One Soul Book Two

Chapter Seven

Harlee POV

“Kayla said you were an Incubus..”  I mumbled.  “Is my life even real anymore?”  Ash grinned.

“Yes, it’s very much real.”  Ash replied, kissing my neck.  “And so what if I’m an Incubus?”  Ash hummed, moving lower, a quick lick along my collar had me arching into them.  I spluttered.

“A s*x Demon.  A DEMON!”  I objected.  Though I hated to admit that I was incredibly aroused by the thought as well.  A s*x Demon was making a move on me, had done so in the past if the pregnancy was any indication.  Plus they were sexy as Hell.  Pun intended.

“No, not just any old s*x Demon.  I’m your s*x Demon.  This Mark here, it’s Mine.”  Ash ran gentle fingers across the flower tattoo, making me arch into the touch.  “It Binds me to you.  I belong to you and you belong to me.  You’re my Mistress, my Heart, my love.  I serve you.  I love you, I would do anything for you.”  Ash punctuated these statements with kisses that moved lower on my body.  Before I knew it my shirt was off and Ash’s fingers were gently strumming over the flower tattoo while their lips teased at me, still inching lower.

“The tattoo is your Mark?”  I gasped out, but it wasn’t truly a question, so much as a statement of disbelief as each cool touch on my collarbone sent a shock of cool energy shooting through my body, all settling between my legs.  I couldn’t suppress my groan of need and I started to writhe, hips bucking lightly.  Ash’s touch stilled and there was an answering groan from them.

“I can’t take you Harlee, though I desperately want to.  The baby is in too much danger, there’s a risk.  But maybe I can work something else out..”  Ash murmured, and with that, there was a flash of sharp, pointed teeth, a brief pain in my shoulder, and Ash’s cool breath on my face.  Everything went hazy and foggy on me.  My body suddenly felt like it weighed a ton, and it seemed like I couldn’t open my eyes.

“Relax Harlee, just let it take you.”  Ash’s cool breath fanned across my face again.  The smell of crushed leaves on a fall day, lit jack-o’-lanterns and cool crisp air making me inhale deeply like I was trying to step into a memory.  There was a tang of vanilla undercurrent that I wanted to taste, and as Ash’s lips brushed mine, I darted my tongue into their mouth.  They moaned almost at the same time I did.  “That’s it Harlee, just let go.”  Ash mumbled against my mouth and I inhaled more of the captivating scent.  How could Ash smell like one of my favorite seasons of childhood?  I still adored that smell, I wanted to immerse myself in it.

“Stop talking.”  I growled and followed it with a deep moan.  “You taste like a pumpkin pie..”  And suddenly Ash’s hands were on me and Ash’s body was pressed against mine, their weight pinning me to the mattress.  Only that shouldn’t be possible because..  I dropped my hands to my stomach and gasped, jerking away from Ash’s kiss to look down at our now completely nude bodies.  Mine looked as I remembered it before pregnancy, the only bulge between Ash and I was the pillow of fat I always seemed to carry.  Well, that and proof of Ash’s arousal.

“How?  What?”  I stammered looking at Ash in confusion, whose half lidded eyes barely hid a need so great it nearly stole my breath.  Ash kissed my neck, then dragged a slender forked tongue over my collar.  I twitched.

“I thought you said stop talking.”  Ash teased, dragging their tongue slower, making me arch against them.  “But since I know you won’t relax unless you get your answers..  This is a dream Harlee.  I’m so starved.  I’ve had others of course, but they just don’t.. Work.. for me anymore.  It’s like drinking water when you’re hungry.  It’ll fill you, but you’re still hungry.”  I closed my eyes, head spinning, and when I opened them again, I was looking directly into Ash’s pink eyes, slitted pupils and all.  Ash licked their lips, forked tongue darting out as if tasting the air.

“What are you?”  I asked quietly, hoping my voice didn’t shake.

“Kayla already told you.  I’m an Incubus.  A s*x Demon.”  Ash replied just as quietly.  They placed their forehead against mine and I was once again breathing that cool breath that reminded me of Autumn and crushed leaves and pumpkin pie.  And it felt like home.  But it also felt like I was missing something.

“What do you want from me?”  I questioned Ash.  I felt like I should be afraid, and maybe it was the dream, but my fear was being held at bay.

“From you?  Right now?”  Ash chuckled and kissed the underside of my jaw.  “I just want you Harlee.  I have since I first saw you.  It’s why I Bound myself to you.  I wanted to keep you, but instead, you ended up keeping me.  I love you Harlee.  So much.”  Ash looked me directly in the eyes with their last pronouncement and I felt something shift inside me.  Could they actually love me?  But Ash was a Demon!  But that look in their eyes..  Even if I couldn’t remember Ash, there was no faking that look.  It was like.. Ash’s whole world revolved around me.  I felt myself softening towards Ash and placed a hand on their cool cheek.

“I know you don’t remember Harlee, but I do.  Let me remember for both of us for now.  I.. need you.  Badly.  I’ve missed you so much.”  Ash gently kissed me again and this time there was a strangle flavor and heavy liquid on my tongue as Ash withdrew.

“I’m sorry.  I’m so weak, it’s taking more of my venom than usual to keep you under.”  Ash apologized.  I swallowed the liquid, it was like corn syrup, but with that strange burnt pumpkin flavor, chased by vanilla.

“Venom?”  I gulped and Ash smoothed my hair.

“It’s not poisonous to you.  In this case it just heightens your pleasure and acts as a sedative so I can pull you into a dream..”  Ash hesitated.  “You know what Incubi do, don’t you?”  Ash winced, then rushed on before I could answer.  “Our Bond means that in exchange for ‘feeding’ me, I pledge myself to you for Eternity.  For lack of a better word, I’m your slave.”

“In exchange for sex.”  I stated dryly.

“Well it can also be blood.”  Ash objected.  “But this is more fun.”  Ash grinned a carefree grin I hadn’t seen since I’d woken up that made me want to kiss them.  But then Ash sobered.  “But this is a dream-so it’s not even real s*x.  It’s like virtual s*x.  I just like the other kind better, however situations being what they are..”  Ash trailed off.

“So I’m pregnant because I’ve been keeping an Incubus.”  I said with disgust and Ash looked shocked, and hurt.

“Hell no!  If that was the way it was, Hellspawn would overrun the world.”  Ash shivered.  “No, you’re pregnant because you chose it Harlee.  We chose it.  We discussed it and in the end, you decided you wanted my child.”  Ash’s hand settled over my abdomen protectively and for a moment I felt a ghost of the swelling of my stomach, despite it not being there in the dream.  “I love you for that too.”  Ash’s face had softened into a loving expression again.  Things had gotten too intense suddenly, so I looked around the room to distract myself, slightly uncomfortable that I couldn’t return Ash’s feelings.  I noticed we were in the bedroom, but it was wrong somehow.  Details and proportions skewed slightly.  If I didn’t know I was dreaming, I would have never noticed.  Ash’s hand suddenly crept down between my legs and they kissed me insistently, dragging my attention back to them.  Another mouthful of the heavy syrupy venom slid down my throat.  I moaned as Ash's fingers brushed against my inner thigh, then moved upward.  I sucked in a breath.

“Harlee,”  Ash’s voice was soft and gentle.  “If you want I can let you out of the dream.  I.. need you terribly, but I can go find another and make do.”  Ash murmured.  For some reason, the thought sent a current of worry through me.

“Would you need to Bond with them too?”  I asked with a frown.  Ash chuckled.

“No, that’s reserved only for you and Zeev.  I would simply feed from them and move on.  You always used to object to us doing that though, because it harms others, whereas we can take from you without much damage because of the Bond.”  Ash responded softly.  Their hands had come to rest beside my face, one thumb stroked my cheek softly.

“You know that statement just raises even more questions.  Like Zeev?  I think I’m beginning to understand he’s the guy I saw earlier, but he’s a Demon too, and you’re Bound to him?  And hurt as in kill?  This is too much Ash, too much.”  A tear slid from the corner of my eye and Ash gently kissed it away.

“Then let me help you forget it all for a while, Harlee.”  Ash murmured, their cool breath going straight to my head again.  I had to take a few moments to gather my thoughts.

“What, with mindless s*x?”  I scoffed, but I had to admit there was a bit of teasing to my tone.

“There’s my girl.”  Ash laughed.  The sound was musical, delightful and again held that carefree note I hadn’t heard since I’d woken up.  It went straight to my heart, and before I could think about it, I had leaned up, gripped Ash by the hair at the base of their neck and plastered my lips to their own.  I moaned again when I realized how soft that Ash’s hair was, and despite being startled, Ash eagerly reciprocated the kiss, returning it with heat and passion.  More of the venom slid into my mouth.  I swallowed it without thinking and Ash fed me more, which made me pull away, fingers to my lips.

“Oh trust me, if we’re doing this, you’re going to enjoy what I can do with that stuff.”  Ash smirked, then covered my lips with their own again, just as my body suddenly lit up with need.