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After speaking with his mate, informing her of their plan, Raphel stopped the car. They were only a mile from Winter and Jerry's house. Raphel took out his pocket knife and slashed it across his wrist. He brought it to Winter who looked unsure. Taking blood had always been personal, between her and Jerry. It was an intimate act and she wasn't sure about sharing it with someone else, even Raphel.

" Come on, My Darling. The pain of you drinking my blood will wake our Jerry up and give you strength. We don't have the time to waste." Raphel said. Winter took a deep breath and took a hold of his arm. She brought her mouth down and latched onto his wrist. " Draw on it hard. We need to hurry."

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Pain shot through Jerry's chest. White, hot pain rolled through his heart at the same time he became aware that he was chained to a chair. He clutched his jaws shut while forcing himself to be still so Nickolas and Giselle won't know he was awake. He reached down the line to his mate and his maker. His mate was drinking from his maker's wrist.

' What the hell are you doing!' Jerry hissed into Raphel's mind. His fangs were descending in anger.

' Put your shield up! Someone drank from you while you were out.' Raphel warned. Jerry shut down his bonds but the bond to Raphel was still open. He could never shut it down with his maker. ' Your mate is drinking from my wrist to give her strength and to wake you up. What is happening?'

' Giselle and Nickolas showed up here. They shoot me with a dart. I am chained to a chair in the living room.' Jerry growled. He loved his maker and could understand what they were doing, but the mated vampire in him was on the defense. The mated vampire in him wanted to rip into Raphel.

' We are about a mile away. We are coming for you. They will die for this.' Raphel said.

' I thank you but please, stop letting her drink from you. I want to kill you.' Jerry whined.

" That's enough, My Darling. He is awake." Raphel said. Winter pulled away and wiped at her mouth.

" I can't reach him." She said.

" He has shut his bond down so they won't know he is awake." Raphel said.

' Keep her safe. You know how dangerous Giselle and Nickolas are.' Jerry said.

' We will be there soon.' Raphel said.

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" Do you think one cut is enough?" Jerry heard Giselle asked Nickolas.

" Yes. Winter will have felt it the moment his blood came in contact with your talented tongue, Sweetheart. They should be on their way now." Nickolas said. " Can you get anything from him? I would think the poison should be wearing off soon." A few moments went by before Giselle spoke again.

" There is nothing from him. He is out."

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Winter worked a window opened from one of the ground level rooms. She crawled inside the window and quietly dropped to the floor. Raphel came in next. He placed his hand on Winter's shoulder and drew her into him. He dropped his mouth to her ear to whisper. They could both feel Jerry in the basement and knew that was where Giselle and Nickolas would be as well.

" My blood has made you strong but do not let that strength make you careless. They are dangerous and fast. They have many years of fighting where you have none. Listen to your instincts. Follow your mated vampire instincts. Let it guide your movements but be careful, my Darling, please. To lose you will kill our Jerry." Winter nodded. " Let me lead the way. I'd rather take the first hit then you."

" I'm not human anymore, Raphel." Winter said as she faced him. Raphel smiled and nodded.

" You are right, sometimes I forget that." He tucked some of her hair behind her ear. " But I have fought many battles and you have fought none."

" I'm not scared. I just want to rip Giselle apart." She hissed. Raphel smiled.

" Let's go."

Together they moved towards the basement. They opened the door up and started down the stairs. They could hear Giselle and Nickolas talking. Giselle was actually laughing and that made Winter so angry she was starting to tremble. Raphel placed his hand on her shoulder and squeezed it hard. It was his sign for her to calm down.

Jerry inhaled as quietly and slowly as he could. His mate's scent was strong. He was so in tuned to her scent that neither Giselle or Nickolas could tell the difference between her old scent that was around the house and the new scent of her coming down the stairs. Jerry kept his head down and his eyes closed. Raphel's scent hit him next. He was going to wait until they had reached the door before he would let Giselle and Nickolas know he was awake.

Giselle was perched on Nickolas' lap, nestling into his neck and rubbing him through his pants. Violence was a turn on for the both of them. After he raped Winter and slit her throat, he planned on taking Giselle while she laid in Winter's blood. He was going to smear the blood all over her then lick it off until she was cumming. The thought of Winter's death and blood was filling Nickolas and his fangs were completely out.

Jerry's head snapped out when Winter's scent overwhelmed him. His mate and maker were standing in the door way staring at Giselle and Nickolas who hadn't noticed them yet. Raphel's face was a stone mask, an expression Jerry knew to be very dangerous. Winter's hands were in tight fists at her sides. Both members of his family had their fangs out. Giselle's face was turned towards Jerry's as she sucked on Nickolas' neck. She opened her eyes and pulled away smiling.

" Look who is awake." She purred.

" And came to see him." Nickolas filled in. Giselle slipped off of his lap and they both stood up. They were smiling as they faced Winter and Raphel.

" Hello Sweetie." Giselle said.

" You drank from my mate." Winter hissed.

" I did and he tasted wonderful. It makes me wonder how you taste." Giselle said.

" I'm going to fucking kill you." Winter hissed. Giselle shivered and closed her eyes.

" And I can't wait to be wrapped around you." She said.

" Fucking bitch!" Winter yelled as she launched herself forward.

At the same time she hit Giselle at the waist, Jerry flexed his arms causing the chains to start to break around from him. Raphel rushed forward to grab Nickolas. Giselle laughed as the two girls hit the floor together. Nickolas bared his fangs and snapped them at Raphel's neck. Vampires would be killed by sharp objects to the heart, sun exposure, or massive blood lost. If Nickolas could rip into Raphel and cause blood lost, he could end Raphel's life.

Winter was fighting on the mated vampire instinct. Winter felt a mixture of being out of control and being completely in control at the same time. She had never been in a fight in her life but her mate's life was in danger and this female had drank from him. To say she was angry was now an understatement. What was coursing through her was nothing she had ever felt before. It felt like liquid fire was running through her veins. Her attention and focus was completely on the woman under her.

Her hand came down in a fist and smashed straight into Giselle's face. Her head rocked to the side as blood exploded from her mouth but she continued to laugh. Winter grabbed her head and started to slam it over and over again into the floor. She was unaware of the fighting between Raphel and Nickolas. She was unaware of Jerry yelling and trying to completely pull his bindings away. Her vision was tunneled. Giselle's hands came up and gripped Winter's wrists. She pushed hard, flipping them over.

" Winter! Look out!" Jerry screamed at the same time Giselle stabbed a knife into her left wrist. The pain shot straight through both Jerry and Raphel in the same wrist but Winter didn't seem to notice.

Giselle bared her fangs and sank them straight into Winter's throat. Another shot of pain ripped through Jerry's chest as Giselle pulled hard on Winter's vein. The pain doubled him over at the same time the last of the chains fell away. He tumbled out of the chair, gripping his chest and breathing hard. His fangs were aching with the need to rip into Giselle.

Winter reached around Giselle's back and yanked the knife from her wrist. Her left hand came up. She buried it into Giselle's hair and yanked her head up. Winter slammed the knife home hard, straight into Giselle's chest and heart. Giselle screamed and reared back, falling onto her back and twitching. Winter pushed herself up and stood. She walked calmly to Giselle and straddled her lap. Nickolas was screaming under Raphel. Winter leaned over Giselle.

" No one drinks from My Mate." She hissed. She pushed the knife in harder. As it went straight through Giselle's heart and out of her back the female vampire finally stopped moving.

" Fucking bitch!" Nickolas screamed a second before Raphel ripped his head from his neck. Winter stood up slowly, staring down hard at Giselle. A pair of arms wrapped around Winter's waist, making her flip around and growl loudly. Jerry's hands went straight up in defense.

" It's me!" He said quickly. Winter was breathing hard with blood slipping from her wound. Slowly Jerry reached out and took her left hand. " Relax, Love. It's over now. " He brought her wrist to his mouth, never breaking eye contact. His tongue snaked out and over her wound.