Ally's Guard (Book 4.5) (The Dragon Ruby Series)

by Leilani Love

  She shook her head. “No. I got it all,” Ally said and stacked her smaller make up bag onto her large suitcase.

  “Let me, Princess,” Jared said as he grabbed the handle and easily pulled it along while he carried his small bag.

  Ally followed him out. She knew he would have helped all the girls with their bags but for some reason she found herself worried that he did it because he thought she was weak. She hated feeling insecure and knew it wasn’t an attractive quality in anyone.

  When they arrived downstairs one of the bellhops was instantly by the door and took their bags. Jared whispered something in his ear. Ally wondered what he’d said but assumed he was just requesting the car.

  Jared gave her a smile and nuzzled her neck making her moan softly in the back of her throat before she felt him lightly smack her ass. “They are bringing the car around Princess. If you like, you can wait for it while I check us out.”

  She giggled, nodding before obediently walking outside to wait for the car. Ally felt eyes on her the second she stepped out through the doors. The hair on the back of her neck stood up and she felt a sense of unease. Not spotting anyone, she patiently stood near the bellboy who had their luggage.

  Ally bit her lip and kept looking around. She jumped when she felt a hand on her waist, a small yelp escaping her. She heard Jared chuckle as she looked up at him. “You startled me.”

  She watched him trying not to smile. When he failed horribly, she rolled her eyes and he put his arms around her to pull her close. Ally playfully smacked his chest. “I haven’t forgiven you.”

  Jared chuckled and nipped playfully at her neck surprising her. “I didn’t mean to, Princess. Will you please forgive me?”

  She wasn’t used to this playful side of Jared. She had seen it with the other people when they were at festivities together, but never with her. She nodded, leaning into him and felt him smile against her neck. “Good girl, would you like to sit in the back one last time or will you be riding up front with me?”

  Ally smiled, pulling back to look up at him. “I’ll ride up front with you.”

  Just as he pulled away, she noticed the car had been pulled up Ally greeted the valet when she saw he was standing with her door open for her.

  “Thank you,” she said as Jared helped her into her seat.

  When the door closed she felt eyes on her again and frowned. The entire time Jared was holding her she was focused on him and didn’t notice this feeling. Hopefully once they left that uneasiness would go away.

  When Jared entered the vehicle, he pulled out into traffic and started driving. After a few minutes Ally finally spoke up, “You mentioned taking me home for the weekend, but I just realized I don’t really know where you live.”

  Jared, she noticed, paused before finally speaking up. “I have a small house and some land about fifty miles out of town.”

  She nodded trying to picture it. Jared never really seemed like he was made for the city but she couldn’t picture him as a country boy either. He just always seemed the most comfortable joking around with his, friends and he loved his work.

  Despite traffic Jared had them at the small airport where one of Viktor’s private plane waited for them. The flight wasn’t long and Ally chose to sip on some tea and read a book while Jared seemed to get lost in his work. She watched him, periodically wondering what he was working on but not wanting to bother him, she kept quiet and continued to read.

  When the plane touched down Ally was amazed at how quickly he got everything loaded into the back of his vehicle. She was loaded up and tucked into his truck without a word and they were off in record time. A giggle escaped her as she looked over at him. “Jared if I didn’t know any better, I’d think you were worried someone was going to stop you from taking me home.”

  A look crossed his face and he rubbed the back of his neck before finally replying, “No. Just wanted to make sure we got out of there before Viktor decided he needed me for something else today.”

  Ally patted his thigh in mock sympathy before finally asking, “Jared, after this weekend, what happens if we decide we aren’t compatible?”

  If she wasn’t watching him so closely she might have missed it but she saw his hands tighten on the wheel, felt the muscle in his leg tighten, and his jaw clench. “If you decide you can’t be happy with me, then I will let you go.”

  Ally wanted to ask him what happens if he decided he could never be happy with her but she was afraid of the answer. Mates, she had learned, had been marked by Fate to be together. Had they ever been wrong before?

  They drove in uncomfortable silence back to his place. Jared’s jaw tensed as they drove, and Ally’s mind went over a thousand questions she wished she had answers to. When Jared turned to go up a driveway to a house, Ally eagerly looked around. Trees had surrounded the house so she couldn’t see from the roadway but was surprised when they turned past them.

  The house was bigger than she expected with a wraparound porch and she smiled when she noticed a porch swing. She felt him watching her and turned to give him a smile. For the first time, she could see he was nervous, and that touched her. I like your house, or it’s cute, seemed to be the wrong thing to say, so instead she said the first thing that popped into her head, “You have a porch swing.”

  He looked a bit surprised as he stopped in the driveway. “There was one here when I bought the house. It seemed to fit, so when I was rebuilding the porch I just fixed up the old one.”

  She nodded, opened the door and when he opened his she got out to look around. She couldn’t tell where his property ended but she noticed she couldn’t see any houses nearby. Colorado had lots of thick trees, so the house had a lot of privacy.

  Jared came up behind her and with his hand on her back, led her into the house. As big as the house was, it was sparsely decorated. There was a couch and a big screen TV and a chair that looked out of place. It was open to the dining room and kitchen. It was a beautiful space that just looked like he’d forgotten to buy stuff for.

  While she looked around, she felt him watching her. “I mostly sleep at the barracks with the men, so I haven’t decorated much.”

  She tried to give him a reassuring smile. “It could use a woman’s touch.”

  He laughed, nodding. “Probably. The kitchen has everything we need to cook with and the bedroom could still use a few personal touches, but I haven’t been home enough to think about the rest.”

  Not sure what to do she looked at him. “Where should I put my stuff?”

  The grin he gave her was purely devious and he wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close. “What makes you think you will need anything from your suitcase?”

  She felt her breath catch as her pulse raced at his proximity and the look he had, like he wanted to devour her. “I imagine I would, at the very least, need to change my clothes at some point.” she pointed out.

  He shook his head no before he dipped his head and nipped at her pulse. “Guess again, Princess. You won’t be needing any clothes this weekend.”

  She couldn’t help but moan at the idea of spending the entire weekend with him naked and in his bed. “What about my toothbrush and….”

  Her voice trailed off as he continued to kiss and bite along her neck. “I’m sure there’s something in the house for you to use.”

  With that, Jared bent down and picked her up causing her to yelp in surprise as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He carried her down through the kitchen into a small hallway that led to an open door and a room that surprised her. It was almost the size of the living room and had a nice big sleigh bed in the middle. The wood was dark cherry and the dressers all matched. It had several big windows that gave her a view of the mountains to the back and she even noticed he had his own private patio.

  Jared put her down next to the bed and she watched as he slowly removed her clothes. “You will not be needing this,” he said as he tossed her shirt onto the dresser. He knelt and removed her shoes, tossing t
hem to the side before reaching up to undo her pants. His movements were determined but unhurried as he slid her pants down her hips and off her body.

  When he stood back up she was wearing nothing but the lacy white bra and matching thong. As his eyes checked her out from top to bottom she knew he liked what he saw and promised herself she would always make sure to buy lingerie that would get his attention.

  “I’m not the only one that will be staying naked all weekend,” Ally said raising an eyebrow.

  Jared held up his arms. “By all means.”

  She pulled his shirt out of his slacks and laughed as she tried to pull it up and over his head. He was so tall she had to press herself against him and stand on her tippy toes. After a moment of him letting her squirm against him he finally helped her and she tossed it in the same direction he’d tossed her clothes.

  Ally blushed going to her knees before him and slid her hand up under his jeans. Jared picked up his foot and let her remove his boots. Her hand came up and she bit her lip as she looked up at him and slowly unzipped his slacks.

  When she started to pull them down her eyes widened as she noticed he wore nothing underneath and his cock sprang free of the restrictive material and bounced in front of her. Jared must have seen her reaction because she heard him chuckle above her. She pushed them down and with a little help from him she finished removing his clothes.

  A look up at him and Ally could see the hungry look in his eyes. A slow smile curved at her lips and she kept her eyes on him as she leaned forward and licked up his hard length to the head of his cock, twirling her tongue around it. She watched as his jaw hardened, then heard the hiss of his quick inhale.

  There was something empowering at knowing this sexy strong male was affected by her and she opened her mouth to gently suck on the head. He growled low, feeling his hand go to her head and his fingers slip into her hair. He didn’t try to control her movements; instead he let her take her time as she teased him with her mouth and tongue.

  To balance herself she put her hands on his hips and slowly began to bob up and down. Every time she took him deep into her mouth she felt his hand in her hair tighten and when she pulled back she could feel the muscles under her hand tighten as if they were fighting the need to push forward.

  Ally felt her core tighten every time he growled and moaned. There was something so sexy in the sounds and she knew her thong was soaked without him even touching her. When he began to meet her mouth with a thrust, she moaned around him.

  “Oh fuck,” he growled before she felt him pull away, causing her to whimper in protest.

  Before Ally could protest he bent down and picked her up bringing her face to his with a hard kiss. Ally wrapped her legs around his waist. The thong wet but still between them, she felt him move his hips causing his hard cock to grind against her and make her gasp against his mouth. His hand slid from her legs up to her center. She felt him grab the thin material and heard the sound of fabric ripping before he lifted her up just enough that he could slide his cock inside her.

  She moaned into his mouth loving how Jared took her standing up, his feet planted firmly as she bounced on his cock. His hands on her ass helped guide her up and down. And as he thrust his hips up he took her hard and quick. She broke the kiss and panted as she buried her face in his neck, holding him tightly as he moved at an almost punishing pace. When she felt his hand smack her ass, she let out a yelp and her entire body responded as her core tightened around him.

  Jared continued to thrust into her and she felt her pleasure begin to build as he gripped her ass tighter in his hands. She began to lick and bite wherever she could reach until she felt her lips slide across his neck and knew that was her mark on him. His grunt as he thrust harder into her let her know he loved what she was doing and she continued to tease it with light bites before sucking on it.

  Her pleasure grew with each hard thrust until she couldn’t hold back, a scream escaped her as she instinctively bit him. His growl filled the air and he thrust harder into her before biting her neck, causing a second wave of pleasure that hit her harder than the first.

  He held her down on him and she felt his hard thrust as he joined her in her pleasure. Ally held him close and when they both started to finally come down she felt him take the few steps to the bed. Jared turned so that when he fell onto the bed with her he was on his back and she was on top of him.

  Jared kept a hand on her ass, keeping her astride as he adjusted himself, so they were on the bed properly. Ally giggled, impressed with how he had managed to keep their bodies connected. When Jared seemed content with their position she felt his hand slide up her back to undo her bra. She moved slightly so he could remove it.

  A small smile played on his lips and he reached up and pushed her hair back behind her ears. Ally turned her head and kissed his palm. When he adjusted his hips under her she gasped as she felt his cock kick inside her, realizing he was very hard despite having just come. Her core rippled around him and he raised an eyebrow. “Care to go for a ride, Princess.”

  She sat up and bit her lip to keep from moaning out loud. As she swirled her hips she felt his hands slide up her thighs to lightly grip her waist. “Hmmm I always wanted to ride a dragon.”

  With a light smack on her ass she felt him move under her and she gave in to the desire to do just that.

  Chapter 9

  Jared woke to find Ally lying across his chest. She was snoring softly, and he felt his lips twitch as he looked down at her, brushing the hair from her face. They had fallen asleep shortly after the second round. He should have been spent after taking her standing up but instead he was still hard, and he couldn’t bring himself to pull out of her.

  She rode him like a beautiful dancer, twirling her hips, contracting her muscles around him and when she reached up to cup her big beautiful breasts, he almost came like some young teenager. A glance out the window let him know the sun had recently set. Jared rolled to his side and untangled himself from her so he could get up and make them some food. It had been hours since they’d eaten and if they fully planned on enjoying their time together she would need to eat to keep her strength up.

  Slipping on a pair of pants he walked into the kitchen to see what he had. The quickest thing would be breakfast but he figured they could do that in bed tomorrow. He liked the idea of feeding her in bed, so he set about making her something light.

  After a look in the fridge proved he needed to leave for a bit tomorrow to buy some groceries, he settled on french dip sandwiches with french fries. Tomorrow morning, he could make her breakfast but would need to go out and buy groceries for the rest of the weekend.

  The fries almost done, Jared put the sandwiches in the oven to toast the bread and melt the cheese when he heard Ally coming from the bedroom. She was wearing nothing but his shirt and he thought she looked adorable.

  “I thought you might be hungry,” he said as he pulled her in for a kiss.

  She wrapped her arms around his neck, loosely holding him as his hand slid down her back to cup her firm ass. “I am,” she admitted before giving him a flirty grin. When he squeezed her ass, she giggled. “Food first.”

  With a light smack of her ass he took a step back causing her to release him so he could check on the food. “Your wish is my command, Princess.”

  The food done, he pulled everything out of the oven. The au jus sauce ready, he poured it into small dipping bowls and made them both plates. Jared put everything on a tray and motioned for her to follow him. He led her through the bedroom and out onto the patio. Outside his bedroom was a private patio that he had been building. To date, he had set up a fire pit that was surrounded by a few chairs, and a small side table.

  It would be cooling down quickly and, with the sun having already set, he decided to flick on the gas fire pit. He had placed the gas one near his bedroom for those nights he just wanted to sit and look at the stars and stay warm. This part of the patio was meant to be a private oasis for him and his
future mate when he had designed it. He looked to Ally to see what she thought.

  “It’s beautiful out here,” Ally said as she took the seat next to his.

  Jared felt his chest puff a bit with pride. As they sat eating their sandwiches he watched her out of the corner of his eye. She had tucked one leg under her and was eating quietly as she looked around.

  “There is still a lot to do on the house and yard but this is one of my favorite spots,” Jared said as he looked out at his backyard.

  Ally nodded while she ate one of her fries. “The view is amazing and the fire pit is the perfect size to keep you nice and warm when it gets cold in the winter.”

  A glance at her plate showed him she was almost done so he reached out, took her hand, and pulled her onto his lap. She went willingly, and he positioned her so she could continue to eat the few fries left while he held her. “Tell me something about your life before you became immortal. Your sister told me you were engaged before the Romans attacked. Did he help you? Did you go to him after?”

  Jared watched as she thought about it. From the look on her face she debated not answering his question. He waited patiently for her to decide what she wanted. Curious about why, when Aithne told him a little about their human life, she never mentioned them after the Romans attacked.

  “It wasn’t uncommon for a girl to be promised at a young age. I was ten when my father and his drew up the contracts. My father had no sons so, when he passed, my mother took over the clan but the land was to be divided up between us equally. I was young, and he was so charming. When the Romans started threatening us I just knew he’d come help us. I rode all day to his keep convinced he would step up and save us.”