Emma Carrigan's POV
*Steamy content*
After we dropped Arlen and Brynn off at their vehicles back at Old Port, I asked Jason to come back inside with me to get my brother and get him home. Gabe was sitting at the bar and leaning over, his a** almost off the barstool.

"Gabe, you ready to go?" I asked him gently.
"Sure. Where is Brynn?" Gabe chugged the last of his beer.
"She's going back home."
"Suuuuuure she is! Why the hell wasn't I good enough!!" Gabe threw the glass at the wall behind bar, narrowly missing the bartender. The older man gave us a look and went to grab the shotgun he kept on a rack above the bar.
"OK! It's time to go!" Jason grabbed Gabe's right arm and I took his left. Gabe thrashed around at first but suddenly calmed down. I looked at Jason and he winked at me. How this beautiful man can manipulate emotions so quickly!
Jason and I lead Gabe out and put him in the backseat of my SUV, giving him a bag in case he got sick.

"Where the hell are we going!" Gave slurred as I pulled onto the road.
"I'm taking you back home where you can sober up! Is your roommate home?" I snapped at him. God, I hope so. If not, Jason and I are going to have to haul Gabe's drunk a** up a flight of steps!
"He's with his girlfriend tonight." Gabe said with heaviness in his voice.
"Gabe you are too drunk to understand right now, but Brynn doesn't see you as anything more than a friend. She put up with more than she should have because she didn't want to hurt me or you!"

Gabe groaned drunkenly. "I don't like being friend zoned!"
"Keep acting like this with Brynn and you won't even get to be her friend! You need to knock this crap off!" I snapped at my brother. Jason eyed me in amusement.
We arrived at Gabe's place a few minutes later. Jason and I helped him out of the car and up the steps. I took out my spare key and led Gabe inside. He ran for the bathroom, and Jason and I heard him retching. I grabbed a couple of electrolyte drinks out of his fridge and put them on the coffee table, knowing he'd pass out on the couch.
"Thanks for the ride home sis. I'll be alright." Gabe called from the bathroom.
"Sorry about this. He only gets like this when he's drinking. He really isn't this obnoxious!" Jason must be ready to bolt. And this is just Gabe...wait until Jason hears how much of a s**tshow my family really is!!
Jason looked at me with nothing but kindness in his gorgeous blue eyes. "He's lucky to have you as his sister." He said, cupping my face with his hand.
When Jason first explained to me how I was his mate on the beach and that he wanted me to accept him, I actually laughed and said he didn't need to go to these lengths to get me in bed. Being a curvy girl hasn't exactly given me options. When this Adonis of a man approached me at the bar, I had already made up my mind I was going home with him tonight. Because no one this gorgeous may ever want to be intimate with me again. But then Jason showed me his magic and flipped my world upside down. Everything I know about life and the world around me has changed forever.
"So other than being the right-hand man to a king, what else is there to know about you?" I asked him.
"I'm 29 and live an ordinary existence. My parents live in Vancouver, I'm an only child." Jason told me.
"Forgive me for being paranoid but I watch a lot of Investigation Discovery. Any crazy exes I need to know about?" I had to ask. Considering what Brynn went through with her ex even though he's locked up, I want to keep my guard up for any jealous women from Jason's past.
Jason roared in laughter. "You don't have to worry about that Emma. I took a vow of chastity until I found my mate. What about you?"
"I've only had one boyfriend. We broke up when he moved to Australia. It ended with no hard feelings and no drama whatsoever. I haven't been with anyone since and that was like five years ago." I answered. Then I realized...
"You said you took a vow of chastity...are you..." I trailed off. There is no freaking way! What man makes it to 29 still a virgin?!
"I hope that isn't a problem." Jason eyed me carefully.
"No, I'm just...wow." I said softly.
"Over the years I've seen what jealous, unbalanced beings can do. I've seen them damn near destroy kingdoms and much more just to get whoever it is they want. Faes and other species can be just as manipulative and toxic as the people on those crime shows, Emma. I didn't want my mate to ever have to look over her shoulder or be afraid of things from my past, so I waited to give that piece of myself until I found you." Jason said to me. And right then and there, I fell hard for this man.
We finally arrived at my apartment and stopped at my door. Suddenly, Jason pushed me up against it and kissed me with intensity. "You taste so good." He moaned into my mouth. Once I unlocked the door and we were inside, Jason pinned me with my back to the front door. Arousal like I've never felt swarmed over me.
"I have a bed you know!" I whispered teasingly to him.
"Well I want to explore those gorgeous curves right now." He grinned at me with smoldering eyes. I'm too turned on to argue with him.
Jason slowly unbuttoned my shirt and watched it dropped to the ground. "F**k you're beautiful." He whispered, tracing the curves of my breast over my bra. I watched him with wonder, relishing every spark his mouth brought me. Instinctively I grabbed the hem of his shirt and lifted it over his broad, tanned shoulders. Nervously I traced my hands over Jason's bare chest, savoring his firmness and smell.
Is this too good to be true? Is this beautiful man really all mine??
Jason kissed me deeply as he undid my bra and lowered his lips, kissing the tops of my mounds. Eventually he took my right breast in his mouth and sucked gently. I didn't recognize the sounds coming out of my mouth. Suddenly he stopped and kissed my stomach.
"I want a taste." He whispered as he lowered my pants with my panties. I kicked them aside hurriedly and stood there, completely naked, my back still against my front door.
Jason looked down at me, inhaled sharply, then went to his knees. Instinctively, I wrapped my thighs around his neck. Jason grabbed my a** and kept me pinned against the door. He tasted me gently at first, then consumed me like he was starving. Before I knew it, I came the hardest I ever had in my life, soaking his face.
Jason lowered me and picked me up, looking at me deeply. "I'm always going to crave you." He whispered against my lips. I was still shaking from what just happened.
"My bedroom is the door on the left." I pointed. Still carrying me, Jason rushed us back there and laid me down on the bed and removed his pants. I gasped at the front of him, stunned by the size of his erectness.
"Like what you see?" Jason asked me lustily. I nodded my head and swallowed.
"Open your mouth." He didn't have to tell me twice. I sat up on the bed where he stood and opened wide, taking his long length into my mouth. I moved my mouth up and down, hearing my man groan in pleasure, until he stopped me abruptly.
"Lay down!" Jason got on top of me and I opened my legs, ready to take him.
"Once I do this you're mine. Our souls will be forever joined, Emma."
"Sounds good to me." I said without any hesitation. Jason smiled and kissed my forehead.
"Emma, it's crazy to say this given we just met..." I stopped him with a kiss.
"Make me yours." I looked him in his eyes to show Jason Coltrane I will never want another man. Jason kissed me deeply and entered me, stretching me to a delight I never experienced before.
"F**k, Em, you feel so good!" Jason slowly thrust in and out of me. Before long, his thrusts picked up in speed and intensity. He had my legs bent to the wall taking every delicious inch of him and I was begging for more!
"For being a virgin you are really f*****g good at this!" He chuckled softly.
"Can we switch?" Jason laid down and I got on top of him, taking us both for the ride of our lives. But a couple of minutes later he stopped me.
"I was about to c*m! F*****g hell Emma you know just what to do to me!" He pulled me back down and entered me again, kissing me deeply. He hit my sweet spot with the next thrusts and I came undone again. Suddenly, I felt a tingle on my back and Jason sat me up on his knees, whispering in some language. Then I felt a jolt that made me c*m so hard I screamed and rode Jason until I felt him come too. He kissed me as he screamed into my mouth. It was the most beautiful thing I've ever experienced.
"This was the best night of my life." Jason whispered as he cuddled me close to him.
"What was that thing you did to my back?" I kissed his perfect lips, about to fall asleep.
"I marked you. I'll show you in the morning what it looks like. I love you, my mate."
"I love you too." I smiled against Jason's lips. In no time, we drifted off to sleep.
The next morning after I woke up and showered with my mate, I saw I had a couple of missed calls from Brynn. When I tried to call her back she didn't pick up.
"I need to go check on Brynn, she lives a couple of buildings down. Want to come with me?" I asked Jason. He and I left and made our way to Brynn's apartment on the bay. When I knocked, she opened the door in a hurry, her blue eyes panicked.
Then I saw the open suitcase on the couch.
"Brynn, what's going on!" I screamed as my friend threw whatever she could grab in a suitcase in a frenzy.
"I have to go." Brynn coldly said as she closed the suitcase.
"Brynn, if you leave it will destroy my King." Jason told her gently.
"I'm just some random human woman! How in the hell can I be a Queen!! Will your kind respect or even listen to me!?" Brynn screamed at us. Jason and I looked at each other, unsure of what to say.
Brynn looked at us with tears in her eyes. "In time, Arlen will see I'm doing him a favor. Whoever your Goddess is needs to give him another mate fit to be a Queen. I'm not the one!!" She ran out the door.
Jason got his cell out to call Arlen. I was almost to the door to try and catch her when Jason called me back and had Brynn's laptop in his hands. I looked at the screen and before I even saw the headline of the news website, I knew.
Brynn wasn't only leaving because she was scared of accepting Arlen and being a Queen. She was leaving because she wanted to protect him.