time one of your ex-lovers is around."
" I didn't know they would come." He said.
" Are they mated?" She asked.
" Not really. They have always lived together but they have not done the ceremony. They do share blood and have sex but they will do that with almost everyone. Nickolas likes to take human lovers and when he gets tired of them he lets Giselle kill them." Jerry said as he rubbed her legs.
" Oh yeah, they sound like a lovely pair." She said dryly, making him smile.
" Her and I were never really lovers. We just slept together a few times but we were never anything serious." He explained.
" It's okay. Seriously, it is. I was just taken back, that's all." Winter said. She placed her hands on his and tilted her head. Jerry shook his head at her unasked question.
" I have never let anyone drink from me during sex but you." Winter laughed and closed her eyes.
" That question just flashed through my mind so fast I barely had time to really think about it." She said. He brought his right hand up to her chin. He squeezed it, making her look at him.
" I never drank from her either." He said. Winter smiled.
" Go lock the doors and set the alarms. I will meet you in our bedroom." She said. " They wanted to ruin our first mated night together but we aren't going to let them." He smiled and shook his head.
" No, we aren't." He said. She leaned down and gently touched his face before she kissed him.
" I love you." Winter whispered.
" I love you." He said.
The new mated couple walked together out of the den. Winter walked across him towards their room. He smiled and reached out, letting his fingers brush against her lower back. He smirked then turned and jogged up their stairs. He walked to their front door and locked it. He moved quickly to back door and checked the lock then he walked back to their hallway where he set the alarm. Jerry went to the basement door and walked in, shutting the door behind him. He slid the heavy lock in place and set their second alarm.
When he reached the bottom of the steps he broke out into a grin. Her shirt was laying on the floor. He pulled his off and dropped it to hers. He walked down the hall and noticed her shoes were pushed against the wall. He slipped his off then continued towards their room. When he found her jeans, he quickly took his off. Her panties were laying in front of their closed bedroom door. He held his breath and took his boxers off.
He opened their door and slipped in to find her sitting indian style, dead center in their bed. He shut the door and leaned against it. She smiled at him as her eyes took him in. They flowed up his legs, his thighs and his hardness. Jerry was at full attention, completely hard and his dick reached up to his belly button. She sighed loudly when her eyes moved over his tight stomach, well defined chest and arms. She bit down on the left side of her lip.
" You are so beautiful." She whispered. Jerry started towards her slowly. " You are like every women's dream man." He climbed onto the bed and over to her. Winter laid down as he came down on top of her.
" Before you came to see me, I watched and wanted you." He whispered. He leaned down and kissed the right side of her neck. " I wanted to turn you first. I planned on bring you to my bed from the start. I watched you every chance I got." He moved to the left side of her neck and kissed her lightly. " When I knew I was in love with you was the night you had me check you over for the cancer. I felt your fear, your pain but if I hadn't taken your blood into me I would have never known how bad you were. Your bravery in the face of your own death pulled me into you." He whispered. " Grown men weren't as brave as you were." He moved down to the end of her rib cage on her right side.
" I knew I loved you when you moved my things in your house." She admitted. He nodded as he sucked her skin into his mouth. " I remember thinking it was just my luck I'd meet someone and fall for them as I was dying."
" I felt your confusion and sadness." He said when he realized her skin. He moved to her left side. " I was ready to go into the sun when I thought you died." He said before he sucked in her skin again. " You are the good in me."
" You had it in you." Winter said. Jerry sighed and looked up her body. He shook his head.
" No, Love, I didn't." She frowned as she looked down at him. " As a human I would steal things and sell them. I had no desire to learn a trade as most people did. I only wanted to have sex, drink, and steal. It was easy back then. As vampire I have been much of the same. I laughed at mated males, even Raphel. When he lost his human wives I taunted him. The few vampire wives he has taken have been killed off because they were stupid and careless. I told him it was useless to have mates. Then you walked into my house with your little mirror." Winter laughed and laid her head back down.
" I had to prove to you that I knew what you were." She said. He nodded and dropped his head to her stomach.
" Enough talking. We have three hours until dawn and I am ready to start the actually mating." Jerry said.