Jason's POV

On the way home we stop and get some take out since I'm sure Bethany doesn't feel like cooking. I went ahead and got me something as well. As food doesn't exactly feed me it does help with being able to wait to feed as soon. I won't be able to go eat as soon tonight as I have another incubus to confront. I will have to wait till my mate falls asleep then hunt the intruder through smell. He has to be close within a two-mile radius, but I will find him, and I will punish him. I'm king and he will respect the rules I put in place. I walk Bethany to the door and wait on her to open the door.

"Ummmm Jason?" She looks at me shyly.

"Yes Bethany?"

"Do you want to come in and eat dinner together? I mean you don't have to if you don't want to, but" I place my finger against her lip to shush her.

"I would love too." I give her a charming smile and she opens the door. I follow her in, and she places her bag of food on the table then walks to the fridge.

"Would you like something to drink? I'm having a beer."

"Sure, I'll take a beer." She nods and grabs two and slips into her chair at the table handing me mine. We sit in silence for a few minutes as we both take out our food and start eating.

"So.....Jason how long have you owned your business?" I grin at her. Is she trying to get to know me?

"About ten years. My father started it and when he retired, I took over." She nods her head taking a bite of her fries.

"Do you like it?"

"Yeah, I like being the boss. I don't think I could work under people now that I have been the top dog so long." That's the truth. After my father stepped down, I couldn't work under anyone else. After he died, I became king and kings do not take orders from anyone. Well, that's not true. I would gladly take orders from her.

"What does your father do now?"

"Well, he passed a few years ago." I won't go into detail as it was a horrific death. Demon's don't just die that have to be killed and it takes a lot. She reaches across the table and grabs my hand squeezing it.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know." She looks like she is about to cry and can't let that happen.

"It's ok Bethany, really I came to terms with it." I also killed the son of a bitch that did it so I'm good of course she doesn't need to know that.

"What about you? You have family?" She looks sad and starts to pull her hand away. I held tight. "Look Bethany it's ok. You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to."

"I don't know who my real parents are and the father who raised me died when I was ten leaving my mom who took me in as her own is still alive, but she doesn't recognize me anymore. She has Alzheimer's." My heart actually clenches in agony for my little mate. It sounds like she has had a hard life. I pull her body into mine wrapping her into a hug. I can feel the sparks flying up and down both of our bodies. To my surprise her body melts into mine snuggling her face into my neck breathing deep. I bury my head into her hair and take in her scent making me feel euphoric. After a few moments she pulls back and blinks back tears. "I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me. Maybe it's the lack of sleep." She sighs and removes her body and hand from mine sitting back in her chair. Don't worry my little mate I'm fixing that tonight I think to myself. She glances down at her watch as gasps at the time. "Wow time flies when you are having fun."

"Oh? You had fun?" I ask with a smirk on my face. She blushes and dips her head down hiding her face from me. Man, I love it when she blushes. I place my finger under chin tilting her face towards mine. "I had fun too Bethany." She smiles big and her eyes sparkle. God I could look at her all day, but I know it's getting late and I'm sure her little friend is waiting for her to go to sleep so he can feed, and I need to find him. "It's late and I'm sure you are ready for your bed." We both stand and clean up our mess. After everything is back in its place, she walks me to the door.

"Thanks for eating with me. I don't have a lot of friends. I just moved here the day before I started work." So, my mate is new to the city. I'll have to take her around showing her all the sights.

"It was my pleasure. Don't ever hesitate to ask me to come over and hang. I know what's like to be new and not have many friends." Well, I really don't know what is like to not have friends per say. Demons can come and go with a blink of an eye so I'm never out of my friends reach. She stands up on tiptoe and kisses my cheek making a zing fly through my face. She steps back with a kind of shock on her face before she schools it. "Well, I'll let you get to bed. Night Bethany. Sleep well." I say before returning her kiss but on her forehead.

"Goodnight Jason." She says as she closes the door. I head into my home to wait for her to fall asleep. After a solid thirty minutes I can hear her breathing become steady and know she has gone to sleep. I guess it's strange I can hear her through walls, but demons have very good hearing what can I say. After another thirty minutes I smell a familiar smell. It is the smell of an incubus. It's so strong and I know the bastard can't be but yards away. I slowly creep out of my apartment and follow the smell. After a few minutes I'm standing behind a car and can tell he is in it. As calmly as I can I walk over to the driver's side window and see his eyes closed and a grin plastered on his slimy face. Damn its Zach! It's my cousin. I won't kill him this time as he is family and if the girl had been anyone else, I wouldn't care. I knock on the window and his eyes fly open. He slowly climbs out of the car.

"Hey man! Long time no see." I wrap my hands around his neck slamming him into the car.

"Do you know what you have done?" I growl out then let him fall sputtering to the ground.

"Damn it Jason! I'm just feeding. I didn't think you'd mind." I rub my hand down my face before glaring at him.

"You are feeding on my mate Zach!" I all but screamed. His eyes widen and his mouth falls open in shock.

"Oh, shit man! I'm sorry. I would never have done that. You know me. I respect mates. I wish I had one." He continues rambling and I finally put my hand up to stop him.

"Your lucky we are kin otherwise your throat would be ripped out." I chew on the inside of my jaw trying to gain control of myself before I lose it. I take a deep breath and blow it out. "How much did you take?" He looks at me wide eyed.

"Well, that's just it. She never really lost anything. That's why I came back. Of course, I didn't have complete sex with her." He looks away knowing it's pissing me off to hear this.

"What do you mean she didn't lose anything?"

"Well usually you see the soul fade a little at a time as you know but hers burned brighter." What the actual fuck? How does her soul burn brighter when an incubus fed on her? I rub my chin with hand then let out a huff.

"Ok Zach. Stay away from here. You got that. And do not tell anyone I have a mate."

"What? Why?" I roll my eyes at my stupid cousin.

"Well for one thing I'm not sure what she is. I thought she was human, but her blood is a mystery. That's why I haven't mated with her. Also, I don't want anyone knowing especially my nosey mom until I figure everything out." He looks at the ground scuffing his shoes then looks up at me.

"You got it cuz. I won't say a thing and I'll stay away from your mom. You know I can't lie very well when it comes to family, they always see right through it." I nod then chuckle knowing he's telling the truth. He claps me on the back then gives me a side hug. "I'm happy for you man. We all look forward to the day we have a mate."

"Thanks man. Now do us both a favor and go feed at one of the dives." He chuckles and opens his car door.

"Oh, I figure you don't want me going back into your mates dream so you might want to go in and release her from her binds." He quickly slams his door and starts the engine taking off. What did he just say? Fuck, I have to go release her. When an incubus goes into a dream it's very real. She won't be able to get out of it and it could hurt her. I head back to my home and crawl into the bed. Shit now I have to actually go in my mate's dream. I can do this. I can do this. I tell myself over and over. The temptation will be overwhelming, but I have to get her untied. I close my eyes and let the dream state take me.