Valor looked at her. He could feel her trembling when she wrapped her arms around him and he held her tightly. Both of them were being suffocated by the weight of the fate that had been thrust upon them. He stroked the back of her head gently. He knew she was trying to be strong for him. And he had to be strong for her.<br/><br/>He pulled back so he could stare into her eyes. "I am going to fight for us," he said. "I'm going to figure out a way to get us out of this situation but I cannot do this on my own. I need your strength and your wisdom. If we are to become a union of equals then we must fight for this union as equals. You have vampire blood in your veins. I know you're just as strong as any vampire. I've seen the things you've endured in the court and all the trials you've faced. We will make it through this. I promise you that."<br/><br/>Valor got to his feet and got dressed. He figured they couldn't just stay in her bedroom the rest of the day either.<br/><br/>"Have you ever experienced bloodlust?" He turned back towards her. "Have you ever desired to feed from someone?" Valor had known that halflings had existed before but there was no real documentation on them. And it wasn't something that Valor had ever had to look up either. "Would you like to try and feed...from me?"<br/><br/>Valor walked over and seated himself on the edge of the bed and held his wrist out to her.<br/><br/>"Even if you're just a halfling you should be able to sprout fangs. Look inside. Embrace the inner vampire and awaken your bloodlust. It won't be the same as feeding from a human obviously but I fed before coming here. It's not just your blood pulsing in my veins."<br/><br/><br/>Jalice watched Kera come into the bedroom and he felt bad when he saw the expression on her face. She didn't linger long either. He hated that he was comforted by that fact but he had just never felt entirely comfortable around her. Not just because of her weirdness or her eyes or her power. He couldn't quite figure out what it was.<br/><br/>Of course he blinked when Rosalie suddenly left the bedroom. He figured she was going out to comfort Kera. When she came back into the bedroom he smiled at her.<br/><br/>"You've changed a lot from the girl who used to beat me up in class," he informed her. "You would make me cry and when the teacher would scold you you'd tell her it was my fault for being a big baby. It's nice to see this softer side to you. And not just towards me."<br/><br/>Jalice took a seat next to her on the edge of the bed and took one of the blood bags she offered to him. He tore the bag open and drained the bag in one go. He had been thirstier than he had realized. It was probably a good idea Ariella hadn't come. He wondered how she was doing. He was sure Valor was keeping her company. Had she thought of him at all? He shook himself. Of course she hadn't. She didn't love him. And why would he care anyway?<br/><br/>Kera blinked when Rosalie came running towards her and gave her and Crying Kera a hug and thanked her. She nodded with a small smile. "You have nothing to apologize. I'm a total third wheel. I get it. And she's a third wheel everywhere I go."<br/><br/>But even as Kera said that she comforted Crying Kera as best she could. She knew the anguish she was feeling because when they were one she felt it. She traveled the world all alone. It was difficult for her to be around people because her bloodlust was strong and she had a hard time coping with it. And she didn't want to risk messing up the peace that had been so hard to attain.<br/><br/>Kera was so lost in thought and comforting Crying Kera that she didn't notice the woman approaching her. Crying Kera looked up and hid behind Kera. That was interesting. Kera looked at the new appearance intently.<br/><br/>This woman was neither human nor vampire but there was still an allure to her blood that caused Kera's throat to burn. How had she not known the woman was coming? But it wasn't just her blood that attracted Kera. She was quite lovely. Kera's eyes were drawn to her purple-black hair and then back to her eyes.<br/><br/>"It's a little hard to explain," Kera said. "She's always a crybaby. Not sure why she seems scared of you though. She usually doesn't shy away from anyone. Normally she'll run up and use anyone as a pillow to cry into."<br/><br/>For the sake of ease she pulled back on her ring and Crying Kera vanished.<br/><br/>"I know you're a demon," Kera said. "I apologize. I suppose I should introduce myself." She smiled sheepishly. "My name is Kera. And you?" As she spoke she ripped into the blood bag she had in her hand and did not look away as she fed. It was probably a good thing she'd had the blood bag in her hands.