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Jerry laid in their bed the entire day. He touched her side, her pillow. He stared at the ceiling with his hands on his stomach. He felt sick. He reached down his bond to Raphel and was told Winter was resting safely tucked up into her own room. He wasn't going to invade her dreams again. It hadn't worked the first time so he knew it won't work a second time. He knew his mate well, so he knew she needed time and space from him. It was going to kill him but he was going to give it to her. He only hoped that Raphel was able to reach to her.

When the sun rest, Jerry headed out. He needed to feed so he was going to hit a bar, find a donor then head home. He was going to glamour someone to going outside with him right away. He was in no mood to flirt or spend any time talking to anyone, gaining their trust then drinking. In and out, quick and fast then back home.

Jerry stepped into the bar and let his eyes sweep across the area. He located his target almost right away. There was a woman sitting in the back of the bar in a booth. She was holding a drink in her hands and looked just like how he felt, deep in despair and lonely. Jerry ordered a beer, paid for it then made his way to her.

" Can I sit with you?" He asked the woman who looked up at him with wide eyes. Jerry knew the effect he had on human woman, females in general. He wasn't cocky but he knew woman were drawn to him.

" Ah, sure." She said quietly. " I won't be much company, I'm afraid." Jerry smiled and slipped across from her.

" You look upset." He commented.

" My boyfriend broke up with me." She admitted into her drink. Jerry nodded.

" My ma...wife and I are having problems as well." He said. " I saw you and thought, there is someone who feels the way I do. My name is Jared." He never gave out his real name.

" Mya." She said. " Look, I'm not looking for a rebound or something..." Jerry smiled and chuckled.

" And neither am I, I promise. I just didn't want to sit alone." He said.

Jerry and Mya sat together, talking quietly. Jerry was surprised at himself. His plan was out the door and he was opening up to this human, to a point. She was telling him the problems between her and her ex. Jerry was telling Mya about the fight with Winter, leaving out certain things and changing other things. He was feeling better at being able to unload and get some feedback from someone who wasn't involved with him and Winter.

" She is very lucky to have someone who loves her like you do." Mya said. Jerry smiled sadly but stared into his beer.

" I don't know if she will ever forgive me." He said.

" You lied to her about your past, Jared, you have to understand the way she is feeling." Mya said.

" I know but what can I do?" He asked as he looked up at her. " How can I make it up to her? How do I make her trust me again?"

" You have to be an open book. She has to be able to see through you until the trust is built back up." Mya said. Jerry sighed.

" You boyfriend is an idiot. He does not deserve you." Jerry said. Mya smiled and shook her head.

" I don't know about that." She said softly. Jerry reached forward and placed his hand on top of her hand. Mya looked straight into his eyes. Jerry leaned over the table so he was inches from her face. He needed to make sure no one could hear him when he spoke.

" You will no longer feel the heartbreak from this break up. You will wake up feeling refreshed and good about yourself. If he calls you, you will ignore his call. You feel nothing towards him anymore." Anger and despair swept through Jerry so suddenly it shocked him. He pulled back from Mya, releasing her from the glamour. His eyes swept through the crowd and found Winter with some of Raphel's family members. Her eyes were wide as she stared at him.

" Is that her?" Mya asked. Jerry glanced at her before looking back to Winter. Mya was looking back at her.

" It is." Jerry could barely get out. Winter shook her head and turned to leave the bar. She was crying, he could feel it in his heart. She had to know what he was doing. She had to know he was glamouring Mya so he could feed. She had never been comfortable watching him feed from woman.

" She is beautiful." Mya said. Jerry gripped the beer and nodded.

" I don't know what to do." He said. " I want to go to her but she doesn't want to see me."

" I'd give her some space if I were you." Mya said.

A little while later, Mya followed Jerry outside and to the back of the bar, fully under the glamour. He used his vampire power and put her under a trance quickly. He fed from her as gently as he could. Before Winter he would have taken what he needed, either killing Mya or scrubbing her mind completely. After Winter, he felt compassion for the human woman. He wanted to help her. He was going to drink then spend her home with a new outlook on life.

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Winter knew she shouldn't be upset as she used her vampire sped to run back to Raphel's place. Of course Jerry still needed to feed but she hadn't expected to see him out and so close to another woman. She hated it when he drank for women and he knew it. She was hurt and angry that he would choose a woman over a man for his feed.

' I am a liar. I was uncaring about anything and everyone but what I wanted' Jerry's voice moved through her head. ' I don't deserve you but I WILL fight for you. I WILL do whatever it takes to bring you back to me. I will be an open book to you. You can probe my mind and I welcome you to do it, please. Learn all you can but searching my thoughts and when you think you can trust me again, I will NEVER let you down.'

' Leave me alone.' Winter was proud that her voice sounded strong even though tears were pouring down her face as she walked into Raphel's house.

' I love you, my Mate.' Was the last thing sent to her from him.

Winter fed from one of Raphel's servants then returned to her room. She just needed to think.

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A week by and he heard nothing from her. Every once and a while he would get flashes of emotions from her. Anger and sadness mostly and he knew he was getting those when the emotions overwhelmed her, when she couldn't control them. They would hit him hard, stopping him in his tracks. When he would try and send calming or reassuring thoughts to her only to have the anger spike a second before he would feel her throw her shields up higher.

' I miss her so much.' Jerry sent to Raphel at the end of the week.

' She misses you. She does little more then feed and read. I am going to try something with her. There maybe a way I can transfer your feelings to her. If I can transfer them then she will see how you really feel and know it isn't lie because you can't lie to mer.' Raphel sent.

' When? When are you going to try it?" Jerry asked quickly.

' I will talk to her tonight about it. I think you should start to tell her all the things makers can do in regards to their children. Start with one thing a hour or so. You have to be open.' Raphel said.

' She has her shields up.'

' Which you can break being her maker and mate.' Raphel said.

The young looking blond viking walked down the hallway of his house and to his library where he knew his night child's mate would be. Winter would feed then spend her night there. She was barely feeding, only taking enough to keep her vampire side down. Truth was, Raphel was worried about her. She was hardly talking. When mated vampires were apart from their mates for to long they would grow depressed and Raphel thought Winter was slipping into the depression. Depression in vampires led them to do dangerous things, things that made other vampires have to put them down. Depressed vampires stopped caring about if humans saw their true forms or not and that was something the vampires could not allow to happen.

" My Darling." Raphel said as he walked into the library. Winter was curled up under a blanket in front of the fireplace with a book. She offered him a weak smile.

" Hello." Winter said, putting the book aside.

" How are you doing this evening?" He asked. He sat down on the couch beside her.

" I'm okay." She said.

" I would like to try something with you, if you would allow it." Raphel said.

" What's that?" Winter asked.

" I want to try and push my bond with Jerry into you. I want you to be able too..."

" No." Winter interrupted quickly. She stood up and shook her head. " I don't want to do this. I don't want to have anything to do with him right now."

" Winter, you need to understand something. If you continue to stay away from Jerry you are going to experience problems. Mated couples do not handle it well being apart from each other. We need to find a way to correct this. I know Jerry is not handle this well, I can see that you are not. We need to do something. You only have a few options here. You are either going to forgive him and be with him or slip into a depression that make me have to put you down and that is not something I want to do. I love you, Winter, as if you were my night child." Raphel said.

" What if I can't? What if I can't forgive him?" Winter asked.

" Then you will need to end the mate hood before the depression from being apart from him pulls you down and I lose you both." Raphel said.

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" The drug will only knock him out for half an hour." Nickolas said to Giselle.

" That's all we need. Once we are rid of Jerry, we can destroy Raphel then you will be the ruler of the area." Giselle purred from her spot on his lap. She was dragging her fangs up his neck.

" I want his mate." Nickolas said with his eyes shut. " If she is good enough to tame Jerry then she must be good in the sack."

" And you can have her a few times before I kill her." Giselle said, her hands traveling down his chest.

" It won't be long before we are the powerhouse and will rule over all of our kind. If we can take down Jerry and Raphel..."

" We can take over everyone." Giselle purred.

" We will be the king and queen. We will bring the vampires out of hiding." Nickolas growled out.